Even one of the oldest motorbike manufacturers could benefit from an infusion of new capital, and the late 2000’s brought new models with support from the Qianjiang group. Today’s Tré has been thoughtfully updated and shows like a brand new machine. 2007 Benelli TnT 1130 Sport for sale on eBay Pesaro engineered a whopping triple,…
The 900 Sei was a natural evolution of the 1974 750, which was an engineering masterpiece. Here’s a 1983 example with rather low miles and superb looks. 1983 Benelli 900 Sei for sale on eBay Just reviewing the numbers, the Sei might not thrill – the 80 hp are nothing dramatic for a 900, and…
Today’s Benelli Sei 900 might be pushing the definition of the term “sport bike” a bit: it’s not light, agile, or designed for pure speed. It is more of a gran tourismo, a grandiose pronouncement of Italian style and engineering, even if a few mechanical bits were artfully cribbed from the Japanese… Styling was bold…
Update 12.19.2022: SOLD for $18,500. Congratulations to buyer and seller! -dc New owner Alejandro de Tomaso sought to make a splash with a new model, and had engineers extend their 500cc four to six cylinders, with a muscular sound that caught ears by the dozen. Friend of RSBFS Tommy has his lovely Sei over on…
OK – so maybe that Honda CB50R was cool, but you’re bigger than 50cc can motivate. Let’s go back to cubes and revel in a bit more displacement and a whole lotta extra cylinders. Six, in fact. Know as the first production six cylinder street bike, the Benelli Sei is an interesting study in style,…
More often seen as the later 900cc, the 750 Sei sings an alto arrangement with a sextet of pistons just over two inches in diameter. Hard to say just when this restoration was completed, but it appears to have traveled very few miles since then. 1976 Benelli 750 Sei for sale on eBay Conceived by…
Might have sold outside eBay since it went NLA overnight, but still worth a look see… MI There is always a surge of nostalgic excitement when a big Benelli crosses the block. These were the worlds first production six cylinder motorcycles, predating the Honda CBX and the Kawasaki Z1300 by five and six years respectively.…
Kicking this post off with a provocative statement, I’m not sure the world realized what a tremendous talent we had in the form of Alejandro de Tomaso. While the Italian started life out as a racer (having participated in the echelon of F1), De Tomaso rapidly evolved into a business man with an eye for…