Motobi debuts 400 cc twin
By Ben Purvis
The Motobi brand might have been born in Italy in the 1940s, but the current iteration of the company is Austrian - operating as an importer for Chinese-made machines that are rebranded to be sold under the Motobi name.
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| Motobi DL 400 |
While the company has been offering a line of 125 cc single-cylinder machines for a while, Motobi is debuting a new 400 cc parallel twin of the DL 400. The DL 400 will be almost identical to the Senke SK400, a machine that's already offered in China and which features some interesting specs. It's built around a Zongshen-made 378 cc twin with 37 hp and 35 Nm of torque, with Delphi fuel injection, a slipper clutch and Bosch ABS brakes.
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| Senke SK400 |
Less commonplace is the fact that the Senke model also has a built-in USB and Bluetooth system to connect to your phone, with a tank-mounted control pad to alter volume and skip tracks, along with additional LCD readout. Other known specs of the Senke model include a 16-litre fuel tank and a 1,410 mm wheelbase, while the steel-framed machine weighs a respectable 181 kg wet.
The first images of the Motobi DL 400 show it with large side scoops and a circular headlight. Senke also has two other styles for the same machine, one with a more aggressive-looking headlight (identical to that used on a smaller 125 cc Motobi model), the other is a more overtly retro design, with the circular headlight, but a more traditionally shaped tank.
