Six cylinder
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Nico Bakker’s 160bhp BMW GS built from a K1600GT.
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Renowned chassis builder Nico Bakker’s just revealed his latest project; and it’s a custom BMW K1600GT that’s been turned into an adventure-ready GS. Nico Bakker of Bakker Framebouw is a big name in the world of motorcycle racing – having worked for the likes of Giacomo Agostini and Phil Read back in the ‘70s.…
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STAFFORD SHOW 2020: Stuart Graham announced as guest of honour for April outing
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Stuart Graham, a winner on both two and four wheels, has enjoyed a successful and unusual racing career and will share his stories in front of a live audience at the 40th Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show on April 25-26 at Stafford County Showground. Born into a racing family, Stuart’s father was 1949 500cc World Champion…
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Ooooh! New patents squeak out for the Honda six-cylinder retro cafe racer. Yeah, six-cylinder.
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We’ve told you before that this bike was coming and to be fair, we could waffle on about what we’ve found with these latest patents – but you can see things in these images as well as we can – so let’s keep it brief. Here’s the new patents that show the upcoming Honda model…
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Gorgeous Honda CBX900 illustrations appear in Japanese magazine (not real, yet, but these are sweet drawings)
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Check out these illustrations from Japanese magazine YoungMachine – they are based on rumours in the Japanese motorcycle market of some sort of modern, naked/half naked six cylinder-powered behemoth on the cards. We’ve brought you these rumours some time ago but our Japanese friends have added some flesh on the considerable bones and come…
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Quick Spins – 1975 Benelli 750 Sei
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MoreBikes Quick Spins are brought to you by Classic Motorcyce Mechanics Magazine – the BEST magazine for great bikes from the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Click on the link to get the CMM world on your screen. When the arrival of this ground-breaking Benelli was causing a sensation in UK showrooms, I was still a…
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Awesome Bobber made from a Honda CBX – it’s a six cylinder work of chop-shop art!
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Awesome Bobber made from a Honda CBX – it’s a six cylinder work of chop-shop art! Check out this lovely chunk of metal – it’s a particularly sweet Bobber (and the first bike) from the Swiss bike builder / customiser pb33. The bike started out as a 1981 Honda SC06 CBX Prolink (pictured below). Part…
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2011 BMW K1600GT/K1600GTL Review
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While there’s nothing new about inline sixes, BMW’s latest offering of the configuration in their K1600GT supersports tourer has taken the design to all-new heights. Lighter, smaller and more powerful than any production six-cylinder motorcycle engine seen before, the 1649cc, 160bhp motor holds the key to the smoothest of power deliveries and, inturn, one…
