Confusingly named Leonart Racer 300 details revealed

Spanish brand Leonart has launched a new single-cylinder touring bike, with a mildly confusing name.

‘Racer 300’ is probably the sort of verbiage you’d associate with a small capacity sports bike, a kind of Yamaha R3 or KTM RC 390 rival.

However, Leonart has chosen to apply this name to a through-and-through tourer. Not that you can’t take this on a race track – you probably just wouldn’t.

Anyway, oddities of nomenclature aside, the Racer 300 seems, at least from the specs sheet, as a perfectly capable small-brand tourer that is available at €3,999, which equates to around £3,500, which compares to £6,000 for a BMW G 310 GS.

Obviously, the specification of the Leonart is not quite the same as the BMW and the power is mildly lower at 28bhp from its 292cc compared to the BMW’s 34bhp, but the fundamental of a 300cc (or thereabouts) touring bike is shared by the two bikes.

With specification in mind, the Racer 300 comes with a spacey 17-litre fuel tank and, with a claimed fuel consumption of 3.1 litres per 100km, the bike has a maximum theoretical range of around 550km, or around 340 miles, which is fairly handy.

The bike also comes with ABS, a 150kg claimed weight (although it’s not stated whether this is dry weight or kerb weight), an inverted front fork, a single rear shock, a seat height of 790mm, and it rolls on 17-inch wheels. There is a single front brake disc, although its diameter is not stated.

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