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posted November 15, 2002 12:05 AM
BIMOTAS
i own a Bimota
Tamburini designed the Bimotas
he also designed the 916 Ducati
& the MV Augusta (pictured)
a very nice guy & a genius
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posted November 15, 2002 12:09 AM
bimota pic?
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posted November 15, 2002 12:16 AM
do a search on yahoo on bimota....a lot turns up.
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posted November 15, 2002 12:17 AM
i want to see his bimota
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posted November 15, 2002 12:20 AM
BIMOTA
were you talking to me...??
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posted November 15, 2002 12:20 AM
i want to see it too
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posted November 15, 2002 12:21 AM
yup
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posted November 15, 2002 12:22 AM
Please!
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posted November 15, 2002 12:24 AM
ya cant go making a statement like " i have a bimota" without postic a pic. thats like saying "i have a girlfriend with huge tits". cmon, ya gotta give it up.
(for the record, my gf does not have huge tits, otherwise i'd be showing them)
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posted November 15, 2002 12:26 AM
 Edited By: flite leader on 15 Nov 2002 00:39
BIMOTA
have pics.... have bike
dont have digital or digi-camera
bought new
very rare model KB2TT Lazer
with 29mm flatslide carbs only mod
kawasaki 550 engine
very very lite.... very fast
Tamburinis favorite model
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posted November 15, 2002 12:36 AM
Edited By: flite leader on 15 Nov 2002 01:16
BIMOTA
santa will visit with new digi cam soon
spent way too much lately on new 2003 zx12R
dont know that i would post a pic of my g/f
huge tits or not
was into BIMOTAS almost from the beginning
when larry wise up in hatboro pa
was importing thru Cosmopolitan
my model has the first issue Brembo GOLD LINE brakes
& the very first production machinery to have the floating calipers
designed by Zanzani
F1 forks by Ceriani fully adjustable
16inch wheels fr & rear
kevlar fairings.....alum (fuel cel) tank
titanium fasteners
campagnolo magnesium wheels
all above std issue
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posted November 15, 2002 12:37 AM
i love that bike
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posted November 15, 2002 12:39 AM
One of the funnest bikes I have ridden is a DB4. 900 Ducati Vtwin and it handled extremely well and weighed almost nothing. Very short wheel base and Wheelied without any effort. Very fun.
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posted November 15, 2002 12:40 AM
didnt you post that exact post somewhere else, or was it in this thread?
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posted November 15, 2002 12:41 AM
ahhh haaaa!!!!
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One of the funnist bikes I have ridden was a Bimota DB4. 900 V twin and weighed about 360 lbs. ery short wheel base and wheelied devinely! Handle nicely etc. Sweet machine.
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posted November 15, 2002 12:44 AM
I am merely responding to flite leader's comments about his Bimota. Being polite to someone who has a motorcycle made by a bankrupt company that is unlikely to really be saved and therefore parts are going to become nearly impossible to get.
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posted November 15, 2002 12:45 AM
i hear ya, repeater!!!
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posted November 15, 2002 12:47 AM
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BIMOTA
yeah Z that & the V Due' were probably the 2 lightest
BIMOTAS
the Yamahas & the Susukis probably the fastest
they all handled very well
they all were beautiful & well crafted
oh yeah by the way they have been bankrupt 3-4 times....... the various importers also
crash or wreck you are correct about parts
engines & running gear not so bad
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posted November 15, 2002 12:48 AM
i almost paid 35k for one 6 years ago, but i didnt fit.
jg
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posted November 15, 2002 12:55 AM
Yeah I am confused about the Italian government/courts. I saw that the Italian Courts have refused to let the American Bimota Importer buy the company out of banckruptcy. I guess jobs are not important in Italy!
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posted November 15, 2002 01:00 AM
BIMOTA
at 6ft 5in i understand
BIMOTA from the start was racing with strong
engineering their 1st customer was Yamaha racing
they built some 1 off racing frames used in Europe & daytona
the KB2 Lazer was designed as their 1st small 4 cylinder
the KB2TT lazer was designed for the European TT
championship which they won
(not Isle o Man.......actually 600cc & less)
European racing at the time was 500cc 2 stroke
& some 750 cc racing
was also the first bike with the (at the time considered)
Radical front geometry 23 degrees
was also the 1st bike that was designed with the placement
of the weight of the rider at a specific location
to control polar moment
trivia & bits
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posted November 15, 2002 01:01 AM
i wanted it bad, just no way to make it fit
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posted November 15, 2002 01:07 AM
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BIMOTA
dont know about the courts
they only did a few hundred bikes a year anyway
not enuff to sustain jobs
dont know enuffabout how they were sold in europe
they never really had a dealer network stateside
as good as they were
as expensive as they were
people wanted them to be a boutique type bike
very hard to sustain sales that way
1 model would sell good
another no zip at all
they lost alot of momentum when TAMBURINI went to Ducati
the 916 kicked everything in the balls
design & engineering wise
went to the Guggenheim.... to
the ART of The Motorcycle
the MV was centerpiece of the latest at the time
upstairs the 916 still was pullin them in
of course side by side would be like dating
twins & having a long weekend
a mountain cabin....no phone& cold cold beer
as they say the rest is history...............
good nite fellas
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posted November 15, 2002 01:07 AM
cest la vie
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posted November 15, 2002 10:59 AM
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was into BIMOTAS almost from the beginning
Well isn't that nice...
I still think they look fruity.
Almost as bad as that Crystal encrusted ZX12-R, that was in the case at the Superbike show last year. (SEATTLE)
Except the 12, even in sequence, looked more butch!
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