After a gap of more than 30 years, the Hungarian "Pannónia" brand is being relaunched. The first Pannonia was made in 1954, but the factory closed in 1975 after a proposed deal between them and Yamaha fell through.
A 20 man team is designing the new range, the first of which will be the TL 2007 – a four-stroke, v-twin 234-cc bike putting out 18.5-horsepower with a five-gear transmission. The bike will be ‘similar’ to the company’s former T 5C machine.
TL stands for ‘teleszkóp’ (telescope) and ‘lengővilla’ (fork).
The company has capacity to manufacture 100 to 300 motorcycles a year.
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