I haven't ridden a Bike for over 30 years but the Benelli Sei is a bike that could entice me back into the saddle, Amazing sound, What an Italian bike should sound like!
Your Government and owner wants you to get one, that's who . . . 🤪 In some places in Europe you can't ride a motorcycle that put out more than 80 decibels.
I had a 1982 Honda CBX1000 with Kerker 6 into 2 pipes which I modified the rear baffles on both sides. Sounded like a howling F1. Those were the days my friend.
I'll never forget the first time encountered " THE SOUND"- I was 14 and riding my bicycle to the beach in my town ( Gilford N.H. right next door to Laconia of motorcycle fame!!!), a long way off in the distance I heard a high pitched howl that kept getting louder and louder and louder untill it became a scream comming up behind me and then ...a flash went by but I couldn't even tell what it was, but I knew someday I had to have it. Fast forward to 20 years old and I bought a 1979 CBX. I was in the US Air Force living in Illinoise at the time and my one and only long distance road trip was to attend the Indy 500. I had no sleeping bag, no pillow, no money...nothing but the constant buzz in my teeth and hands when I finally got to the racetrack ha ha. the CBX was NOT made for long-distance highway touring I can tell you ha ha. I slept under it outside the racetrack and watched the most insane party roll by all day and night long at the biggest sporting event in the world. Quick story - there was a really drunk guy falling all over anything that wasn't nailed down and at one point he finds his way into a porta potty. his friends run up and TIP THE THING OVER with the door facing the ground!!!!! the sounds of him screaming inside had everyone withing hearing distance laughing hysterically. you could see the poop etc flowing out of the air vents at the top of the thing and he couldn't get out cause he was trapped!!! once his buddies rolled the toilet over, the guy climbs out COMPLETELY covered in you know what. for 5 seconds he's fighting mad but then he starts laughing and hugging his two friends and they all get smeared with poop and pee GALLONS AND GALLONS of the stuff. the porta potty probably hadn't been emptied in two days AT A MAJOR EVENT!!! it was overflowing to begin with ha ha!! man o man I'll never forget seeing the three of them dancing and hugging and dripping and I'll never forget the screams from inside. cracking me up even now as I write this ha ha. hope this made someone's day lol
I had the pleasure of owning a 750 sei. It always amazed me that when I pulled up at the lights and blipped the throttle people would look for the second motorcycle. Wish I still had it.
I'm lucky enough to have owned a 900 Sei for the past 33 years, I've added a bank of six 22 mm Dell O'rto carburettors and a modified 750 Sei six into six exhaust system. The exhaust note makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. It's magic.
I had a Benelli when I was a youngster. A 250C Remember seeing a 750Sei and you could put a 50p piece on its side on the tank and rev it. The thing never budged.
If I was sufficiently fortuitous to own the six pipe version, I would ride to outdoor old car shows and park up somewhere in the middle and watch as car lovers got distracted and drooled over the bike. Just perfection on two wheels Italian style. Thanks for sharing. I love all your clips.
I used to own this bike. Made in 1978, only 2 of the same type were made after this. The last one sold /used as a prop in a Ferrari-Lamborghini dealership until 1988/. It ran the engine smooth like a baby`s butts...even revved up-a full cup of coffee on the bike did not spill.
Great video. I was a penniless student in Huddersfield back in the '80s trying to run a variety of bikes on the cheap. The motorcycle shop to go to was "Speedscene" in Birkby who were Benelli dealers. Now, sadly, gone. They had several of the 6's in the showroom but waaay out reach of my budget.
I have a friend in the UK that built a 900cc 6 cylinder with 6 delotor carbs, 6 open mega cans, in racing trim, full racing fairing painted in Benelli's green, goes like stonk, been raced at the Isle of Man.
When I was a kid in the late 70s there was a bike dealer about 500 yards from where I lived, mick Walker motorcycles, he dealt mostly in expensive exotic bikes ( laverda, mv augusta, ducati, harley and of course bennelli). Imagine being 12 years old and being able to hang out in that showroom? Oh yeah, and barry sheene lived about 2 miles away and a lot of us used to hang out round his place too, and you know what? He really didn’t mind, lovely guy.
Im glad we got to go for the ride. That gives you a real idea what it's like to ride it. I was surprised at how civilized it was. It didn't need to wrap up and seemed to handle nicely.
Interesting sound on some of these. I always had the perception that they would sound like a sewing machine, but some, with modified exhaust have a really nice exhaust note.
The green bike got it right with what looks like 6-Keihin carbs. Seem to me with three cars there's a lot of lag right off the throttle. That green bike was Crisp!
Benelli 900 Sei is one of the two best sounding bikes on the planet. The other is the Honda CBX 1000. The Benelli sounds like a Ferrari, and the Honda sounds like an F1. Both incredible machines.
Nice compilation. Love the sound of a 6 cyl. I had a Benelli 750Sei a long time ago. Great engine and sound but lot's of electric issues. The bike in the vid clip starting at 3:20 is a 750Sei.
It's amazing what you can do when you cut up and weld a couple of 70s Honda 4 engines, it's almost exactly what they did to build these and the 750s. Wonderful sounds tho. I love everything else about them too!!!!!!
Forgot how compact these beautiful bikes were - only saw one back in the day with a CBX and a kettle and it looked like a 500 by comparison. I was on my KH400 and would have tagged along but A) not fast enough lol B) ran out of fuel after 60 miles.......
Glad to listen through stereo speakers, my phone is vibration rich! Haven't seen a sei /six in person since the 80s, the red "racer" is made by who? It's fantastico!
The ROSSO 6 InTo 6 Cafe RaceR is sweet. tooo bad it all led to a more Depriciative ENDing, yet still could Lead to a GREAT Benelli compilation ~ Devotamente . gF USA
I had a 900 Sei for a weekend once circa 1990. Gorgeous looks, great sound, terrible hinge in the middle handling in fast sweepers. Give me a Guzzi Le Mans or bevel 900SS any day.
I heard an open pipe 750 Sei in Wurzburg, West Germany pass by, 1975. Rode my army buddy's new 1975 Kawasaki H2 (euro version) to 240kph (150mph) on our Giebelstadt Air Base's airstrip. US versions were only good for 116mph (period test)
Monica Cecconi: here is the ULTIMATELY THE BEST SOUND, LIKE A DAMN FERRARI OR EVEN BETTER, LIKE A FORMULA 1 SOUND @ 0:17 minute mark! th-cam.com/video/MBbskqcgs_o/w-d-xo.html
@Jeff Spicolli The same year as mine. It had belonged to one of the directors of Honda Britain from new. For some reason he didn't like either of the colours available in the UK and had Honda paint it in blue. I liked the red but to own a bike like that was just amazing. I was only 17 at the time and could afford the insurance because I worked for a dealer at the time. They allowed me to ride on their insurance. I was so lucky. The joy of six 😁
@Jeff Spicolli It was a thing on it's own back then. There was nothing to touch it. I think it made guys feel a bit jealous 😁 I'm lucky as I'm quite tall at 5' 8" but it was still a handful until it was moving. Easier than my Z1 though.
I haven't ridden a Bike for over 30 years but the Benelli Sei is a bike that could entice me back into the saddle, Amazing sound, What an Italian bike should sound like!
After hearing this, who the hell wants a electric bike! Awesome!
Exactly. Long live the internal combustion engine.
Your neighbors? But it does sound good.
Your Government and owner wants you to get one, that's who . . . 🤪
In some places in Europe you can't ride a motorcycle that put out more than 80 decibels.
Dave Leighton i wish my neighbours had one
Hmmm, maybe with some playingcards a piëzo element and a small distorted tubeamp.....
I had a 1982 Honda CBX1000 with Kerker 6 into 2 pipes which I modified the rear baffles on both sides. Sounded like a howling F1. Those were the days my friend.
I'll never forget the first time encountered " THE SOUND"- I was 14 and riding my bicycle to the beach in my town ( Gilford N.H. right next door to Laconia of motorcycle fame!!!), a long way off in the distance I heard a high pitched howl that kept getting louder and louder and louder untill it became a scream comming up behind me and then ...a flash went by but I couldn't even tell what it was, but I knew someday I had to have it. Fast forward to 20 years old and I bought a 1979 CBX. I was in the US Air Force living in Illinoise at the time and my one and only long distance road trip was to attend the Indy 500. I had no sleeping bag, no pillow, no money...nothing but the constant buzz in my teeth and hands when I finally got to the racetrack ha ha. the CBX was NOT made for long-distance highway touring I can tell you ha ha. I slept under it outside the racetrack and watched the most insane party roll by all day and night long at the biggest sporting event in the world. Quick story - there was a really drunk guy falling all over anything that wasn't nailed down and at one point he finds his way into a porta potty. his friends run up and TIP THE THING OVER with the door facing the ground!!!!! the sounds of him screaming inside had everyone withing hearing distance laughing hysterically. you could see the poop etc flowing out of the air vents at the top of the thing and he couldn't get out cause he was trapped!!! once his buddies rolled the toilet over, the guy climbs out COMPLETELY covered in you know what. for 5 seconds he's fighting mad but then he starts laughing and hugging his two friends and they all get smeared with poop and pee GALLONS AND GALLONS of the stuff. the porta potty probably hadn't been emptied in two days AT A MAJOR EVENT!!! it was overflowing to begin with ha ha!!
man o man I'll never forget seeing the three of them dancing and hugging and dripping and I'll never forget the screams from inside. cracking me up even now as I write this ha ha.
hope this made someone's day lol
I had the pleasure of owning a 750 sei. It always amazed me that when I pulled up at the lights and blipped the throttle people would look for the second motorcycle. Wish I still had it.
Until wife entered in your life and had your bike sold off??
This is old school 100% Italian made!
Usually the source of any problem..
@@franktechmaniac7488 Your mom was the source of any problem
In fact it's a shameless Japanese copy , without any of the reliability,but ,it's however fascinating
@@claudioperotti9439 Infatti uguale a tua madre, senza vergogna
@@billadmond9450 toh,un cretino.
Can't tell you how sweet those cafe pipes are !
Nothing has that sound like a 900 six Benelli !
Love it !
Rc166 ....mv agusta (agostinis) and Barry sheenes tr7 ........best sounding bikes ever
I'm lucky enough to have owned a 900 Sei for the past 33 years, I've added a bank of six 22 mm Dell O'rto carburettors and a modified 750 Sei six into six exhaust system. The exhaust note makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. It's magic.
Someone with good taste!,
I had a Benelli when I was a youngster. A 250C
Remember seeing a 750Sei and you could put a 50p piece on its side on the tank and rev it. The thing never budged.
I love how loud the transmission is, nothing like gear whine to tell you exactly where the engine is doing by ear.
Oh yea I really love gear while, check this out, you can hear it super clearly on this Moto Guzzi
th-cam.com/video/WX0uLhh6ev4/w-d-xo.html
Love it!
Wow, the black one at 2:39 is a gem!
If I was sufficiently fortuitous to own the six pipe version, I would ride to outdoor old car shows and park up somewhere in the middle and watch as car lovers got distracted and drooled over the bike. Just perfection on two wheels Italian style. Thanks for sharing. I love all your clips.
I used to own this bike. Made in 1978, only 2 of the same type were made after this. The last one sold /used as a prop in a Ferrari-Lamborghini dealership until 1988/. It ran the engine smooth like a baby`s butts...even revved up-a full cup of coffee on the bike did not spill.
Great video. I was a penniless student in Huddersfield back in the '80s trying to run a variety of bikes on the cheap. The motorcycle shop to go to was "Speedscene" in Birkby who were Benelli dealers. Now, sadly, gone. They had several of the 6's in the showroom but waaay out reach of my budget.
And most Other peoples too .
UNBELIEVABLE! I have a Norton Commando and it sounds gorgeous under load and accelerating BUT that bike is in another league!
I only thought they came as the 750 sei This 900/ sei like this is great to see.
They look beautiful and, of course they are timeless.
I have a friend in the UK that built a 900cc 6 cylinder with 6 delotor carbs, 6 open mega cans, in racing trim, full racing fairing painted in Benelli's green, goes like stonk, been raced at the Isle of Man.
My hair is standing on end and goose bumps all over.A 6 cylinder orchestra.AWSOME
When I was a kid in the late 70s there was a bike dealer about 500 yards from where I lived, mick Walker motorcycles, he dealt mostly in expensive exotic bikes ( laverda, mv augusta, ducati, harley and of course bennelli). Imagine being 12 years old and being able to hang out in that showroom? Oh yeah, and barry sheene lived about 2 miles away and a lot of us used to hang out round his place too, and you know what? He really didn’t mind, lovely guy.
So cool
The bike at 50 seconds in is the best sounding bike ever,an absolute symphony
Im glad we got to go for the ride. That gives you a real idea what it's like to ride it. I was surprised at how civilized it was. It didn't need to wrap up and seemed to handle nicely.
Gotta say............That sounds absolutely gobsmackingly awesome
Just awesome bike. Love the orange racing Benelli on the pedestal with the black 6 exhaust
le Italiane hanno un anima il problema é che le si apprezza quando ormai non le fabbricano più e una moto come questa non ha prezzo
E' propio vero, l'ho avuta anni 80 /750 che BELLA .
First word into my brain: Gorgeous, both in mechanical as well as aesthetic appearance, to say nothing of the SOUND!!
Interesting sound on some of these. I always had the perception that they would sound like a sewing machine, but some, with modified exhaust have a really nice exhaust note.
Mechanical Music... A Neighbor Had One of These New When l Was A Kid...AND A Factory Montesa Dirt Bike! Ahh, Growing Up in So Cal!
Incredible sound!!
@1.45, wonderful DRUM brake. If you ever driven a bike with a brake like this, you forget all disks ever possible!
That's a big front drum brake!
Un sei cilindri con quella ruotina! A vederla oggi, ti vengono i brividi! Era un'altra epoca.
A set of pipe dreams!! Wish I could still ride. Too old too crook! But then I had 30 years of pure joy!! 🏍😃
What a beauty in all respects. Simply amazing!
Im a Honda guy but i gotta give a thumbs up. Very cool bike.
The orchestral sound of 500 explosions a second.
AWESOME. no other words will do
Wow that race bike, beautiful sound, looks like hell to ride with that non existing seat
Italians could make spoons that look amazing
JOE Bozza
It's true, thank you brother
@Skodaman2 😂😂😂
They do!
@Skodaman2 and rust out in 2 years.
I think they do!
My favourite bike 40 years ago...How MUCH i d like to have ONE now
The green bike got it right with what looks like 6-Keihin carbs. Seem to me with three cars there's a lot of lag right off the throttle. That green bike was Crisp!
That’s one awesome piece of machinery! That sounds great! Thanks for sharing that with us!
Quel son ! Un peu comme MV a son époque 🇮🇹👍 de très belles mécaniques 😍
My brother had one and 45 years ago, as a kid I joined him, l'll always remember that sound!
I had a 750 sei & I loved it , it was great fun & easy too ride , fast or slowly , woe me ,I sold it
Noise is just like a symphony !
im seriously in love with the cover pic bike...WOW..what a dream machine 😎
Just watching this i am having nightmares about syncing those carbs. What a beautiful piece of machinery.
Nice sound
I had a classic 1966 125cc benelli 1 cylinder, loved it
Benelli 900 Sei is one of the two best sounding bikes on the planet. The other is the Honda CBX 1000.
The Benelli sounds like a Ferrari, and the Honda sounds like an F1. Both incredible machines.
Nice compilation. Love the sound of a 6 cyl. I had a Benelli 750Sei a long time ago. Great engine and sound but lot's of electric issues. The bike in the vid clip starting at 3:20 is a 750Sei.
I always read benelli electrical issues 🙄😂🙏
They sound very good!
Che Bella machina
What à pretty thing
Quelle belle bête
Rode CBX 6 cyl Honda but this I've not, very beautiful bike great sound ...
Those are some awesome old schoolers.
The red one that starts at 1:44 with open 6 pipe headers has that Ferrari 250 GTO sound that is motor music!
I agree. Lovely sounding Benellis. Thanks for the mash up
After listening to those exhaust notes, who could possibly want an electric bike?
Outstanding work, Jawa!
Great sound.
Absolutely mint!!!!! Love them!!!!
from 3:17 on it's a Benelli 750 Sei, the most beautiful of all ... nice ride anyway :)
Yes, that 750 Sei is a beautiful bike, the design was so much nicer looking than the 900
I can listen to this sound & sleep like a baby
Bueatiful Looking and sounding, real motorbikes!😀
Agreed
Damn. That's meant to be listened to at full volume.
It's amazing what you can do when you cut up and weld a couple of 70s Honda 4 engines, it's almost exactly what they did to build these and the 750s. Wonderful sounds tho. I love everything else about them too!!!!!!
Yes man. Super sound
Great Video man!!!!!!
awesome sound!
The most perfect looking bike ever made.
Italian bikes won many world championship's 😊
Meraviglia!!! Noi italiani sapremmo fare cose pazzesche.....
1:36 I don't care too much of the motorcycles in general. But the sound and looks of this futuristic maschine - whaaat.... :D
Forgot how compact these beautiful bikes were - only saw one back in the day with a CBX and a kettle and it looked like a 500 by comparison. I was on my KH400 and would have tagged along but
A) not fast enough lol
B) ran out of fuel after 60 miles.......
My favorite Sound comes from the Black Sei 😃👍
moto Italiane numero 1 al Mondo
I had a mk3 zephyr years ago sounded pretty cool
Beautiful bikes
Joss
The last bike is a 750,you can see the side panel badge under the riders leg,still a great sound.
Glad to listen through stereo speakers, my phone is vibration rich! Haven't seen a sei /six in person since the 80s, the red "racer" is made by who? It's fantastico!
0:48-1:35 best sound ever!
Great sounds,bikes and video.....EXCELLENT!
The ROSSO 6 InTo 6 Cafe RaceR is sweet.
tooo bad it all led to a more Depriciative ENDing, yet still could Lead to a GREAT Benelli compilation ~
Devotamente . gF USA
The second Red Benelli 🇮🇹🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Now that, boys and girls is an Italian motorcycle!
Yes, I agree. Great sound
I had a 900 Sei for a weekend once circa 1990. Gorgeous looks, great sound, terrible hinge in the middle handling in fast sweepers. Give me a Guzzi Le Mans or bevel 900SS any day.
Sentite che anima! Stupenda
holy sound scape, you could eat that sound
ماشاء الله على شركة بينيلى ...بجد ابهار كلاسيكى
Fantastic !!!
Italians make beauty. To bad beauty never last.
Oh I don't know. My Moto Guzzi seems built and rebuildable for the long haul. Plus I knew a guy with 181,000 miles on a 1980 G3.
Edit:
To bad beauty only sometimes last.
Wow 😮 what a sound 😎
Gorgeous!
sooo smooth
I heard an open pipe 750 Sei in Wurzburg, West Germany pass by, 1975. Rode my army buddy's new 1975 Kawasaki H2 (euro version) to 240kph (150mph) on our Giebelstadt Air Base's airstrip. US versions were only good for 116mph (period test)
1:39 everything is better with pipes ...great bikes
THE BEST SOUND !!!!
Monica Cecconi: here is the ULTIMATELY THE BEST SOUND, LIKE A DAMN FERRARI OR EVEN BETTER, LIKE A FORMULA 1 SOUND @ 0:17 minute mark! th-cam.com/video/MBbskqcgs_o/w-d-xo.html
Beautiful bike's. . When the man pulls off. On the red bke.Quality 👏👏👏
Sounds awsome with 6 into 6
I had a Honda CBX back in the 80's. The police stopped me to tell me how amazing it sounded... At 135 mph lol
The benelli is so tiny!
@Jeff Spicolli The same year as mine. It had belonged to one of the directors of Honda Britain from new. For some reason he didn't like either of the colours available in the UK and had Honda paint it in blue. I liked the red but to own a bike like that was just amazing. I was only 17 at the time and could afford the insurance because I worked for a dealer at the time. They allowed me to ride on their insurance. I was so lucky. The joy of six 😁
@Jeff Spicolli It was a thing on it's own back then. There was nothing to touch it. I think it made guys feel a bit jealous 😁 I'm lucky as I'm quite tall at 5' 8" but it was still a handful until it was moving. Easier than my Z1 though.
That kid @2:34 is going to have a Benelli sei one day!