Sexiest Engine?

[stevesilver]

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Tell me if this isnt the best looking engine ever, Couldn't afford one when I was a teenager and had CB900FZ instead, and still can't afford one now...
Bloody beautiful......

P.S now I know how to post pictures, well, gonna bore you lot rigid

[boxerscott]

WTF is sexy about a motorcycle?

great engine yes. Honda me thinks? nearly bought one. In fact I did cept it was a flat six.

[stevesilver]

Not sexy as in wanna shag it? Sexy as in mighty fine looking...

[fontana]

Owned one in the mid 90's/
Mine was the A version, (A denoting American version).
Basically identical to the European Z model, except black reverse comstar wheels, and engine in a slightly softer state of tune.
It was mint.
I bought it from a dealer for £3,500, and sold it a year later to another dealer for £3,000.
It was a nice modern feeling bike even by the standards of the day.
I wish I'd kept it.
Values have skyrocketed in recent years, and you wouldn't get one as nice as the one I had for under 10 grand now.

[tanneman]

I was a kid when these bikes were still sold. I remember the CBX and it was beautiful bike to me. Later in my apprentice years a guy I worked with bought a Z1300. It was immaculate and the paint on it was stunning.

Quiz time. Can you name the 6 cylinder engines that has been in production?

[milleplod]

I always liked these, the Napier Sabre H-24....awesome looking thing. It just exudes power, lots of it. Which is sexy....in a manly way.



Pete

[stevesilver]

Millipod, not very attractive though is it?

Tanneman we talking bike engines I presume?

I can only think of the CBX,Z1300, and the Benelli sei 750/900, in line sixes, the goldwing flat 6, and is that barge of a triumph a six?

[milleplod]

Millipod, not very attractive though is it?

Tanneman we talking bike engines I presume?

I can only think of the CBX,Z1300, and the Benelli sei 750/900, in line sixes, the goldwing flat 6, and is that barge of a triumph a six?

Depends what you find attractive really! Engine's that look nice but don't deliver just don't do it for me. Its a bit like the gorgeous bird you chat up who turns out to be quite vacuous....a right turn-off!

Pete

[slparry]

I was a kid when these bikes were still sold. I remember the CBX and it was beautiful bike to me. Later in my apprentice years a guy I worked with bought a Z1300. It was immaculate and the paint on it was stunning.

Quiz time. Can you name the 6 cylinder engines that has been in production?

BMW K1600GT
Honda 250/300 racers in the 60's
Honda CBX1000
later Honda Goldwings and Valkyries
Benelli Sei 750 & 900's
Kawasaki Z1300


and OK not production but would have been nice



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_Stratosphere

Oh and the Triumph 2300 is a triple I believe.

It has to be said, IMHO, the K1600GT engine note is one of the "dirtiest" sounds in motorcycling. Whenever I've taken one out I'm constantly dipping the clutch to hear that yowl.

Most of the BMW cars I've owned have been 6 cylinder too the only exception was the V12 750iL .... so two 6 cylinder banks ... the 6 cyl BMW car engines have rightly become a standard. The 12 cylinder is awesome and I believe went on to be fitted into the McClaren F1.

[Blackal]

Defo a sexy engine............



Al

[Paul]

nah... Two of the cylinders poke out beyond the sides of the bike. That idea would never catch on...

[milleplod]

How about this? Lovely looking engine, attached to a rather awful-looking bike!





Pete

[stevesilver]

Defo a sexy engine............



Al

Oh man that is the dogs.....

[David_S_Walker]

Hello,

These are a couple from me...

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Laverda V6.jpg (132.08 KiB) Viewed 5597 times

Best regards,

David

[fontana]

Guzzi V8