Horex V6 set for production

[jasonu]

you telling us or there ment to be a ? in there?
either way ya wrong, I found some info, a V6 at 15*
Single crank but of set big ends. Attachment 258480

I was telling you (us? are you the thread spokesman?)
Pic from the OP's suppiled link.

[Subike]

Yeah, I don't think that 'artists impression' pic is too accurate at the cam end - if you look closely though, you can see the three valve seats in the head for each cylinder.

This is from the website:

Triple overhead cams


The VR concept enabled HOREX engineers to implement a variety of innovative solutions. The pistons for the HOREX engine are designed with slanted heads. Despite the V-formation of the cylinders, this makes it possible to arrange all six combustion chambers on a single plane. Two intake and one exhaust valve are positioned in a radial array around the central spark plug. This design provides an elliptical combustion chamber for maximum power output. The valves are operated by three parallel camshafts mounted in the head. Thus, the HOREX is the first motorcycle engine with a TOHC (Triple Overhead Camshaft) cylinder head.

triple cams does not mean 18 valves, outer cams have three lobes, inner (central cam) has six cam lobes that still equates to 12 cam lobes or 2 valves per cylinder

edit, upon reading the engine specs, I will stand corrected and agree, two inlet valves must be operated via the single cam lobe. interesting indeed

[Hans]

If you're going to do a V6 bike, might as well do it properly:

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2011/...idalu-2500-v6/

i.autoblog.com/2011/01/20/fgr-midalu-2500-v6-is-our-kind-of-naked-crazy/

[avgas]

It pisses me off how the supercharger is always dropped on production models. I'm pretty sure the B-King show model had one!

It did. Along with a heads up display.
I am curious if this will go into production this year as promised...........I am guessing no

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_Stratosphere

[AllanB]

Regardless of how the bike goes, that video was very interesting!


Bevel top pistons - interesting, and I wonder how they react to heat dispersion.

[quickbuck]

Regardless of how the bike goes, that video was very interesting!

Agree.

Shame the bike hasn't appealed to me.... but ya never know, could be fun to ride....

[dangerous]

I was telling you (us? are you the thread spokesman?)
Pic from the OP's suppiled link.

What?... anyway, the pictures I posted show flat top pistons, I was asking if the Horex was the same and asuming (my bad) they were, obviously they are not.