Here is something a bit unusual, a pre-bankruptcy Bimota SB3 that looks like it was actively ridden. Bimota was founded on the idea of taking an existing bike and making it better, with particular focus on the frame. The SB3 debuted in 1979 and while not as dramatic looking as the SB2 it was derived from, the…
We last saw this beautiful Bimota Tesi 3d back in January of this year with an eye popping asking price of $50,000 USD. Now its back with a asking price of $28,000 USD which is still $10,000 over the MSRP but goodness, it is striking. To review our post from earlier this year, one…
The late designer Sergio Robbiano’s upright response to his Bimota DB5, the DB6 Delirio is a motard variant, an urban sportbike based on the Ducati 992 desmodue. Factory-made but hardly mass-produced, the Delirio has inspired design, innovative solutions and superb components. 2007 Bimota DB6 Delirio for sale on eBay If the trellis frame of the…
1998 Bimota SB6R on eBay The Bimota SB6R is possibly the peak of Bimota’s unique formula which was stuffing a big Japanese engine into their own refined platforms. The SB6R took Suzuki’s big and bad GSXR-1100 engine and surrounded it with the best parts possible. It featured an aluminum beam perimeter frame, Anterra wheels, Paoli…
Prior to April of this year we hadn’t seen a Bimota YB5 pop up for sale since 2009 so of course now there is a second one, and instead of being far away in New Zealand this one is a bit closer to the RSBFS offices, with a location in Laval Quebec, Canada. The YB5…
One of the final Tamburini designs before he departed for Cagiva, the 2nd Kawasaki-powered Bimota delivers the company paradigm of chassis design and lighter weight using state-of-the-art powerplants. Perhaps named for the laser the chassis fabricator wished he had when assembling the 44 frame members, which cradle the 543cc air-cooled Kawasaki inline four. Because the…
Introduced in 2008, the Bimota DB7 is yet another collaboration with Ducati and has been one of their most successful bikes in terms, not only of sales numbers, but in terms of function. While they’ve always offered on-paper advantages over the bikes from which they borrow their engines, many Bimotas, right out of the box,…
Bimota’s BB3 is only the third collaboration between the Bimota and BMW. This is likely because, for most of BMW’s history, Ze Germans produced engine and drivetrain combos not really suited to the sort of lightweight sportbikes Bimota generally builds. The BB1 was powered by BMW’s Rotax single from their and, like most Bimotas was…