The Chinese brand Xinyuan has come out with a cool new motorcycle called the Tornado 520, and it's priced at around 7,000 EUR. It's actually based on the Shineray XY 500B-C model. What's interesting about this new bike is its engine. In the past, Shineray used older, air-cooled single-cylinder engines from Japan that were over 250cc.
This time, they've gone with a new liquid-cooled twin engine that has 494cc, 37 pound-feet of torque at 7,500 rpm, and 54 horsepower at 8,500 rpm. It seems like they might have taken inspiration from Honda, as the engine specs and design resemble Honda's 471cc twin mills, complete with six gears, including a reverse gear. Shineray claims that this bike can reach speeds of up to 110 kilometers per hour, or 68 miles per hour thereabout.
