Final Edition: 1997 Bimota DB2 EF on Ebay
It just doesn’t get much more Italian than this. A tried and true Ducati engine in a hand built frame with quality components from front to back. As the seller states, this is one of 100 DB2 EF’s built. It is also one of just 75 with a full fairing. As is usual with these bikes, the mileage is at a minimum: 1402 miles. Basically the seller has completed the break in for you.
Here is what the seller has to say about the bike:
“Limited Edition, Exclusive, Unique,” How many overused adjectives can be used to describe something that is truly available to very few. In the more then 30 years of it’s existence, Bemota has produced fewer then 12,000 finely honed racing and street motorcycles, roughly the number of motorcycles Honda Manufacturing would produce in 2 days. The Bemota DB2 EF is one of a production run of only 100 and the engraved pewter tank plaque notes this as the third built of that 100 unit production run.
“Edizione Finale” the final edition of the DB2 is powered by a 904 cc desmodromic valve Ducati engine, similar to the Ducati Monster 900cc engine but with carburetors. The intention being to produce a machine with the hart and sole of a pure race bike but with the manors of a civilized street motorcycle.
Suspension is uncompromised with Paioli 41 mm front forks, custom cast with the Bimota logo on the slider axel lug and single Ohlins rear shock. Brakes are twin disk floating Brembo in front and a single disc Brembo in the rear. The frame of small diameter tubes is reminiscent of a birdcage Masserati with billet triple clamps that are a work of art unto themselves. The signature of Massimo Tamburini, the godfather of the finest modern MV Agusta’s and Ducati’s is clear, as it should be for his role as one of the key founders of Bemota
The bidding is quite active already on this one with quite a few days left in the auction. As of this writing the bike was at $9000. As of late, a lot of the more expensive bikes have not been meeting reserves on Ebay. Now I don’t know if it is the economy creeping in or sellers with unreasonable reserves. Maybe this will be one of the bikes breaking the trend. If your garage is needing a Bimota in it, then it is time to .
IK
