Horex VR6

[butcher bergs]

1200cc supercharged 6 (staggered) cylinder reported to produce 200hp.

According to Cycle World magazine, Horex has engines ready for when the details of the rest of the machine are sorted out.

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[Rosco61]

I Like it. It has a look about it that I'm having a hard time describing. Any way it looks comfortable and should be a rocket! Bet It's huge$$$$$.

[Tricky Mike]

That thing's a Butterface.

[obsolete]

That thing's a Butterface.

+10 for usage.

[Falko]

Easily convertible into a cafe racer type ride.

[Paul_E_D]

It's the (modern) Bugatti of motorcycles. Stodgy, but over-powered. Just right for a man with a huge ego and more money than taste. The motor is mildly interesting, but not really...

[OreoGaborio]

You'll never.....

[OreoGaborio]

It's kinda got a Land Rover, country club, elitist feel to it. Maybe cuz it's got a horse saddle for a seat.

[Paul_E_D]

YES, Landrover. That's it.

[SVRACER01]

Wirelessly posted (HTC EVO "DROID" : Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.2; en-us; Sprint APA9292KT Build/FRF91) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1)

That thing's a Butterface.

It's a 70 footer

[RoyalewitCheese]

looks like a buell blast on GH

[Mustang]

I WANT. Would like to bob the little bit of fender that sticks past the seat, but damn I like it. I really don't need a blown V6 in it; I just think the thing looks cool.

[scottieducati]

Lovely.

[Speed Demon 828]

I like it. It does have an original look to it.

[nhgunnut]

I would happily have that bad boy. I doubt we ever see it here in the states.

[DucDave]

I would happily have that bad boy. I doubt we ever see it here in the states.

50/50 anyone sees it anywhere....

Intriguing though!

[Alvecchio]

anyone else think a supercharged 1200cc motor should be easily above 200hp?

[butcher bergs]

anyone else think a supercharged 1200cc motor should be easily above 200hp?

I'm thinking it's a conservative number so as not to get the safety nazi's panties wadded up. Everything I've read leaves me with the impression that Horax wants to move forward with this machine and coming out of the box with a bike making 275 hp probably won't sit well with some pencil pusher somewhere.

I wouldn't be surprised to see this engine comfortably generate upward of 230hp once in the hands of the consumer in addition to what mechanical limitations, if any, exist in the engine design as well as ECU tuning.

[noodles44]

Three cams?

[Alvecchio]

Three cams?

Staggered cylinders. W pattern as some call it. The middle cam i wound imagine to have both exhaust and intake lobes alternating with the cylinders.

[noodles44]

Staggered cylinders. W pattern as some call it. The middle cam i wound imagine to have both exhaust and intake lobes alternating with the cylinders.

Thats all I had as well, google had nothing.

[Alvecchio]

Thats all I had as well, google had nothing.

Theres a good write up on it in the latest cycle world.