Bimota Articles
Bimota's back
Back when stock superbikes had stonking engines and shitty frames, Bimota created a neat little business for itself, housing those engines in good frames. But, when bikes started including handling as stock, the tiny Italian company fell on hard times. It tried some weird suspension, it made some Ducatis a little more special. Then, this year at EICMA, they rented a stand twice the normal size and... First images of the Bimota BB2
This new Bimota BB2 houses the 193bhp engine from an S1000RR in a new, aluminum spar chassis. But it's not the (likely) sharper geometry or (likely) lower weight or even that machined-from-billet aluminum subframe that catches our eye, it's the use of a retro single square headlight. Damn that looks good. Update: now with 23 detailed photos. For a Bimota, there really doesn't appear to be an...
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A BMW S1000RR-powered Bimota
BMW has announced that the 193bhp, 1,000cc, four-cylinder motor from its S1000RR superbike will be used to power a new Bimota. Scheduled to be unveiled tomorrow, the bike will continue Bimota's tradition of housing world-class engines in innovative, exotic frames, creating small production run packages free to focus on extreme performance at the expense of cost and practicality. BMW and Bimota hav... Bimota builds a Bimotard
Aside from having the coolest name of anything to be released at EICMA this year, the Bimota DB10 Bimotard is Bimota's take on the maxi-motard. It shares its motor and beak theme with Ducati's own Hyper and adds Bimota's signature tube/machined plate frame and swingarm. Forks are 50mm Marzocchis, the shock is an Extreme tech. Both are fully adjustable and beautifully polished. Wheels are by Oz Rac...
My summer vacation
A Bimota, a wind tunnel, the Tail of the Dragon and some Land Speed Record racing. Sounds like a fun week, right? Add in hitchhiking through the Deep South in summer and it can only be one man’s idea of the perfect holiday. That crazy person is JT Nesbitt. — Ed. The difference between a good decision and a bad decision hinges invariably on the outcome. When I decided that there was room in... Bimota HB4: the first Honda-powered Bimota in 25 years
Dear Moto2,We know we called you "The Honda Cup" and suggested you were a class for pigs after it was announced all your competitors would have to run CBR600RR engines. But when we said that we had no idea you were capable of inspiring motorcycles with as much pure sex appeal as the Bimota HB4. Now we hear that its steel trellis frame that's bonded to the cast aluminum swingarm pivots using aircra...