1991 Bimota YB10 Dieci
Miles: 1
Current Bid: $6,000
Auction ends Friday July 3
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Straight from BaT
This 1991 Bimota YB10 Dieci was so named for the marque’s tenth collaboration with Yamaha, and this example is one of 224 units produced over a three-year production run ending in 1994. The Pierluigi Marconi-designed bike is powered by a 1,002cc DOHC inline-four borrowed from Yamaha’s FZR1000 and features fully faired bodywork finished in red and silver with black accents over an aluminum twin-spar frame. Equipment includes a clear windscreen, a flat racing-style seat, and a four-into-one exhaust system as well as quad Mikuni carburetors, an oil cooler, Marzocchi suspension, triple Brembo disc brakes, and 17″ alloy wheels. Acquired by the selling dealer in 2026, this YB10 is now offered in Florida with a Manufacturer’s Certificate of Origin.
Listing Details
- Chassis: ZESS8YA22MRZES046
- 1 of 224 Produced
- 1 Mile Shown
- 1,002cc Yamaha FZR Inline-Four
- Four Mikuni Carburetors
- Five-Speed Transmission
- Red & Silver Paint w/Black Graphics
- Aluminum Twin-Spar Frame
- Solo Seat
- 17″ Alloy Wheels
- Steering Damper
- Adjustable Marzocchi Suspension
- Triple Brembo Disc Brakes
RSBFS
We’ve written up a handful of Diecis over the years, high milers, museum pieces, one or two that made us wince. This one goes right to the top of the pile. One mile. Not “low mile.” One.
Quick refresher for anyone who hasn’t run into a Dieci before: this was Bimota’s tenth collaboration with Yamaha, hence the name (dieci just means “ten”). They took the FZR1000’s 20-valve engine, bolted it into their own aluminum twin-spar frame, dropped almost 70 pounds off the stock Yamaha, and wrapped the whole thing in bodywork that still looks sharp more than thirty years later. 224 built between 1991 and 1994. Most of them got ridden, some of them got ridden hard, and very few survived this clean.
We’ve covered a Dieci with a similar crate-to-driveway story before, purchased new and left untouched for years before ever seeing a wheel installed. This one’s cut from similar cloth, though it’s had at least enough attention to acquire a Manufacturer’s Certificate of Origin rather than a title, which tells you it’s never been registered anywhere. Seat looks like it rolled out of Rimini last week, not in 1991.
The selling dealer notes a scratch in the left fairing, photos of which can be viewed in the gallery on BaT.
Collector’s bike or rider’s bike? I have to ask because you never know who is going to say what. With one mile on the clock, we know which side of that argument this one’s going to land on. Would you actually put miles on this thing, or is a bike like this one meant to stay exactly as it is?
Good luck to the buyer and seller!
Its a crime not to ride this beauty
A caged bird.