Back in January Patented for new 799cc parallel 2-cylinder engine The cylinder head has the Benelli “TNT” logo, which came from the company’s parent company, Qianjiang, but otherwise looked almost the same as KTM’s LC8c design.right now KTM The exact engine followed the same route as Qianjiang proposed a similarly large V-twin design. KTM 1,301cc Super Duke R motor. Visually, design patents aimed at protecting the intellectual property of the engine’s appearance are almost the same as KTM motors, and are internally similar due to the limited information surrounding the design. I understand.

The patent indicates that the engine is used under the internal codename “QJ2V108MYL”. Catchy, huh? This title follows the rules that apply to all motorcycle engines manufactured in China and can be decoded to provide detailed information about the design. The first two places represent the engine manufacturer’s code, in this case Qianjiang’s “QJ”.Not just owning Benelli, Qianjiang sells bikes under the QJmotor brand and supplies machines to different regions under the Keeway and KSR Moto brands. Qianjiang itself is dominated by the Geely Holding Group, a well-known parent of Marquez such as Volvo, Polestar, Smart and Lotus. In other words, these are not night bit players in the car market.

The next part of the engine code, “2V”, is simply a descriptor for that layout. It’s a V-twin. This is followed by the most important element of the code, “108”. This is 108mm associated with the engine bore. Perhaps not surprisingly, it’s exactly the bore used in KTM’s 1,301cc “1290” engine. Super Duke R When Super Adventure R, This is also visually the same as this design. The last three letters “MYL” look like an internal code and can distinguish between engines of the same make, layout and bore.

Chinese brands have a long history of shamelessly copying the designs of other manufacturers, but that’s not always happening here. Qianjiang may have established or negotiated a license to manufacture the engine. The company has already signed several contracts with Western brands, including contracts to develop and manufacture future small capacities. Harley-Davidson For the Asian market and MV Agusta Offering small and medium sized bikes, starting with what was recently revealed Lucky Explorer 5.5..The company already has a KTM connection as it is campaigning for KTM machines this year. Moto3 World championship under the QJmotor brand with the Avintia team.

Beyond that, KTM already has some of the engines manufactured in China CF Moto This will produce the “790” and “890” parallel two-cylinder engines for KTM and the entire bike, including the version for the Chinese market. 790 Duke..We will also create your own version of the newly released KTM790 engine CFMoto800MT Adventure Bike And he developed a 1,279cc version of KTM’s old LC8 V-twin, the largest CF Moto model of all. 1250TR-G TourerIt is already sold in China and will be launched worldwide later this year.

As this patent suggests, if Qianjiang manufactures a version of the KTM V-twin, it could be directed to Benelli branded models.At the moment, the biggest Benelli is 1200GTA tourer in the Chinese market that is comparable to the CFMoto 1250TR-G and uses an upsized version of the old Tornado 1130 triple. The company also Benelli TNT899 Recently, I’m using the old Benelli Triple again. In late 2020, Benelli promised a future range, including 250cc, 380cc and 530cc singles. 400cc, 700cc, 900cc parallel 2-cylinder. 900cc and 1,200cc triples; 650cc and 1,000cc 4-cylinder bikes. The last of them is to use the MV Agusta 4-cylinder engine. It remains to be seen how the 799cc and 1,301cc KTM-based twins fit the plan.

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