Benelli TnT 1130

Dancing on a Volcano

The name is explosive, the design aggressive, the engine eruptive, and the sum total is the Benelli TnT 1130, one of the sharpest bikes on the market.

The martial names concocted by motorcycle marketing specialists are legion. The Brutale, the thunderous Tuono and the explosive TnT are but a few. Comparatively, Ducati's once fearsome Monster moniker sounds somewhat benign. It seems the sensitivity chapter was excised from the most recent volume of Names to Claim for Motorcycles, replaced by a new, larger chapter on provocation. Waking from dormancy, smaller manufacturers – many representing legendary brands – have apparently studied this recent addition and taken it to heart. The little guys have issued an open challenge to the big players: "We're back. Be prepared to joust with us!"

Like the phoenix, certain celebrated marques have risen reanimated and they would like nothing better than to shred the established motorcycle landscape with their talons. MV Augusta, Triumph, Laverda, and Norton having already returned from motorcycling's elysian fields, and now the renowned Italian manufacturer Benelli has joined them....

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