Bimota one of the pure italian bike manufacturer has been goin through some difficult periods , but still they prove the phrase again !” ITALIANS INNOVATE “! Bimota is back. Thanks once again to the largess of Italian ultra-entrepreneur Roberto Comini (who bankrolled Bimota’s last failed comeback), the Rimini-based boutique-bike manufacturer now offers three new models. Two of them are conventional–for Bimota, anyway–and powered by 996cc Suzuki V-twin engines, the SB8K Gobert Replica and the Santa Monica. But as if to highlight Bimota’s phoenix-like revival from the ashes, there’s also the reborn Tesi 2D, a modern iteration of the Ducati 888-powered Tesi 1D I raced for Bimota more than a decade ago, winning the ProTwins class twice at Daytona.
2004 is the 31st anniversary of Bimota's inception. Founded by three partners, Bimota has always been renowned as a manufacturer of extremely advanced and refined motorcycles, produced in limited editions and using components at the cutting edge of technology. The company, based in Rimini, developed through its race program the knowledge needed to create a series of production models and succeeded in manufacturing motorcycle models able to stimulate emotions for the street rider that can only be experienced when a machine is developed with care and commitment to be the best it can be.
Bimota's aim today is to re-launch this historic brand, a brand that is still today a reference point for enthusiasts all over the world, and continue the tradition by creating refined and technologically advanced models with avant-garde designs. Through an on-going research program and the utilisation of materials at the vanguard of technology, the company strongly believes it can continue to create the ultimate in motor cycling perfection.
The tenacity to believe in an ongoing research and development program that led from a quadrilateral steering system with a floating swing arm, to a new dimension 2D.
The refinement epitomised by the machined frame in aircraft specification alloy The courage to make real futuristic visions that lead to the realization of projects such as Tesi, a concept that in 1990 shook the biking world.
The technology of the fully adjustable Double System suspension. The passion for the bike that stems from racing and carries through into the production of exclusive models made with an intense care for each and every component.
The Bimota Tesi 3D isn’t supposed to be a sign of things to come from the newly resurrected Bimota factory, it’s more a project to show off what the talented engineers there can do when their imagination is allowed to run wild. The DB5 and DB6 Delirio are the Bimotas of the future and they are very good; the Bimota Tesi 3D on the other hand is an oddity and only worth it if you really, really have to have one.
As you’d expect from the price tag, the Bimota Tesi 3D has been put together by hand using only the finest materials and cycle parts. The small fairing, load-bearing seat unit and most of the bodywork is from carbon fibre and Bimota’s trademark milled billet aluminium plates adorn the Bimota Tesi 3D everywhere.
There’s a fine line between Ducati’s air-cooled, twin spark 1072cc V-twin motor being fun or disappointing depending on what motorcycle it’s slotted into. In the lightweight DB6 Delirio or Ducati Hypermotard it’s a little gem and you’re left never wanting more. In the heavier Multistrada, DB5 and this Bimota Tesi 3D it just hasn’t got the oomph to make you smile. The Bimota Tesi 3D desperately needs a more powerful motor.
If the front suspension system is open to debate the quality of the Bimota Tesi 3D certainly isn’t, it’s quite simply stunning to behold. As a piece of motorcycling art it’s worth every penny if you’ve got the dosh. Engine-wise the Ducati unit is very simple and is tried and tested in the Multistrada and Hypermotard, so there shouldn’t be any problems with reliability.
Expected to be released somewhere next year, the Bimota DB7 Oronero will be the first production bike in the world with a carbon fiber frame and swingarm. Taking the biking revolution to the next level by building the subframes for both the DB7 and the Tesi 3D from space age material, the limited edition Oronero will surely stand out from the crowd. Apart from the reinvented bodywork, the bike also sports some GET digital instruments and a GPS system that tracks its movement on the racing turf. By dropping 6 Kg from the traditional DB7’s weight, the Oronero stands at a sizzling 164 Kg, all muscle!
