India First: The Gilera Fuoco 500 Reviewed! - xBhp.com : The Global Indian Biking Community

Sunny · 11-06-2009, 04:31 PM

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Imagine riding the twisties on a fast bike. Its front tyre hits a patch of spilled oil on the road and slides. Consequence: The bike skids uncontrollably and you certainly fall. Only two possibilities exist wherein you certainly won’t. One, if ‘you’ have carried the name Valentino Rossi since you were a kid and two, if you’re riding the Gilera Fuoco 500ie. The former, of course, is just ‘one’ on this watery blue ball of dust and too busy winning on the tracks than to be fooling around on ‘piddly’ 500cc production bikes. The latter of course can be beneath you when you hit that oil patch and a mere wiggle will tell you of the ‘oily’ story you left behind while you get busy setting up for the next apex.

Gilera Fuoco 500 Reviewed by xBhp | India | Australia

Text: Sandeep Goswami (Old Fox) with inputs of the riding experience by Sunny.

Photos: Sunny with assistance from BikeCrazy (Kunal Bakshi)

Ananth · 11-06-2009, 04:43 PM

WoW! A wonderful review.. Stunning pictures there Sunny!

And By the way, The Link Discuss on xBhp doesn't seem to work on the article - Please check!

ketan_r15 · 11-06-2009, 05:19 PM

Hey..simply amazing Article.. Pics are just too good...

akshaye11 · 11-06-2009, 05:22 PM

Monters !!!!

cosgeo99 · 11-06-2009, 05:42 PM

How do u corner on this baby MONSTER.

Superb Review OldFox & Sunny

rossiter · 11-06-2009, 05:49 PM

I think our local 3 wheeler manufacturing experts should take a look at this..

Awesome pics as usual Sunny. You seem to outdo yourself with every pictorial. Text is brilliant as usual. Loved reading it. Just a few questions:

1) Is this an in-house developed motor by Piaggio?
2) What's the mode switch on the RHS switchgear?

Sunny · 11-06-2009, 06:02 PM

Thanks all.
@rossiter: 1) Will ask. 2) Mode is just for switching between trip meters on the LCD (Trip A,b, Odometer).

Old Fox · 11-06-2009, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by rossiter

I think our local 3 wheeler manufacturing experts should take a look at this..

Awesome pics as usual Sunny. You seem to outdo yourself with every pictorial. Text is brilliant as usual. Loved reading it. Just a few questions:

1) Is this an in-house developed motor by Piaggio?
2) What's the mode switch on the RHS switchgear?

Thanks Akhil. And our 'local 3-wheeler' experts will dismiss this as a 3-wheeler with the wrong end up front

.

The Master engine is an in-house Piaggio development. In fact the word 'MASTER' is an acronym expanding to Multi valve Advanced Super Torque Engine. (Don't know what the R stands for. Maybe they added it just to make a complete acronym

)

PS: I guess Piaggio is the inspiration behind our 2-wheeler industry's penchant for loooong model names eh!

ken cool · 11-06-2009, 06:16 PM

Finally this is up! Loved seeing the pix. Now the text is up too!

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Originally Posted by rossiter

I think our local 3 wheeler manufacturing experts should take a look at this..

1) Is this an in-house developed motor by Piaggio?
2) What's the mode switch on the RHS switchgear?

I am not sure if this is developed in-house at Piaggio or not. But I know who manufactures the components of the front suspensions and the front wheel units. It is very much Indian!

Edit; OF already answered one part of the question.

manan_in_2000 · 11-06-2009, 09:37 PM

Wow! it's as good as I thought about it!

OF: you were right on it's amazingness.

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cosgeo99 Soul Reaper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mumbai Posts: 726	How do u corner on this baby MONSTER. Superb Review OldFox & Sunny __________________ ------------ The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page Mumbai - Banglore - Mumbai (1662 Km) in 24 Hrs. Catch me @ TourerByTheLake

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rossiter Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,267	I think our local 3 wheeler manufacturing experts should take a look at this.. Awesome pics as usual Sunny. You seem to outdo yourself with every pictorial. Text is brilliant as usual. Loved reading it. Just a few questions: 1) Is this an in-house developed motor by Piaggio? 2) What's the mode switch on the RHS switchgear? __________________ "Tough times never last, but tough people do." - Robert Schuller --- R.I.P Kriss; 15.06.1981 - 11.10.2009 -- You will not be forgotten.

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Sunny SlowMotionInfinity Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Delhi Posts: 6,824	Thanks all. @rossiter: 1) Will ask. 2) Mode is just for switching between trip meters on the LCD (Trip A,b, Odometer). __________________ Join xBhp On

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