Benelli Leoncino 250 review, road test

The smallest Leoncino in the Benelli line-up proves to be a very competent bike for the city streets.

Published on Jan 17, 2020 08:00:00 AM

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Narrow profile and wide handlebar gives you an agile riding experience.

Instrument cluster is a basic digital unit. Could do with a TFT dash.

Tail tidy gets a compact design, and is a neat aesthetic element.

The Leoncino 250 is a motorcycle that has its charms, but the price is certainly a deal-breaker. An ex-showroom price of Rs 2.5 lakh puts it a whole Rs 1 lakh above the Suzuki Gixxer 250, a motorcycle with very similar levels of performance. You could also get yourself its fully faired counterpart in the form of the Gixxer SF250, which costs close to Rs 10,000 more than the naked variant. The pricing of the Leoncino 250 puts it in the space of more accomplished machines. For this money, you could get the KTM 390 Duke, or the Honda CB300R, or even the Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 – all motorcycles the little Leoncino would seriously be out of its depth around. If (or rather when) Benelli figures out a way to bring the price down to an appropriate level, the Leoncino 250 will make for a quirky, left of field alternative to the established crowd.