1994 Bimota DB2 SR
Miles: 7,800
Asking: $21,000
Where: Facebook Marketplace, NY
One of 157 made ,very rare in us ,fuel injection ,7800 miles runs and looks great,fully serviced
RSBFS
Six words: Facebook Marketplace, doing what it does.
Here’s the fuller picture (from Godin): Bimota launched the DB2 in 1993 around the air/oil-cooled Ducati 900SS engine. The SR came later fitted with fuel injection, an attempt to boost power and midrange torque. The SR designation was meant to imply sports and racing, and apart from the red, white and purple paintwork, the only change from the standard DB2 was a fuel injection system developed by Bimota in conjunction with TDD of Bologna. The injection system was problematic, plagued by a lack of development tied to the company’s constant financial troubles, which is why only 157 or so were built.
That last part is worth sitting with. The engine control unit (ECU) was made by TDD, a small Italian company near the Ducati factory in Bologna, and a direct replacement is essentially unobtanium at this point. If the FI system on one of these goes sideways, you’re looking at a custom solution. The seller says it’s “fully serviced,” which is the right answer, but you’d want to know more about what that means before handing over $21k. (Read “Scope Creep” in the Ducati forum if interested.)
The photos tell a better story than the listing does. Paint looks sharp, the gold Paioli forks are clean, the carbon exhaust sits right. For 7,800 miles this thing presents well.
Price context on these is genuinely hard. The SR is rare enough that comps are nearly nonexistent. If the bike is right, $21k is defensible. If it needs ECU work, the math changes fast. On Facebook Marketplace with few words of description, you’re doing your own due diligence.
Worth a phone call. Then a thorough inspection. Then probably a very good conversation about the ECU.
Good luck to the buyer and seller!
