For Sale: 1992 Bimota Tesi 1D The weather forecast for St. Louis, MO is 59 degrees F with no chance of rain. Why is this important? Simply because in that fine city, with reasonable riding weather even on the last day of the year, there sits a Bimota Tesi 1D with only 350 miles on…
Midweek Art: 2000 Bimota SB8R W/1500 Miles Update 12.27.11: Posted in November and not meeting reserve, this SB8R is back on eBay with a buy-it-now of $12k. -dc Some people go to an art gallery to see art, others huddle over RSBFS.com to see a little art. Bimota’s never disappoint in that department. Here is…
For Sale: 2000 Bimota SB8R Dear Santa: I doubt that I will ever be a good enough boy to deserve one of these carbon fiber wonders from Rimini. However I promise that if I do get one for Christmas that I will be so naughty on it that you will never, ever have to worry…
For Sale: 2000 Bimota SB8R With Only 4 Miles Update 12.20.11: Last listed in November, this SB8R is back with a buy-it-now of $12.9k. Links are now updated. -dc Hot on the heels of Ian’s Bimota SB8R post here comes another fine SB8R. You might recognize from the background that this bike belongs to the…
Here’s a VERY clean (almost mint!) 1995 Bimota DB2 tricolore with only 2415 miles!! Update 12.6.2011 – last listed September of last year, this DB2 is back on eBay and hasn’t taken on any new miles. Links updated. -dc What can I say – it’s a Bimota, it’s got an eye-talian tricolore paint job, and…
For Sale: 2009 Bimota DB7 (#25) Ian previously refered to the DB7 as (D)a (B)omb in an earlier post, and I couldn’t agree more. This particular model really exemplifies the Rimini firm’s expertise in melding engineering with artwork. While Bimota is often compared as the motorcycling equivalent of Lamborghini, I think a comparison to Colin…
Destination Japan: 1989 Bimota YB7 You are looking at Bimota’s entry into the Japanese small cc wars of the late 80’s and early 90’s. Apparently the Japanese Bimota importer had the exclusive right to the YB7’s until the buyers there voted with their wallets and said “no more”. The production run was supposed to produce…
Who Needs Forks? 1992 Bimota Tesi 1D Well, here is another one for the engineering geeks in all of us. If you’ve followed RSBFS for a little while you may have noticed Tesi’s appear for sale on a regular basis. Kind of surprising for such a limited production run bike. One other thing I’ve noticed…