The six-cylinder gang

[4 Paws_imp]

No appreciation for the Benelli Sei?

[Elipten_imp]

But they are so rare!

I almost bought a CBX during the massive markdown of the mid 80s but I was an ICBM missile launch officer and the base commander forbid us to ride bikes. I had to sell all my bikes when I was transferred to the base.

To this day it breaks my heart I do not have one but the CB1100 is a close second


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[noroomtomove]

http://www.bikesales.com.au/private/SSE-...ss=Premium

Sweet, perhaps.

[StefanS_imp]

I owned more than 20 CBX 1000 during the Last ten years. The end of my CBX Story was a Egli CBX 1000 Red Baron. Expensive and nice to look for but diffizile to Drive. I sold and bought the 1100EX.


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[Ulvetanna_imp]

I owned more than 20 CBX 1000 during the Last ten years. The end of my CBX Story was a Egli CBX 1000 Red Baron. Expensive and nice to look for but diffizile to Drive. I sold and bought the 1100EX.


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Very nice! Yes I would agree, by modern standards that bike requires quite a bit of maintenance, just synchronizing the carbs would be a job of work.

However, until I came across that article, I never realized my interest in the CB1100 had been inspired by the CBX, not the CB750. I was never interested in the CB750 on any level. I just recall that feeling of smooth torque and acceleration the one time I rode the CBX and thought it was just a neat bike.

We will never see another six-cylinder motorcycle, I think.

How about some pictures of your CBX's?

[the Ferret]

Every goldwing is a 6. BMW makes a 6. Maybe you mean another inline 6 from Honda.

[Ulvetanna_imp]

Every goldwing is a 6. BMW makes a 6. Maybe you mean another inline 6 from Honda.

No, I was just wrong on the face of it. But I did in fact mean a 6-cylinder sportbike or racebike like those mentioned in the article and thread, high-performance machinery, as in bikes using more cylinders and higher RPM to get more power.

Someone mentioned the 250cc Honda 6-cyl racebike, that was a screamer. Those were the kinds of bikes to which I referred since the conversation was about sporting machines rather than touring bikes.

In fact I recently met a guy who'd just purchased a BMW K1600GT at a huge discount, it was the nicest bike he'd ever owned in his life. Big torque (129) but HP numbers reasonable, 160. But that's a touring bike.

The article mentioned something similar, that more cylinders won't be the solution to get more power for racebikes.

Modern, counterbalanced Fours and Twins can now deliver almost (but not quite) the same smoothness–with even more performance–but they don’t deliver it with the same class and almost operatic sense of presence. These are orchestral bikes in a world of garage bands. Verdi and Puccini would love to have heard them run.

Me, I'll take the garage band every time.

Oh yeah, and why does he mention only Italian opera, and not German? Moreover, "opera" isn't an apt analogy at all. Opera is hardly ever subtle, it is generally bombastic and often crude.

Darn writers.

I say it ain't over 'till the Fat Lady sings, and these sixes are certainly fat, if not ladylike. But they do sing, no?

[736cc_imp]

Suzuki stratosphere Concept
I'd like to see a lightweight 6 cylinder 600 or 750cc sport-tourer

[Django]

[url=http://www.horex.com/vr6/classic/]Horex VR6

[Ulvetanna_imp]

[url=http://www.horex.com/vr6/classic/]Horex VR6

Nice-looking bike.