As early as March, Benda revealed two new car plans. One of them, the Jinjila, has been launched, and the other much-anticipated four-cylinder has also made substantial progress. Recently, the patent for Benda's four-cylinder sports cruise motorcycle was exposed. The design of the whole vehicle is very interesting. At present, the exterior design patent of the vehicle has been filed.
The design of the car shows some novel styles. Although the overall proportions and appearance outline are similar to the Ducati XDiavel, there is no trace of imitation. In fact, the degree of originality is already very high. The most noteworthy thing is that this sports cruiser is equipped with a four-cylinder engine developed by Benda itself, which will make it the first domestically produced inline four-cylinder engine after the Benelli 600.
Engine
Benda’s four-cylinder model is code-named BD700, which means that the engine’s displacement is about 700cc, and it is likely to be close to 750cc.
As we saw back in April, this engine design is very similar to Honda's CB650 four-engine, but at that time we only saw a vague appearance of the cylinder, which looked a lot like Honda's engine. . New design images show that while the bottom end of the engine is nearly identical to that of the CB650 and all the bolt patterns and engine mounts look the same, the cylinder heads are quite different.
There is no suggestion that there is any connection between Benda and Honda engines, and it is very possible that Benda purchased the rights to the design and its version is different enough that it can be regarded as completely new. engines, or similar elements are not covered by Honda's intellectual property protection.
Appearance design
In terms of appearance style, there is a lot to consider here. The shape is Ducati XDiavel-esque, with most of the visual mass concentrated at the front, with forward-mounted footpegs and a wide bar connected to a slim base that ends just short of the rear wheel. However, the Benda's frame is made of aluminum or steel with a faux alloy shell, which is very different from Ducati's trellis design. The most pity is that there is no single-sided swing arm. The single swing arm on the Benda BD400 does not appear on this car. Instead, it has a very long aluminum double-sided swing arm. Of course, the inline-four is a far cry from the XDiavel's V-twin in appearance.
The headlights and exhaust pipes of the Benda BD700 are obvious styling features. The headlights look like they use a small projection LED in the center and adopt a turbine shape. This is indeed unique. At the same time, the exhaust system is all packaged under the engine, with four rectangular outlets on the right side, which directly reflects the four-cylinder layout of the engine.
On Benda's early trailer (pictured below), the front section of the exhaust was clearly visible, but now we can see it, but this image lacks the final design of the radiator and is not very complete. A large-area radiator can be seen in the design drawing of the second exposure.
Other configurations
In other aspects, we can see that the front of the BD700 has an inverted front fork and radial four-piston calipers, and the ABS sensor on the brake disc is also clear visible. There is a small flat instrument display installed in the handlebar, just like Diavel's dashboard. If nothing else, it should be in the form of full-color TFT, and the size will not be too small.
At the rear, the drive is connected via a chain to the wide rear tire, which is pretty wide for this size of rubber considering the engine's likely performance is probably in the 100hp range, but it's pretty wide for a motorcycle. Proportion and visual impact play a crucial role.
Although we have not yet learned when Benda will launch this BD700 model, the filing of the patent already represents a substantial step for this car, which is not far from its final debut. China's motorcycle industry has played a huge role in promoting this.
This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.