Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

o c-r .... Q.) .D E Q.) > o Z (Above) WMX125 Enduro. with light s. eng ine skid pan and handlebar · brush gUiJrds; (be low) WMX125 Desert. w ith skid pan and brush guards , (A bove) WMX125 Motocross; (below) 650 Elefant dual-purpose V-twin wit h the belt-earn-drive. SOHC desrno engine and an oil cooler. 1916 bikes a n America n- made US DA-approved spark a rrestor. T he front fo rks ar e 42m m Ma rzocch is w ith a 9.0-i nc h Brem bo h ydra ulic dis c brak e with braided steel line. The fue l tank ca rries 3.2-gallons, a n d protective ha nd guards are incl uded . T he Cagiva WMXI25 Enduro is exac tly the sa me as th e WMX I25 Desert, with the addi tio n of a speedo me ter with reseuable odometer. and headlight and taillight. Bo th the Desert a nd Enduro mod els use Motopl at electron ic ign itio ns fill ed with lighting co ils. For 1986 th e WMX500 is ava ila b le in Desert a nd En duro model s. with a nu m ber o f cha nges. The 500 ca n a lso be ra ced as a mot ocr oss machine; 1985's sma ller 2.75-g- ll on gas tank is d ava ila ble. Bo th mod els are five-speed, 487.5cc, sing le-cylinder, wat er-cooled two-stro kes, u sing Mot oplat ign itions wi th lighting co ils. A 4.5-gallon gas tank is sta ndard o n both models . Besid es th e larger gas tank, the Wi\fX500 Desert and Enduro usc new 38m m Dell' O rt o ca r b u reto rs, a nd full -floa ting, dri lled Brem bo h ydraulic fro nt d isc brakes with braided steel lines. A skid p la te and p las tic dis c brak e co ver ar c a lso stan da rd. As wit h th e W:\ IX 125 line, bo th WMX500s feature redes ig ned sea ts and ga s ta n ks for improved weig ht di stribution . Am eri can-made USDA a p p ro ved spa rk a rre sto rs a re standa rd o n both m odels. as ar e Regin a Go ld cha ins . T he single Ohlins rear shock absorber has been reval ved , a nd a remova ble kicksta nd is ne w for 1986. On th e WMX 500 Desert , a speedom eter with rescuab le odorneier "is ' offered a's an The new Cagivas Cagiva North America recently announced an expansion of Ca giva products in the U .S. with five new motorcycles, p lus design and technical refinements to existing models . The five new mach ines are the WM XI25 Desert , WMXI25 Enduro, WM X500 D es ert, WMX500 Enduro, and th e Alaz- 16 zurra 650 Super Sport. T he W:\IX 125 Motocross for 1986 o ffers im provements developed during Cagi va's pursu it a nd ca p ture of th e 1985 125cc Wor ld Motocross Championship. The Ca giva Elefant 650 ha s received a few chan ges an d the 650 Alazzurra will be co nt in ued, but renamed th e Alazzurra Sport. The Duca tilCagi va 750rfl will be th e o n ly mo torcycle Cagiva will m ake bearing th e Duca ti name. foll owin g Cagiva's purchase o f the Ducari factory ea rlier th is year. T he new WMXI 25 Mot ocro ss is a rep lica o f th e bik e Pekk a Vehkon en rode to I25cc World Mo tocross Champ ionship. The 42mm Marzocchi forks h ave been revalved a nd feature a knurled externa l adj uster for rebound dampin g; pr eviousl y, this adj ustment wa s m ad e by cha ng ing th e weight o f th e fork o il. Also. the fork s now have a xle pinch bo lts o n bot h sides to iricrea se rigi di ty.'The dr ill ed Brem bo , front disc brakes has been increase d in size to 9.4-inc hes. In th e co ntro l d epartm ent , the Renthal a lloy hand leba rs a re a new bend , a nd the cl u tch ca ble ad juster has been rel ocat ed to o utside th e ru bber dust cover. The seat a nd fuel tank ha ve been des ign ed to improve weight distribution. T he 125W MX's two-stroke, water cooled , si ngle-cy lind er engine has m ore power and torq ue, thanks to a . new cylinder port design and a different exhaust pipe. The po wer-val ve (int ro d uced in 1985) has a different ac tua to r a nd th e carburetor is now a 36mm Del l' O rto : th e Mot op la t ignition 's a dvance cu rve has a lso been cha nged , Am ong o ther ch anges a re a new rear brak e ca ble protector, forged a lloy folding sh ift lever, rem ovable kicksta nd , redesign ed cha in ten sioner a nd the lat est Ohl in s shock absorber. Cagiva's en try into the desert mark et is th e WMX 125 Desert. Ba sed on th e "':VIX I25 Mot ocross, it uses a rejeued 36mm Dell 'Orro ca r bure to r, a p las tic skid p lat e.f ro ru dlscbra ke co ver! a nd o pt io n, but i t's standard on th e WMX500 End uro , as are the Acerbis h eadlight a nd ta illight. ' Cagiva ha s ch a nged th e cl utch in a ll 1986 WMX mode ls; th e cl ut ch lever pressure h a s been red uced considera bly. T he 650 Elefant is now blue with a whi te fram e. Powered by th e wo rld ren ow n Du cat i 900 V-twin . belt drive-Desmodrornic-va lve, over headcam four-stro ke, th e Elefant is claimed to be th e most powerful dual-purpose bik e o n th e market. A quartz halog en headlight and Metzelcr end uro tires a re now sta nda rd. a nd a SuperTrapp spa rk arrestor with sta inless steel protective sh ield is a lso new , Fu el tank ca paci ty has been increased to 4.75-gallons, and twin Dell ' Orto carburetors hav e been in crea sed to 36m m . The oft Da m p rear suspension with extru ded , square-section a luminum swingarm a n d single Ohlins shock is th e same as 1985. A p lasti c skid plate has been added to th e 386-pound, Pa ris/Dak a r-devel oped pl a y bi ke. Cagiva's 650 Alazzu rra will now tie a va ila ble in two versio ns . Both models a re powered by th e Duca ti 900 Vtwin, Desm od romic-val ve , SO H C, four-stro ke engine, mounted in a tu bu lar ladder -type fra me . As men tio ned, th e Alazzurra 650 wi ll be continued as th e Alazzurra Sport, Cagiva asked Massim o Tamburini, ch ief of th e new Cagiva Design Center in Rimini , Ital y, to crea te a new look for th e popul ar Alazzurra. Unt il recent ly, Ta m burin i was a principal of Bim ot a , bu ild ers o f limited ed ition motorcycles. T he resu lt is th e 'Ala1-'

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