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ducatiz

#1875
February 29, 2012, 06:22:51 PM
Quote from: Travman on February 29, 2012, 06:08:23 PM
1975 Benelli Bimota.  Who knew?  Was there any engine that Bimota didn't try? 

i have to assume using the Sei was someone's brother in law calling in a favor.  it's not a particularly good performance engine
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Travman

#1876
March 01, 2012, 04:15:42 AM Last Edit: March 01, 2012, 04:18:58 AM by Travman
Quote from: ducatiz on February 29, 2012, 06:22:51 PM
i have to assume using the Sei was someone's brother in law calling in a favor.  it's not a particularly good performance engine
The engine does look too wide and heavy to be on the track. Still it is a cool combo. Probably only one was made.

DucHead

#1877
March 01, 2012, 06:36:50 AM
Quote from: ducatiz on February 29, 2012, 06:22:51 PM
i have to assume using the Sei was someone's brother in law calling in a favor.  it's not a particularly good performance engine

Yeah, but it sure does sound good whilst performing poorly!   [laugh]
'05 S4R (>47k mi); '04 Bandit 1200 (>92k mi; sold); '02 Bandit 1200 (>11k mi); '97 Bandit 1200 (2k mi); '13 FJR1300 (1k mi); IBA #28454 "45"

mickyvee

#1878
March 01, 2012, 01:14:38 PM
 ??? 1975? The 900 didn't appear until 1980. And where does it say "Bimota"? But I'm being pedantic, the bike looks great. I have always had a soft spot for Beneli sixes, since riding one (a 750) back in the day. I must say though, that I thought it handled superbly, and was certainly not a candidate for the Bimota treatment. But what do I know?

ducatiz

#1879
March 01, 2012, 01:41:50 PM
Quote from: mickyvee on March 01, 2012, 01:14:38 PM
??? 1975? The 900 didn't appear until 1980. And where does it say "Bimota"? But I'm being pedantic, the bike looks great. I have always had a soft spot for Beneli sixes, since riding one (a 750) back in the day. I must say though, that I thought it handled superbly, and was certainly not a candidate for the Bimota treatment. But what do I know?

It's a 750 overbored to 900.

I think the fairing/seat was made by Bimota, and the bike was customized by an owner, not Bimota.

I've seen it all over the web as a "Benelli 750 spec Bimota" but since I can only find the ONE, I think it's a one-off.

Benelli 750 sei BIG BORE = 900 SPECIAL, road legal race bike!
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

ducatiz

#1880
March 01, 2012, 01:47:07 PM Last Edit: March 01, 2012, 01:49:30 PM by ducatiz
I found another similar one, but it's done by the same guy (Hubert Furtner):

lookit that rear suspension [drool]



Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

ungeheuer

#1881
March 02, 2012, 03:25:59 AM
Quote from: Travman on February 24, 2012, 10:37:35 AM

[laugh]   [puke]

Quote from: Travman on February 28, 2012, 05:38:08 PM

[drool]    :'(

Quote from: ducatiz on February 29, 2012, 06:22:51 PM
i have to assume using the Sei was someone's brother in law calling in a favor.  it's not a particularly good performance engine
I always liked the Benelli sixes.  Not for what they could or couldnt do, but for the way that they did what they did.

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The Mad King Pepe'

#1882
March 02, 2012, 10:10:06 AM
Quote from: Travman on February 25, 2012, 07:45:33 AM

Meh, what's up with the semi floating gas tank?  [thumbsdown]

Quote from: Travman on February 24, 2012, 10:37:35 AM

[laugh] reminds me of the Japanese guy who make crazy looking custom bikes...
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me.

kopfjäger

#1883
March 02, 2012, 09:43:34 PM
Quote from: The Mad King Pepe' on March 02, 2012, 10:10:06 AM
[laugh] reminds me of the Japanese guy who make crazy looking custom bikes...

Shinya would slap you for that comparison.
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1KDS

#1884
March 03, 2012, 07:02:13 PM
Quote from: The Mad King Pepe' on March 02, 2012, 10:10:06 AM
Meh, what's up with the semi floating gas tank?  [thumbsdown]

Looks like a Monster frame to me
Every bike I've ever owned.

Travman

#1885
March 09, 2012, 05:58:05 AM


junior varsity

#1886
March 09, 2012, 06:52:19 AM
749 based naked... pretty cool.   perhaps they should have removed the tabs on the oil cooler that are going unused since they went to the trouble of removing "some" of the frame tabs (but not all....)

Great execution otherwise.

MadDuck

#1887
March 09, 2012, 08:20:13 AM
Pretty cool!
No modification goes unpunished. Memento mori.  Good people drink good beer.  Things happen pretty fast at high speeds.

It's all up to your will level, your thrill level and your skill level.  Everything else is just fluff.

Nero-92

#1888
March 09, 2012, 12:20:56 PM
Quote from: Travman on March 09, 2012, 05:58:05 AM



I just luv the pipe work on that exhaust its a work of art.
I am a bog snorkeler

junior varsity

#1889
March 09, 2012, 12:22:43 PM
hey, how do you pose something so that you can have such a "blank" background - and still have the 'floor shadows' but no sidestand or other type of stands, and it doesn't look like hell around the edges?
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