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Benelli sixes

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K2-K6:
Yeah like a public service of sorts!! I think that's a very good plan, also you'd have to ride out to spread the word of course.

I like that era anyway and all of those bikes Hondas 500-4, 750-4 Benellis 750-6, 500-4 look so nice I think, especially with the original multi pipes fitted.

I may be wrong but seem to remember quite a bit of the bright metal being stainless on the Benelli also.

RupertB:
So frustrating- at the time of posting this query I was looking at a couple of 750/6 Benellis - a rough one with an allegedly rebuilt engine which needed a load of parts, and a Spanish import with very low mileage which was more expensive but in much nicer apparent condition. And after the conversation on this site I checked again thinking it was getting to 'make your mind up time' and boogie me - they've both gone! Saves money, but since when was that an aim of motorcycle ownership?! Still, others will no doubt pop up, but every time I decide on a bike they go up in value (or at least cost) just before I get my hands on one, and plummet immediately afterwards. I have the same effect on shares and any other investment.
Hey ho, not to worry - patience is probably the best course. At least I can get started on the Foale framed 750 soon. At the moment it is little changed from when I first posted here..... but have patience!

RupertB:
Well the Foale 750 is off for stripping by someone who actually has a clue, and the frame is away for a bit of cosmetic work and mild non-structural welding, so that project counts as 'under way', but in the meanwhile I have had a serious rush of blood to the head and have ordered one and a half CB500s in the shape of a restored 750/6 Benelli from Spain. It is currently on its way North in a van, and arrives tomorrow all being well. The guy who restored it and sold it to me has answered my question - the oil filter on CB750 and Benelli 750 is an interchangeable item.
Expensive way to find out, but there you have it!
I now have a month on Spanish plates to confuse the hell out of North Welsh Police if I ride over the border...so I probably won't bother.

K2-K6:
That sounds nice, you'll have to let us see some pictures when you get it.

There is one in a current bike mag that the owner has fitted a 750/6 motor into a benelli 500/4 frame that he says is a straight bolt-in so it seems that they are the same dimensions as the Honda 500/4 (I understand this is a virtual copy on the Honda) so the description of a 500+2 pots appears accurate.

Be good to get your impressions of what it's like to ride.

RupertB:
Have put another post in the site, but some pics attached here too - not done many miles as I want to check out a rattle which I think is clutch basket and with luck not too serious, but need to be sure for my wallet's sake! First impressions of the bike are that it is wide but not too much so, and incredibly smooth - almost literally like an electric motor apart from one thing - the exhaust note. That is just unreal - all the lovely noise a stright six car engine but with the rortiness of a bike. Now I haven't ridden or heard a CBX6 so can't comnpare, but the Benelli is an impressive item. Riding position is a bit upright and feet forward after my other bikes, but not so much so that I would alter the setup with rearsets or suchlike.

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