Honda 6 Cylinder Bike
This well preserved 1982 honda cbx is six cylinder sport bike that was the company s flagship offering when new.
Honda 6 cylinder bike. Irimarji knew that 4 cylinder engines won t be able to achieve it so he decided to go with 6 cylinders at 250cc. But in other respects the bike was conventional having telescopic forks a tubular frame twin rear shocks and straight. Featuring innovative packaging inspired by the company s racing bikes the cbx offered riders a fast bike with good handling characteristics and no major penalties size wise despite the added mass of the inline six engine. Honda cbx 1000 my favorite bike ever part 1 duration.
Honda cbx 1000 6 cylinder superbike sound like f1 i thank all motorcycle fans who contributed to my channel with their videos and motorcycles. Honda was the first to introduce a 6 cylinder motorcycle in 1966 the rc166 but it displaced a scant 249cc and was designed for racing. Honda cbx 6 cylinder bored to 1425cc start up vby nycarspotter. Honda unfurls a stunning flight of fancy the six cylinder valkyrie the first genuine oem power cruiser.
To such tiny combustion chamber honda managed to fit in 4 valves. Italy s benelli introduced the world s first production 6 cylinder motorcycle in 1972 the benelli sei 750 but it took two more years for it to hit production. This resulted in single cylinder displacement at 41 6 cc. The cbx s advanced dohc 24 valve inline six cylinder engine was its outstanding feature.
Boasting a hot rodded 1520cc engine with six carburetors the first valkyrie demolished existing performance standards by churning out more than 100 horsepower and 100 pounds feet of torque right off the showroom floor.