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Leonart Daytona: Are 125ers Allowed to Look That Good?

Some fellows are quite stubborn in their belief that a bike must be big in order to look cool. I won’t say they’re a bunch of fools, but I’ll just show them the Leonart Dyatona and let them be the judge of their own prejudice. Leonart is a small business based in Barcelona, Spain and it looks like these fellows know their way around only too well. Wonder what’s going to happen when they start building bikes with SS Cycle engines…
Leonart Daytona 13 photos
Photo: Leonart Motorcycles
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Leonart uses two engines for the Daytona line-up, with the bigger one being a 350cc-class parallel twin mill, making it somehow obvious that the other power unit is an eighth-liter. Still the 125er produces a peak power around 15 hp at 9,500 rpm, and this means business in this segment. The liquid-cooled power unit is also capable of producing 12 Nm (8.8 lb-ft) at a lower 7,500 revs and can reach a top speed of 110 km/h (68 mph). Not exactly a Busa, but in the small-displacement cruiser family, these are sweet numbers.

Full-size fun

The Leonart Daytona doesn‘t look like an attempt to cram too much bike in a diminutive package. The wheelsbase measures 1,550mm (61”) and the soft tail-type backbone frame looks pretty much like any Harley could put on the table. The suspension system involves a beefy 48mm fork and dual hidden shock absorbers for both smooth rides and solid visual impact.

Cast aluminium rims are stock, and they are shod with a 21” front tire and a 16” rear one, for a huge classic chopper attire which will definitely turn a lot of heads. Dual 300mm discs in the front are squeezed by 2-pot calipers, while the rear wheel is equipped with a 220mm one… like bike bikes have!

Matte black is the winning choice

Things are even more over the top as the Leonart Dyatona machines proudly display matte paint jobs, with matching exhausts, engines and side panels. Basically, you can get the whole styling package of a bike ten times the Leonart’s displacement, racing stripes, a wide fat tank, drag bars and all… yet in a beginner-approved trim. Leonart are rather secretive with the pricing and other specs, though the presence of a shifter and clutch lever indicates a multi-speed transmission, most likely a 5-speed one.

In the end, it’s the same question I asked in the first paragraph: what happens when these chaps start building big-bore, 113-cubic-inch (1,800cc+) custom choppers? If their smallest bikes look this cool, can you fathom how awesome would the heavyweight be? Find out more at Leonart.
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