Benelli Tre K 1130 - anybody got one?

[BorderHooner]

I'm seriously considering one of these bikes.

Do you have one?

If so give me some real feedback please.

Ride reports and reviews are very good for this model. But what do owners say?
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[Paulington]

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[hmmmnz]

i think if you are dead set on a triple then a speed triple or triumph tiger (if you are after the on/off road style of the trek) would be money better spent,
ok perhaps not quite as powerful, but thats the only advantage the tnt/trek has over the triumphs,
the triumphs are arguably better looking, have better parts availability, a whole host of hot up parts, isn't part of the Qianjianggroup. and are made in the uk,
i know what i'd buy,
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[Daimo]

I love them. Great riding bike for work, just very very juicey on fuel. Great brakes, lovely wide torquey power delivery.

Don't own one, but have riddena few TreK's (well, most of the Nelli trange tbh). Seats really comfy, and if you can get one with the hard givi luggage your onto a winner. It looks great, goes really well, and any bike bought now.

For some real advice, I wouldn't bother asking here. I'd go straight to the owners.

www.benelliforum.com

That said, you will get better parts backup from Triumph, but then the TreK is quite reliable and ay warrantee parts should have been sorted already. I dont generally hear any problems really on the treK.

Lurrrves them for work hack, but just costly to actually run them every day.

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WDE-PS_look/TdCzln_3AZI/AAAAAAAAAwg/guOB3TUCZjI/s1600/2009-benelli-tre-k1130-picture.jpg

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[Clanger]

It is a gorgeous bike, it's quite tall too, the pegs have changeable settings which is good for the long legged rider. The screen has two settings too.

It sounds incredible, but I haven't had the opportunity to test ride one, but I was tempted. Brand new it was less than £8k on the road.

I do however know one of the salesmen at Benelli in Southampton, who promised if I went to buy one from him, I'd get discount.
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[Paulington]

[BorderHooner]

cheers dude.

from what I have read the Tre K is the best bike in the line up.

and I have, since posting, read ride reports of bikes going on very long trips with zero problems.

Early bikes had issues. agreed. new bikes are totally fine.
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[Daimo]

Sounds like the 2004 Tornado hasn't had the needed replacement parts fitted and isn't really cared for. There are known faults, but unlike the Jap companies, they haven't got the money to just hide faults and replace parts under 1st services. Its done as people work out how to fix it (like Z25 driveshaft gear, middle coil stick, early model had clutch issues etc.

Mine went round France, 2000+ miles, went through snow, 40+ degrees sitting in traffic in Nice. Done 10,000 miles now, and we've got a bloke in Aus who's done nearly 80,000km on his Tornado. Its Italian, it needs looking after. Get the needed parts sorted and its just as reliable as any other bike. My dads on his 4th Tornado (1 wrote off non fault, 2 bought/sold, 1 LE that he'll keep as theres only 145 in the world).

Who said its down on power? 120bhp, epic soundtrack, and will outpace a modern 600cc still (although those pesky R6's are still quicker top end). But its got a huge torque curve so gets out the bends far far faster.

I really did love riding the TreK, would LOVE one for work. The noise, the torque, the noise, the noise, did i mention the noise? Its alllll induction boom, makes a Ducati induction note sound rather timid.

Carlos, where-abouts are you situated? i'd highly recommend test riding one. The TreK is the lesser of the sold models in the Benelli range, but IMO still one of the best.

With regards to Cape Town, would you have the bike shipped out there? In all honesty, I dont know of any dealers down there, so you would need to liase with a UK dealer (MotoGB is the importer), and Russ at Bennets is a good dealer too (ooop north).

As for noise, i've got a few videos on my youtube. Search Benelli Tornado and look for username D4MOB.

[BorderHooner]

Thank you for your reply.

Having discussed this with Benelli owners on the Benelli forum, who gave honest appraisals - This morning I decided to take the plunge.

I drove from Newcastle to Bennetts of Barnsley. A highly reputed MV Agusta and Benelli dealer.

What Bennets do not know about Benelli's is not worth knowing.

Russ Bennett now runs the shop having worked alongside his father all his life.

I had a really good chat with him. Russ is the most honest salesman I have ever met - in fact it is his enterprise - he's not just there for commision - it's his life. He explained to me the minor modifications they do on every bike 'before' it is handed to the new owner to overcome known issues, he even showed me recent parts etc which had been replaced on a bike ready to go out of the door. these were minor things to improve the performance and reliability, small niggles that have in the past shown problems.

Now tell me - does Suzuki, BMW, Honda etc do this? No - they wait for recalls - The Benelli has been around now long enough for Bennets to know exactly how to push a A1+ bike out of the door.

As I'm taking up temp residency to South Africa for the next 2 years, I was concerned about warranty - mainly labour.

So - he's giving me a handful of service parts, a full workshop manual and has agreed to free ship to me any warranty parts I need. I will arrange the labour. I think that's very fair. I believe I will be able to pay for diagnosis and if not heavy internal engine work - do the work myself. Obviously any major work - Russ told me to take it to a Triumph dealer in S.Africa and it will get sorted one way or another.

The best bit.... as it's Benelli's 100yr Anniversary - they were giving £2000 off list price of all their rides for all of June - and it's been so succesful - shifting so much stock - they have extended it to end of July.

I paid £6999 OTR - for this machine;

https://www.geocities.jp/prjdarwin/TREK_1130_013.jpg

Very Happy Man I am.


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[garth]

That looks fucking lovely.
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[defblade]

You lucky lucky bastard.

High on my list after I lose the 33bhp.... I might have had one now if there was a kit for them 'cos I loved the one I sat on
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[Daimo]