Paton 500 V115

Make Model	Paton 500 V115
Year	1986 - 92
Engine	4 Cylinder, 2 stroke V-115°
Capacity	492 cc / 30 cub in
Bore and Stroke	56 x 50 mm
Carburetor	4 x Keihin 36 mm
Cooling	Liquid cooled
Ignition	Digital CDI Denso
Starting	Push
Clutch	Dry, multiplate
Max Power	110 kW / 150 hp @ 12000 rpm
Transmission	6 Speed, constant mesch
Final Drive	Chain
Frame	Sloping twin-spar aluminium
Front Suspension	?hlins upside-down, 40 mm fully adjustable
Rear Suspension	?hlins fully adjustable
Front Brakes	320 mm Double disc, carbon, 4-piston Brembo caliper
Rear Brakes	220 mm Single disc with 2-piston Brembo caliper
Colours	Racing green, Racing red
Source	Wikipedia

This model, which replaced the previousV90 500 Paton has aV-engine with 115 ° angle between the cylinder banks, in configuration with a four cylinder atwo-strokeliquid-cooled unit.

In the first season of racing was led byVittorio Box who was not able to gain any points;the same fate also applied thefollowing year where the best result was a sixteenth-place finish in theGrand Prix of France.

In1988 the results were much improved in the World Championship: in the case of theEuropean Speed Championship Box managed to get 3rd place and by winning the championship race held in Italy.

In the1989 season the bike, now with the initials C7, was brought to the racing iworld byMark Pope but he was not able to get any points in the world ranking.It was in the1990 MotoGP World Championship that the V115 Paton C7 was able to get his first World Championship point thanks to the 15th-place finish from Box during theGrand Prix of Nations, despite trailing by 8 laps behind the winner.This result meant that Box was placed 35th in the drivers standings and also the Paton appeared in 6th place in the constructors' championship.

In the1991 version of the C8 ridden byMichael Waldo but he too failed to get points in the standings;in his three starts the best result was a sixteenth-place finish inFrance.The last year in which Paton saw itself in the race wasin 1992 under the leadership of the newcomer Lucio Pedercini , but the results were as disappointing as the previous ones, with a 20th place the best finish of the season.

After a year off from competition, the beginning of the1994 season a new Paton was presented, theV70 with new engine configuration.