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Derbi 659 Mulhacen motorcycle review - Riding

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Derbi 659 Mulhacen (2006-current)

Detail	Value
New price	£4,999
Used price range	View Derbi MULHACEN 659 bikes for sale to see current asking prices
Engine size	659cc
Power	48.6bhp
Top speed	105mph
Insurance group	10

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MCN overall verdict

The Derbi Mulhacen 659 is Derbi's first stab at a motorcycle bigger than 125cc, and is a brazen, trend-setting joy. The combination of concept motorcycle styling, Yamaha XT660R mechanicals and funky. Top notch cycle parts adds up to a street-savvy, flat track styled city scalpel of a motorcycle. Outside Soho, however, the Derbi Mulhacen 659 is an irrelevant ornament…

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The Derbi Mulhacen 658 uses Yamaha’s tried and tested four-valve 660 engine, which is pretty much the definitive modern thumper and rightly popular both with the public and industry (the Aprilia Pegaso uses the same engine) alike. The Derbi Mulhacen 659 haas impeccable manners and predictability, decent (rather than exactly thrilling) performance and utter reliability are the reasons why this motorycle is loved so much.

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True to its flat tracker inspiration the Derbi Mulhacen 659 is low, narrow and… hard. All of which makes it a rabid whippet of a motorcycle when hooning down nadgy B-roads or a darting jam-buster through town traffic. The Derbi Mulhacen 659 can get a bit flappy at speed, though, M-ways are, quite literally, a pain and its horrible to ride this motorcycle for more than 15 minutes at a time.

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The Derbi Mulhacen 659 is a mouth-watering joy, from its funky instrument panel to its wavy discs and LED tail light. So well equipped, in fact, it makes any other sub-£6K rival motorcycle look like they’re made from scaffold poles and dustbin lids. That said, the Derbi Mulhacen 659 is a bit flimsy here and there. But as a glitzy ornament, there are few roadster motorcycles that are better…

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There’s little doubting much of the Derbi Mulhacen 659's quality but it’s too early to say how well the motorcycle hangs together – or whether they instead blow off into the wind. Derbi’s 125s aren't exactly the most robust motorcycles under the sun, after all. That said, Derbi Mulhacen 659 owners will surely pamper rather than pulverise their motorcycles…

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At only a few hundred pounds more than the comparable (but much more lowly specced) Yamaha MT03 and Aprilia Pegaso Strada, there’s no doubting the Derbi Mulhacen 659 seems good value new. How durable it turns out to be, howevere, remains to be seen. Find a Derbi Mulhacen 659 for sale.

Insurance group: 10

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2006: Derbi Mulhacen 659 motorcycle launched.

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Specifications

Top speed	105mph
1/4-mile acceleration	14.3 secs
Power	48.6bhp
Torque	41ftlb
Weight	160kg
Seat height	810mm
Fuel capacity	13 litres
Average fuel consumption	42mpg
Tank range	90 miles
Insurance group	10

Engine size	659cc
Engine specification	4v dohc single 5 gears
Frame	Aluminium trellis
Front suspension adjustment	None
Rear suspension adjustment	Preload
Front brakes	320mm wavy disc
Rear brake	240mm disc
Front tyre size	120/80 x 18in
Rear tyre size	150/70 x 18in

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MULHACEN 659

7644 miles

£2,995

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ErnsTT

Mheer

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I disagree strongly with the lousy seeting comfort, we rode it for 18.000km now, and it still rocks, the shock actually gets a bit soggy now, and build quality is a little off perfect, but the sheer fun of the little bratbike compensates for the little nigles. The fuelling is a little off the beat at slow speeds, once ont the free road it's a real joy, we rode it to its actory near Barcelona, sure a langer ride than the afore mentioned quarter of an hour :-) A complete ride report is to be found here: http://www.sylviastuurman.eu/motor/derbiride/

06 January 2008