QUICKSPIN I 2025 Benelli Imperiale 400
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he 2025 Benelli Imperiale 400 draws
its retro styling from previous models
designed and built back in the early
1950s. The classic lines were a favorite of
Giuseppe Benelli, one of the six founding
brothers of Benelli Motorcycles. However, it's
old-school in more ways than just styling.
The motor is air-cooled, and the right
side of the engine gives the impression
that there's a pushrod beneath the nicely
logoed cover. But looks can be deceiv
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ing; there's no pushrod in this modern,
Euro 5–compliant engine, which powers
the bike with a 374cc single overhead
cam, fuel-injected single-cylinder vertical
thumper. Twenty-one horsepower at 5500
rpm compels you to really rev the engine up
close to the 6000 rpm redline to hit highway
speeds, but once there, the five-speed trans
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2025 BENELLI IMPERIALE
