Benelli 900 Sei - The Perfect Sound!

Benelli 900 Sei - 6-cylinder Italian classic bike ! Beautiful sound.
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[@davidschilling4861]

After hearing this, who the hell wants a electric bike! Awesome!

[@davisch51]

Exactly. Long live the internal combustion engine.

[@daveleighton4683]

Your neighbors? But it does sound good.

[@GIGABACHI]

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.

[@23usernamez]

Dave Leighton i wish my neighbours had one

[@SkinPeeleR]

Hmmm, maybe with some playingcards a piëzo element and a small distorted tubeamp.....

[@1110Zappa]

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.

[@jeffmcelroy5364]

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

[@billadmond9450]

This is old school 100% Italian made!

[@franktechmaniac7488]

Usually the source of any problem..

[@billadmond9450]

@@franktechmaniac7488 Your mom was the source of any problem

[@claudioperotti9439]

In fact it's a shameless Japanese copy , without any of the reliability,but ,it's however fascinating

[@billadmond9450]

@@claudioperotti9439 Infatti uguale a tua madre, senza vergogna

[@claudioperotti9439]

@@billadmond9450 toh,un cretino.

[@iamrocketray]

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!

[@ronprince1478]

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.

[@ckryses3962]

Until wife entered in your life and had your bike sold off??

[@raymondparsons610]

Can't tell you how sweet those cafe pipes are ! Nothing has that sound like a 900 six Benelli ! Love it !

[@chrisjenkins5846]

Rc166 ....mv agusta (agostinis) and Barry sheenes tr7 ........best sounding bikes ever

[@jimhunter5933]

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.

[@johncunningham4820]

And most Other peoples too .

[@omotenashienterprises1076]

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.

[@cryptonluna1696]

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

[@tropicottanta6015]

E' propio vero, l'ho avuta anni 80 /750 che BELLA .

[@gunston999]

Italians could make spoons that look amazing

[@hornets419]

JOE Bozza It's true, thank you brother

[@BuilditRideit]

@Skodaman2 😂😂😂

[@horizon5912]

They do!

[@frankdesbaux]

@Skodaman2 and rust out in 2 years.

[@omahas9000]

I think they do!

[@tysoncrow8071]

Fucking nice bikes but In none of your videos do you ever get a wide shot of the bikes so we can see the whole bike on our screens you shoving the camera right up to close or the rider is in the way it pisses me off I want to be able to actually enjoy such beautiful machines

[@nickvw5404]

@1.45, wonderful DRUM brake. If you ever driven a bike with a brake like this, you forget all disks ever possible!

[@davidkeeton6716]

That's a big front drum brake!

[@demian7567]

I love how loud the transmission is, nothing like gear whine to tell you exactly where the engine is doing by ear.

[@robertdevald]

Oh yea I really love gear while, check this out, you can hear it super clearly on this Moto Guzzi kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYmTpn-enZuYrJY Love it!

[@mickbrown8249]

Rode CBX 6 cyl Honda but this I've not, very beautiful bike great sound ...

[@stevenhoman2253]

Outdated technology maybe, but a beautiful exhaust note.

[@kkapalle]

You ever heart the sound from the 6 Cylinder Honda CBX 1100, then you know what sounds good and sober, not Italien rasbery rumble

[@luisperez9213]

ES OBVIO QUE EL MEJOR SONIDO LA TIENE LA NEGRA QUE TIENE LOS ESCAPES ORIGINALES!

[@BuilditRideit]

De tomaso started the idea of scavenging japanese innovation(honda in case of sei) and add some more cylinders or for that matter some bells and whistles. Amazingly the philosophy still remains intact with 600tnt borrowing the engine from another japanese manufacturer(yamaha).

[@davidmacgregor5193]

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.

[@eddiecaplan1908]

Someone with good taste!,

[@Aldo-ct1yp]

moto Italiane numero 1 al Mondo

[@chocolatte6157]

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.

[@billy10100]

UNBELIEVABLE! I have a Norton Commando and it sounds gorgeous under load and accelerating BUT that bike is in another league!

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

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!

[@Jonathan-L]

Wow, the black one at 2:39 is a gem!

[@johnsmithfakename8422]

The orchestral sound of 500 explosions a second.

[@xres1329]

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.

[@johnedwards1685]

The red café racer with RC166 pipes is astonishingly beautiful. I'm moved to say more beautiful than the original Ducati 916. In truth I didn't believe such a thing possible in my lifetime, given how exquisite the Ducati is. After riding for forty years and witnessing with growing sadness how brutally ugly and formulaic machines have become; How styling has become nothing more than candy-wrapping a hateful powerplant designed for a rulebook rather than a soul; to see that elegant work gives me hope that perhaps there is hope. That in the few remaining years until petrol engines are banned, we may see beauty once again on two wheels.

[@cutsrosescents4950]

Have no fear of the end of petrol engines. At my local dealership they had some new electric motorcycle on the showroom floor.After a quick look,I noticed the key was in it so I decided to turn it on to look at the dash. And the batteries were dead.

[@davidharrison6615]

i agree .

[@iantaylor5579]

John Edwards I

[@Jiskefetisvet]

John Edwards couldn’t have said it better. I saw this machine at a dealer , in some basement...not even in the showroom! Had 6 pipes...asked my dad “what bike is that there daddy?”, “oh, a Benelli”...I was 8 years old. Printed in my mind ever since.

[@studiocalder818]

👍🏻👍🏿👍

[@EugenioFranklin]

Beautiful sound. but gimme a CBX100 (6cans) anytime.

[@navinbabji]

Fuck man your videos are awesome...👍👍👍👍

[@xelphinx]

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

[@wessie6781]

i don't get the point of wheelie controle or lounge controle or any kind of nanny controle. just listen to this and look to the red cafe bike. its so much more style than those molded plastic computer bikes.

[@ericbyers9554]

You can get bloody hill side asist on bikes now

[@vintageprolink]

Bueatiful Looking and sounding, real motorbikes!😀

[@laverdajota8089]

Agreed

[@peterdrake8392]

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.......

[@robmitchell716]

y'd have to be dead to not give this a thumbs up.

[@gerardocolasurdo1090]

Rob Mitchell ..Mi nkmmo

[@alessandromoratto4737]

Benelli was equipped with a six-cylinder Honda. The Benelli mechanical company has never made a six-cylinder. There is only the chassis of Benelli and the tank.

[@oldbatwit5102]

Erm...... Wot?

[@davidganster2218]

Oldbatwit actually benelli took a honda 500four and grafted 2 cylinders too it making it a 750 so not a honda six. Later bored and stroked too it’s 900sei.

[@johnarmstrong2679]

A set of pipe dreams!! Wish I could still ride. Too old too crook! But then I had 30 years of pure joy!! 🏍😃

[@therealunclevanya]

In my youth I wanted one of these or a Darmah

[@bruceburns1672]

Those Italians have some dam interesting engineering from cars to bikes to massive cruise liners , amazing how their industries have survived the European communist destruction where in Britain it was all wiped out .

[@alessandromoratto4737]

Siamo sopravvissuti perche facevamo comodo anche a loro!!

[@studiocalder818]

Interesting question. ..Question of love

[@47485ksc]

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)

[@andyhutch8262]

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.

[@daryldaryl913]

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.

[@chrisfoster9080]

Just watching this i am having nightmares about syncing those carbs. What a beautiful piece of machinery.

[@josephstreppone9814]

Benelli 900 SEI 6 cylinder yeah I'll own one I don't care what condition it's in I'll buy it and restore it even if there aren't any parts for it. I'll buy it

[@eddiecaplan1908]

Who cares if its outdated technology??, on a bike that age you can still sometimes get away with running open carbs and megas!!😀

[@carnewscentral]

Great Video man!!!!!!

[@sebastianm.8383]

if you think that Benilli copied the Honda engine construction 1 to 1 and made 6 cylinder instead of 4, the result is awesome.....

[@majorglenn]

MIA MADONNA 😇💫🙏 VULGARE PER EXCELLENZA

[@_JimS]

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!

[@colinetheridge4916]

The same top speed as a 1965 Triumph Bonneville 120 with a much smaller engine, 650 as opposed to 900. Sorry Benelli, but I'm not impressed, you make a lot of noise but.....

[@artfantasies]

from 3:17 on it's a Benelli 750 Sei, the most beautiful of all ... nice ride anyway :)

[@Fred4662]

Yes, that 750 Sei is a beautiful bike, the design was so much nicer looking than the 900

[@dougauzene8389]

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!

[@corvettecorvette7442]

Je me souviens j'en ai vu qu'une seule rouler j'étais coursier à l'époque j'avais 18 ans j'en ai vu une s'engouffrer dans le tunnel qui séparait l'avenue des Champs-Élysées comme disait Gainsbourg avec un bruit d'enfer j'ai jamais oublié c'est la seule que j'ai vu je m'en souviens encore quelle beauté 3 échappement de chaque côté après je sais pas ce qui est Valère en tant que fiabilité mais bon le fun avant tout ça devait être bien cool

[@hubertgunpowder]

Fantastic !!!

[@alanoby2837]

Rode a new one on a Motorway, scary power band. No problem lifting the front.

[@rogergibson9529]

My hair is standing on end and goose bumps all over.A 6 cylinder orchestra.AWSOME

[@scottcupp8129]

What a beauty in all respects. Simply amazing!

[@jameslingo4190]

Che Bella machina What à pretty thing Quelle belle bête

[@ronaldduthweiler1903]

Incredible sound!!

[@danb.3397]

Not sure it's better than a CBX

[@omahas9000]

First word into my brain: Gorgeous, both in mechanical as well as aesthetic appearance, to say nothing of the SOUND!!

[@onfin3al6]

Benelli made a 350 , 6 cyl . a little bike .

[@PurityVendetta]

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!

[@PurityVendetta]

@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 😁

[@PurityVendetta]

@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.

[@morini500dave]

The last bike is a 750,you can see the side panel badge under the riders leg,still a great sound.

[@avitarmagnus9090]

in 1974 had a benelli 65 total piece of shit my friends had honda 50 an dthey always started sounded great and worked like a horse my B65 fk it would hardly ever kick start always flooded and even though I loved that piece of junk because real yit was my dads I sure wished we had a honda or better SUZUKI

[@jacobmoses3712]

I have to give Jawa Tino credit. He's impartial. I checked out his videos of the Kawasaki KZ1300 and the Honda CBX100 and he says Best Sounding or something similar about each of them. BTW the Triumph Rocket 3 also sounds pretty good

[@КовбойМальборо-е2ъ]

Java the legend in Russia

[@larisaidis]

I have to agree that it sounds Freaking Great. As far as how they came up with a in-line six, here's the what the history tell us. Benellis six cylinder engine which was produced from 1972 to 1978, it was Honda at its core, because Benellis engine was derived from the Honda CB 500 Four engine(production 1971-1973), they just added two extra cylinders.........and here is Benellis history to prove it that their engine was based on the four - cylinder Honda CB500! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benelli_Sei

[@overmarsdaria3222]

Just awesome bike. Love the orange racing Benelli on the pedestal with the black 6 exhaust

[@waynemullally6423]

For the last half minoto it's like a crazy italian cameraman is filming hanging on to the taillight. Bitchin Benelli video like I've never seen!

[@sambrooks7862]

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.

[@caspardejonge5902]

So cool

[@johncarlson8029]

Im a Honda guy but i gotta give a thumbs up. Very cool bike.

[@slowpokebr549]

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.

[@davidkeeton6716]

The red one that starts at 1:44 with open 6 pipe headers has that Ferrari 250 GTO sound that is motor music!

[@thomasowens6041]

After listening to those exhaust notes, who could possibly want an electric bike?

[@theravedaddy]

I remember working in an italian dealership and the bosses son bought a 900 sei. It snapped a rocker arm or 2 every 60 miles. The electrics failed every 2nd ride. The gearbox had 16 neutrals .It was so rubbish benelli took it back and refunded him.

[@davidmaclane5487]

If you think that bike produces the perfect sound...you have led a sheltered life....try listening to a Boss Hoss with a big block Chevy V8.....that is how a motorcycle should sound and perform

[@grahamhill6616]

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.

[@AVportau]

perfect sound?.... not even close.... many machines in front of this dinosaur

[@pabloperez4063]

My favourite bike 40 years ago...How MUCH i d like to have ONE now

[@dozervin1]

Nice bike. That rear tire is scrawny. Need bigger meat back there.

[@darrenmcwhiney3220]

Engine looks exactly like an old honda CB 750! What, they take a honda 750 and bore it out? Lol!👎oh! It's a six cylinder! Well that's different!👏😁🙌

[@terryallen9546]

I seldom disagree on personal taste but in this case I must. Honda CBX 1000 is and probably always be the "perfect sound" for a non-American road bike.

[@allanpolk2681]

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.

[@PerryQuinn-ke7dm]

Nice bike an absolute credit to you great to see Perry 🌍🔱🤟😎🇦🇺😁🖕Track record Amaroo Park racetrack out of B grade 78',cheers

[@Jungleland33]

No Yes Absolutely yes Maybe No Yeah, OK, maybe.

[@dingjs1969]

427 dislikes by the neighbours!!!!

[@jawatino3797]

😊

[@walthansen6333]

So what Benelli six was manufactured prior to 79 ? I recall seeing one in a magazine, then later in a shop in Houston, but was definitely before 79.

[@xgetsome]

v twin still sounds better

[@cnoshoes7049]

Beautiful but 6 to 1 probably go faster at high revs,sound like lambo,how much wood six pipes weigh !!😂

[@truthseeker8483]

Did Benellit copy Honda exactly? a Cb750 with two more cylinders....

[@mcplutt]

More like a CB550

[@ckryses3962]

Fav one was at 1:45, loved it! So what you all say about Benelli inline 6 and Kawa inline 6?? Which one gives you muscle power feel??

[@mandeo10]

I had two of these. Nothing but trouble. Awful electrics. Dreadful build quality but great handling and great brakes.

[@dreaman1981]

Meraviglia!!! Noi italiani sapremmo fare cose pazzesche.....

[@Mocking69]

1:59　こりゃ日本でしょうか？

[@Prestonesfpv]

Nope, it dosent do anything for me, it almost sound as if it is about to die... CBX 1000 any day for 6 cylinder sound

[@09hahug]

Italians make beauty. To bad beauty never last.

[@gregorytimmons4777]

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.

[@09hahug]

Edit: To bad beauty only sometimes last.

[@jagdtfliegersstream]

The Sound of the Benelli 900 Six is very good but the Sound of the Honda CBX 1000 is so much better

[@robrtobal3]

Innanzi tutto grazie al cazzo che ha un bel saund è una moto italiana spè ITALIANA. FERRARI LAMBORGHINI DUCATI GILERA BENELLI LAVERDA GAGIVA APRILIA MV AUGUSTA DU YU ANDESTEND ? Tutti zitti ...e cercate di imparare la nostra arte. E poi lo sanno tutti che 3 -6-12 hanno un saund pieno corposo melodico che trasmette la perfezione , la perfezione ascolata,come un ululato ho un ruggito. E cosi il saund sembra la creazione di madre natura armonica e perfetta.

[@bjoe74fm]

its funny, it sounds like a single over head cammed honda 4 with a extra 2 cylinders bolted on for a laugh

[@01thomasss]

I want the green one... a carb per cylinder

[@marcob4630]

It's not a great bike: a good sound but nothing more. They sold only a few because of plenty of flaws.