Scooter News Adiva AD250 Remember the Benelli Adiva well here it is in a transformed state.
Allen Drysdale The Benelli Adiva had its lovers and nobody could knock it for being a series attempt to make scooter transportation an all weather affair.
Now known as just the Adiva AD250, the scooter that once amazed has been reborn with up to date technology and an engine that is the benchmark in scootering today.
I doubt we will see this in Australia but who knows as the market grows we may just see such a innovative scooter again on Australian soil.
Here is some information on the Adiva AD 250 and its manufacturing company including some informative history on how the scooter was originally developed in conjunction with Benelli.
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The Adiva AD250 is fitted with a patented system of modular protection which allows the driver to fold in few seconds the roof back in the rear box and remove other optional windscreen protections. the driver is therefore able to choose the best configuration of the vehicle depending from weather conditions and riding preferences.
The AD250 is the perfect urban commuter allowing the driver and passenger to move in total freedom in all weather and traffic conditions. rushing to office, returning home, going to the gym, or out for dinner downtown, are now wonderful feelings of an intense life, stress-free, in full freedom of movement. Discovering the AD250 means to become accustomed to a unrestricted life-style, to the freedom to decide how to move, always in conditions of high traffic mobility.
To experience the AD250 is such a fulfilling discover that it will be impossible to give it up in future.
The AD250 is a real all-weather urban commuter, comfortable, easy to ride, coping with all weather conditions and allowing to freely modify the preferred level of protection.
The AD250 protects the driver effectively from cold wind, rain, and also smog, strong sunshine, and uv rays, while allowing him to travel always in high safety.
The roof can be opened to enjoy its protection, or folded back in the trunk, or even removed and kept in the garage. it is possible to install optional deflectors to increase the protection. the wiper improves dramatically the visibility under wet conditions, while representing at the same time a further source of urban commuter safety.
Specifications
Engine transmission; engine: single cylinder four-cycle Piaggio quasar engine bore/stroke: 72 x 60 displacement: 244 cc max power: 22 hp @ 8250 rpm max torque: 20,2 nm @ 6500 rpm gasoline
Wheels Tyres: front 120/70 x 14", rear 140/70 x 14", tubeless wheels: 5 spokes aluminum rims,
front 3.50 x 14", rear 3.50 x 14" front brake: double disk brake 260 mm with Brembo combined brake
System: rear brake: 240 mm disk brake; combined brake system mechanism : the left brake lever acts on both front and rear brake disks through a pressure-leveling valve, the right lever acts on front brake disk only
Frame: high-resistance steel pipe and trellis mixed frame; windscreen frame: aluminum composite frame front suspensions: telescopic hydraulic front forks ø 41 mm rear suspensions: engine behaving structural, double rear two-ways shock absorbers preload adjustable on 4 positions
Size length: 2180 mm width: 720 mm height: 1759 mm seat height: 700 mm wheelbase: 1560 mm dry weight: 175 kg gasoline tank: 14.2 liters (2.5 liters reserve)
About the Company
ADIVA corporation was born on July 31st, 1996 with a challenging goal: develop and engineer a new generation of vehicles better suited for the city mobility based on the concepts and innovations inspired by his young entrepreneur Nicola Pozio. The new approach to modern mobility consisted in implementing the concept of “variable protection”, that is a step-by- step set-up of the chassis to combine the merits of quick and simple riding typical of scooters, with the superior comfort and protection offered by cars.
Adiva development process is supported by an ongoing full simulation of the products and his components in complete details to ensure the best structural, ergonomic and aerodynamic performance from the project stage.
On-the-road tests are extensively run to evaluate alternative options, and findings are checked in wind chambers to be fed back to R&D.
The first Adiva concept scooter was shown to the Italian public in 1994, and the international patent on the Adiva foldable roof innovation was granted in 2004. The first Adiva product to enter into production was launched at the Milan motorcycle show in 2000, recording an instant hit; under the OEM agreement with Benelli brand and the model name “Adiva - Modular Protection System” was distributed worldwide, together with a restyled version sold by Renault.
In 2002 ADIVA started a new industrial project to develop a second generation of URBAN COMMUTERS also characterized by the Adiva “variable protection” technology. At the same time the company started to gear up for
the ambitious challenge to enter the market with Adiva own brand and corporate identity, based on innovation, trendy design, and passion.
Adiva built up on the investment capital and experience gained during the partnerships with Benelli/ Renault with new financial resources and local presence in main markets and is pursuing the aim of internationalize the investment base.
Ideas
In the years before the establishment of the company, the Adiva partners conducted in-deep researches on the concept of urban mobility in order to achieve a vehicle with unparalleled weather protection, comfort and ride ability, eventually shaped as scooter “with a roof and variable protection”.
the Adiva urban commuter is a two-wheel vehicle, double seated, with the chassis able to protect very effectively the riders through the patented “variable protection” system which allows at any time to modify the level of weather protection depending by weather conditions and the preferences of the riders. In a few seconds it is possible to increase or decrease the protection level by opening or closing the roof, or attaching/detaching the side deflectors and the upper deflectors. Being able to modify at any time the configuration of the vehicle allows to always ride in the safest conditions depending on the situation and the needs of the driver.
The idea of the urban commuter Adiva, easy to drive as a scooter, comfortable as a car is meant to invent a new vehicle which is more complete, safe, and versatile.
Vision
The Adiva innovation reaches further momentum as it offers a response to our evolving social habits: instead of over-developing traditional city centers, cities are evolving through more distributed urbanistic models, and large scale redevelopment projects. This is a reason and a consequence of the availability of more convenient and advanced means of transportation, whose maxi scooters, as well as compact cars represent two examples, well suited to fare today’s large urban areas with multiple cultural and residential aggregation centres.
Adiva opens up a new path in the evolution of urban mobility, by linking scooters and cars into a new class of two-wheel vehicle, inheriting the genes of convenience and safety of cars and flexibility of scooters.
Adiva variable protection urban commuter is ready to run, and arise new emotions, protecting users by cold, wind, rain, smog, UV rays in everyday city traffic while making them feel safe and protected.
published 25/01/2007 |