| Author | Message | ||
     Jens |
www.horex.com With VR engine As I heared VW is behind that, if an succes turn out... | ||
| Trojan |
Nice engine concept but sack the stylist! It looks like it was designed in the 1980's! I hate to imagine what the price will be  | ||
| Jens |
Matt, that Gattlinggunexhaust sucks so much... And that Rotrex is so hot and loud... I think designwise its a lost chance. Here are the english Presstext: http://www.horex.com/91.0.html Price will be app. 20.000 Euro with 19% VAT. Jens | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
Very interesting project. I don't read German, but it did look like the bike is a supercharged six cylinder. Is that correct? I always have mixed feelings about resurrecting vintage brand names when there is no connection with the past company in any manner. This is particularly true here, as the Horex was always a minor player, even back in the day, although they did make quality overhead cam bikes. I would be surprised if anyone else on this board ever heard of them. Combining that with a very weak motorcycle market, and a plethora of expensive hand made bikes that don't have the ability to support an manufacturing effort, ( MV, Motor Morini, etc.), I have a hard time seeing this going anywhere. Of course, I hope I am wrong.  | ||
| Trojan |
Reading the press blurb in English I can't find any reference to the styling being based on a 1980 GSX1100F Suzuki, but I'm pretty sure it is  Maybe I missed it amongst the all the BS...... Why put a 1200xcc supercharged 'V6' engine in a naked roadster? Am I missing something here? | ||
| Firstbuell |
hey! I know what a Horex is...... but only indirectly, thru moto research which eventually included various Rickman Metisse, Clymer Indian, & Tartarini Italjet machines one or more of these prototypes used Horex 400cc or larger vertical twin powerplants   | ||
| Moxnix |
Me too. Friedel Munch worked for them. Not many here. It's interesting, and probably has more chance of making a comeback than the unsuccessful Munch of 2000. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. | ||
| Steveford |
One of my buddies back in junior high school had a Horex. That was the one and only Horex I've ever seen. | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
Well luckily for Horex, not too many people have actually heard of them. Here's why - not a pretty picture is it?  Actually it was a solid and well made bike for it's era, but hardly one whose name stirs the spirit and quickens the heart, like say, a Velocette Venom Thruxton 500 of the period might.  Sort of makes one wonder why they decided to resurrect this hoary old name instead of adopting a new one. Perhaps the name means more in Europe. | ||
| Jens |
It´s in Germany one of the best motorcycle brandnames. Horex were quick and reliable. Jens | ||
| Glitch |
Sure is an interesting bike. A supercharged inline V-6 and only 18 inches wide. Quite the engineering marvel, triple overhead cams. I'll have to pass on ordering one until Trojan gets one and does something about that tail though. | ||
| Trojan |
I'll have to pass on ordering one until Trojan gets one and does something about that tail though. Don't hold your breath At €20000 (US$23200 approx) pre tax I can think of a huge list of wants before I spent money on one of these. The more I see it the more pointless a 200bhp supercharged naked roadster becomes. Maybe if it looked like a Ducati Streetfighter or Bimota I'd be more inclined to like it, but with a name on the tank that sounds faintly disgusting and styling by a 2nd grade art student I won't be sending my deposit any time soon | ||
| Glitch |
Well, there you have it  I'm with ya Matt. While very interesting, with some neat engineering, for me it's really just a curiosity. Besides, I like to keep my bikes in the sub-500lbs category. At €20000 (US$23200 approx) pre tax That VAT doesn't add value? :P | ||
| 46champ |
I must really be getting old that Indian prototype in that picture that Firstbuell posted looks good to my eyes. Is life passing me by? | ||
| Arbalest |
I believe the Yamaha 650 twins origins had some Horex in them: The origins of the Yamaha XS650 reach back to 1955 and now defunct Japanese manufacturer Hosk. Hosk made an impressive and fast 500cc twin modelled after the German manufacturers' HOREX 500 seen below. After @ 10 years of producing the 500 twin, Hosk engineers designed a 650cc twin. Hosk was then acquired by Showa Corporation, and in 1960 Yamaha bought Showa. |
