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|successor = | |successor = | ||
|class = | |class = Enduro | ||
|engine = Two stroke, single cylinder, reed valves induction | |engine = Two stroke, single cylinder, reed valves induction | ||
|bore_stroke = | |bore_stroke = | ||
|compression = 13.4:1 | |compression = 13.4:1 | ||
|top_speed = | |top_speed = | ||
|power = | |power = 24.0 HP (17.9 KW) @ 9250RPM | ||
|torque = | |torque = 10.33 ft/lbs (14.0 Nm) @ 10500RPM | ||
|fuel_system = | |fuel_system = | ||
|ignition = CDI | |ignition = CDI | ||
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|competition = | |competition = | ||
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The '''[[Gilera]] RTX 125''' was a liquid-cooled, two-stroke, single cylinder, reed [[valve]] Enduro [[motorcycle]] produced by [[Gilera]] in 1986. Max [[torque]] was 10.33 ft/lbs (14.0 Nm) @ 10500 RPM. Claimed [[horsepower]] was 24.0 HP (17.9 KW) @ 9250 RPM. | |||
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It came with a 2.75-21 front [[tire]] and a 4.10-18 rear tire. Stopping was achieved via Single 220 mm disc in the front and a 140 mm Drum in the rear. The front suspension was a Telescopic forks while the rear was equipped with a Swing arm gas single shock. The RTX125 was fitted with a 15 Liters / 3.9 US gal fuel tank. The bike weighed just 121 kg / 266.7 lbs. | It came with a 2.75-21 front [[tire]] and a 4.10-18 rear tire. Stopping was achieved via Single 220 mm disc in the front and a 140 mm Drum in the rear. The front suspension was a Telescopic forks while the rear was equipped with a Swing arm gas single shock. The RTX125 was fitted with a 15 Liters / 3.9 US gal fuel tank. The bike weighed just 121 kg / 266.7 lbs. | ||
== Photos == | == Photos == | ||
<gallery mode='packed-hover'> | |||
File:Gilera-RTX125-85.jpg|600px|Gilera RTX125 | |||
File:Gilera-rtx125-1986.jpg|600px|Gilera RTX125 | |||
File:Gilera-RTX125-85--1.jpg|600px|Gilera RTX125 | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Review == | == Review == | ||
On the other hand, a glorious brand like Gilera, today almost abandoned kept alive for a kind of therapeutic hardship, in the past and especially between the eighties and nineties was a thriving producer of 125, sports and enduro, which made a whole generation dream. The forerunner of the 1980s road enduros was undoubtedly the RX 125. At the same time as the RV125 road, the Casa di Arcore presented its enduro cousin, named RX125, at the 1983 Milan Motor Show. In common, the two bikes had the engine, slightly revised in the RX, which therefore had one horse less, a practice widespread at the time by all the motorcycle manufacturers, who used the same thermal group for road and enduro models, usually intervening on the power or on the beams. | On the other hand, a glorious brand like Gilera, today almost abandoned kept alive for a kind of therapeutic hardship, in the past and especially between the eighties and nineties was a thriving producer of 125, sports and enduro, which made a whole generation dream. The forerunner of the 1980s road enduros was undoubtedly the RX 125. At the same time as the RV125 road, the Casa di Arcore presented its enduro cousin, named RX125, at the 1983 Milan Motor Show. In common, the two bikes had the engine, slightly revised in the RX, which therefore had one horse less, a practice widespread at the time by all the motorcycle manufacturers, who used the same thermal group for road and enduro models, usually intervening on the power or on the beams. | ||