Pigeon Shredder. Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 Just been reading Web Bike World and it would appear that Honda have recently patented a six cylinder cafe racer/race replica, no displacement as yet but the accompanying graphics do look rather nice. Weather it’s to be built or not is unclear atm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdom Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 They did one years ago 6 cyl 1000cc I think it was the cbx beautiful sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 they made a much smaller version in the sixties, 350 cc ish a guy called alan millyard who's on faceache has just built a replica of the original there's also talk of making another vf1000r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 (edited) Neither of the road-going Honda 6's ( the inline CBX 1000 and the opposed flat configured Valkyrie) were a great commercial success for Honda, so why would they think that tastes have changed? Although, I must confess that if they ever made a replica of the Moto Martin CBX, I would be seriously tempted. Edited April 11, 2019 by amateur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancer425 Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 (edited) The CBX 1000 in the early 80s was a smooth engine and they went well enough, but the six cylinder engine was wide and in the unfaired CBx it was not fantastic aerodynamically, and the four cylinders around at the time GS1000 Z 1000 GS1100e etc were as quick if not quicker. Honda did 5 and 6 cylinder race bikes as mentioned already these were much smaller than the CBX . https://youtu.be/lpuKTZnFeuk Edited April 11, 2019 by lancer425 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon Shredder. Posted April 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 30 minutes ago, amateur said: Neither of the road-going Honda 6's ( the inline CBX 1000 and the opposed flat configured Valkyrie) were a great commercial success for Honda, so why would they think that tastes have changed? Although, I must confess that if they ever made a replica of the Moto Martin CBX, I would be seriously tempted. Have you looked at the web bike world site? l think you may like what you see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam triple Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 6 hours ago, Pigeon Shredder. said: Have you looked at the web bike world site? l think you may like what you see. they do it because they can like a lot of concepts its to show what they can do .worked sat mornings in local bike shop as a kid and to see these monsterous bikes go out every week to new customers was a joy ,tyhen came along the z1300! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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