Better Brother
Motoring World|December 2019
The baby Leoncino eggs you to push harder
Aadil Naik
Better Brother

I’m quite happy with the latest crop of Benellis to hit our shores. The TRK 502 is a decent tourer, the Imperiale 400 is segment-leading when it comes to ride quality and balance, and the Leoncino 500 has a thoroughly enjoyable engine. I don’t remember being so fond of Benellis back in the day. Well, the younger sibling, the Leoncino 250 is here, and I have gone from having low expectations from the brand to relatively higher ones. Would this bike really impress? Can it hold its own in the hotly-contested sub-400cc space? And is it a bike that can be viewed as something more than a smaller, cheaper, less powerful Leoncino 500?

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