2002 Benelli Tornado Le “Limited Edition”

by Dietmar Bothner | Jan 6, 2020 | Benelli

Novecento Tre LE – (Ninehundred cc – Three cylinder – Limited Edition)

2001 Marked the return of Benelli, with their first new bike in decades – The Tornado Tre 900 Superbike. These are also the last true Italian designed and produced bikes by Benelli in their home town of Pesaro before the company sold to the Chinese.

Benelli’s objective with this bike was clear: To Project the Ideal Sports Motorcycle !

The Tornado is a uniquely styled superbike, as the design was to reduce the frontal profile to make the bike as slippery and aerodynamic as possible. The engine was cut from 4 to 3 cylinders and the widest mechanical part, being the radiator was placed under the seat section. Air is then channeled through ducts either side of the headlight to the radiator and if you look closely at the rear end, you can see two yellow radiator fans underneath the brake light.

After Benelli went World Superbike Racing in 2001 and 2002, they revealed their very exclusive and hand-built homologation Tornado based on their World Superbike racer. Only 150 of these exclusive hand crafted units were ever built. The bike in picture is number 52.

It is adorned with:

The entire bodywork, including petrol tank, indicators and number plate holder are made from Carbon Fibre.
Marchesini forged aluminium wheel
Titanium Arrow exhaust
Ohlins front and rear suspension
Brembo front and rear brakes
Chrome Molybdenum front frame mixed with hollow cast aluminium rear box section
Cast Magnesium engine parts
Paintwork in special Benelli Green and Silver
A plaque on the frame signifying which number of the 150 bikes produced it is (bike in picture being number 52)
Each bike was delivered with a Benelli track stand, embroidered indoor bike cover, a briefcase with sprocket sets and track trinkets with the Benelli tool kit.