Now we've only two sticking out :)

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:49 pm

two Benelli Sei engines molished together I think, so I guess an 1800cc makes you realise how compact the K1600GT engine is!

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:53 pm

I think I'd prefer this incarnation myself

http://www.bikeexif.com/benelli-sei

Dog Tyred · Post by **Dog Tyred** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:01 pm

Photoshop !!

Otherwise its got two side stands

Oh and the reflections in the pipes are mirrored (if you know what I mean) and both crank case covers are identical.

Nicely done though.

DT

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:07 pm

I'm not sure, I can see what you mean about the sidestands, assuming those are the sidestands. But if you look at pics elsewhere of a 750/900 Sei their crankshaft ends are the same both sides, the alternator was carried behind the engine ISTR

Dog Tyred · Post by **Dog Tyred** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 4:59 pm

Well if is real it would need stabalisers as they thing ani't gonna lean over very far !!

IMO the engine/s are just too similar on both sides of the bike (mirrored exactly in fact). I bet they didn't make a left handed and a right handed engine so the pipes are identically mirrored

oh and the the engine doesn't sit square in the bike either.

Just saying

DT

cornishflat · Post by **cornishflat** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 6:12 pm

The Benelli Sei looks cool reminds me of the racing Honda,s of the 60,s. I,d bet it would have a tidy rasp too...love to hear it.

Corvus · Post by **Corvus** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:17 pm

cornishflat wrote:The Benelli Sei looks cool reminds me of the racing Honda,s of the 60,s. I,d bet it would have a tidy rasp too...love to hear it.

Doesn't it look gorgeous. A very nice job.

Herb · Post by **Herb** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:00 pm

Definitely photoshopped, but a clever hoax nonetheless.

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:01 pm

cornishflat wrote:The Benelli Sei looks cool reminds me of the racing Honda,s of the 60,s. I,d bet it would have a tidy rasp too...love to hear it.

Your wish is my command

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P9KkoOyQBk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROsGkhX_NOY

bikesnbones · Post by **bikesnbones** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:12 pm

slparry wrote:I think I'd prefer this incarnation myself

http://www.bikeexif.com/benelli-sei

Now that is a thing of breath taking beauty.
The other abomination just says that the person who built it has way too much time on their hands, and needs someone to confiscate their spanners.

dave the german · Post by **dave the german** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 4:28 am

I was just going to add, bet it sounds nice and then.......

cornishflat · Post by **cornishflat** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 7:53 pm

slparry wrote:
cornishflat wrote:The Benelli Sei looks cool reminds me of the racing Honda,s of the 60,s. I,d bet it would have a tidy rasp too...love to hear it.
Your wish is my command

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P9KkoOyQBk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROsGkhX_NOY

Wow, that is something else. A thing of beauty with a sound track to match...absolutely stunning.
Thankyou my man.

Steve1200S · Post by **Steve1200S** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 8:07 pm

Do you think a K1600 sounds like that? (checks wallet for 15 grand.....

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slparry · Post by **slparry** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 8:58 pm

Steve1200S wrote:Do you think a K1600 sounds like that? (checks wallet for 15 grand..... )

to be fair the one I had on loan for the weekend sounded gorgeous, spent an unneccessary amount of time blipping the throttle just for the yowl of that six cylinder. Yowl is probably the best word to describe the note

I'd love someone at BMW to decide to do a K1300R version with the K1600 engine sort of like the concept bike they produced but more akin to the K1300R. I reckon there's a market there that would lap that model up.

tanneman · Post by **tanneman** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 10:24 pm

Sounds just like the E30 BMW 325i.

However regarding the photo I don't know if it is photoshopped. The photo is not taken from a dead straight on position while the bike is on a centre stand and if you Google the image it appears in other websites. Benelli Dodici?

I retract that statement. On this blog http://ottonero.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/more.html you can see something missing from the bike which makes me believe that it is cleverly done. Click on the photo and we'll see who is the first one to spot it.