Is It Safe To Post A Bimota Again? 1986 Bimota DB1

Is It Safe To Post A Bimota Again?  1986 Bimota DB1

Que the music to Jaws.  After the great Bimota sell off of the Spring of 2012, I wanted to make sure it was safe to post a Bimota again without angering the RSBFS masses.  This isn’t the average Bimota SB so I thought it might be accepted.

Before your hot little fingers scroll down to the comments section to tell me these are pictures of two different motorcycles:  pause for a moment.  This is a DB1 with an extra set of DB1SR clothes.

The seller has been kind enough to provide you with this visual aide:

Apparently there was a little damage to the bodywork in shipping and the seller picks up the story there:

After the shipping incident, the Bimota factory was then contacted by the previous owner, and it took Bimota over 1.5 years to find the molds and create a complete new set of bodywork, specifically for this bike.  What makes this DB1 even more rare, is that the Bimota Factory willingly and knowingly, made and shipped a complete set of DB1”SR” bodywork for the “Desmo” DB1 VIN# 323.  The “Desmo” bodywork was on the bike and is in the same condition as when purchased, and holes were never drilled into fairing to accommodate the “Californian” mirrors (current mirror is bar-end mirror only on left side).  The “Desmo” fairing is used for riding.  The DB1”SR” fairing has never been used for riding, only put on bike for pictures by previous owner (see attached comparison pic).  Being 26 years old, the “SR” seat foam, although never ridden, has of course begun to crack.  We will include a new set of foam pads you can replace the old ones with.  New pads will resemble the seat pads seen on in the “Desmo” bodywork pics.   THE DB1”SR” BODYWORK IS NOT A REPRODUCTION and includes a small Bimota logo placard embedded behind license plate bracket.

I thought this was a pretty cool extra.

From the seller:

The DB1 is currently tuned with Supertrapp exhaust tips, previous owner took off the original exhaust tips and they were never included when we purchased.  However, it also comes with a pair of rare, BRAND NEW, NEVER INSTALLED — CONTI EXHAUST TIPS — specifically for the Bimota DB1 complete with hardware specific to the DB1 (in original Conti shipping box).

Bimota’s obviously are rare and I think you can argue these are rare amongst Bimota models.  The seller gives numbers of 453 produces and only 12 imported into the States.  I think it is just a sharp little bike that stands out in a sea of ordinary.

Take your shot at the auction here.

Ian