For Crying Out Loud

The Benelli 302R sounds just as glorious as its cousin, the TNT 300 — but is it the ideal sports bike?

- Alshaar Khan

THE TNT 300 WAS THE FIRST BENELLI THAT I RODE, back in 2015 at the Madras Motor Race Track, and it was also in the elite company of many other interesting machines launched that year. My first impressions of the bike were mixed, but I did recommend it to my friends who were looking for style over substance in this segment. Some two years later, I’d have similar advice for potential buyers about its first-of-its-kind, fully-faired cousin, the Benelli 302R, which was launched in India late in July.