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'''Bimota''' was a small [[Italy|Italian]] [[motorcycle]] manufacturer. Founded in [[1973]] in [[Rimini]] by Bianchi, Morri and [[Massimo Tamborini|Tamborini]] (the first two letters of each forming the name BI-MO-TA, a [[portmanteau]]), they first customized the top-models of [[Suzuki]], [[Honda]] and [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries|Kawasaki]]. In the [[1980s]] they also customized [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]] and [[Ducati]]. They made very expensive and exclusivist bikes. In present, they build four models: DB5 Mille, Gobert, Santa Monica and Tesi 2d. | '''Bimota''' was a small [[Italy|Italian]] [[motorcycle]] manufacturer. Founded in [[1973]] in [[Rimini]] by Bianchi, Morri and [[Massimo Tamborini|Tamborini]] (the first two letters of each forming the name BI-MO-TA, a [[portmanteau]]), they first customized the top-models of [[Suzuki]], [[Honda]] and [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries|Kawasaki]]. In the [[1980s]] they also customized [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]] and [[Ducati]]. They made very expensive and exclusivist bikes. In present, they build four models: DB5 Mille, Gobert, Santa Monica and Tesi 2d. | ||
| − | + | In [[2005]] in [[Milan]] Motorbyke Exposition, Bimota launched a new naked motorbyke derived from the DB5Mille: the new DB6 Delirio. | |
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| − | + | [[image:Bimota SB8R.jpg|thumb|150px|left|'''Bimota SB8R''']] | |
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| + | [[image:Bimota DB6.jpg|thumb|200px|center|'''Bimota DB6''']] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* http://www.bimota.it | * http://www.bimota.it | ||
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Revision as of 07:10, 11 March 2006
Bimota was a small Italian motorcycle manufacturer. Founded in 1973 in Rimini by Bianchi, Morri and Tamborini (the first two letters of each forming the name BI-MO-TA, a portmanteau), they first customized the top-models of Suzuki, Honda and Kawasaki. In the 1980s they also customized Yamaha and Ducati. They made very expensive and exclusivist bikes. In present, they build four models: DB5 Mille, Gobert, Santa Monica and Tesi 2d.
In 2005 in Milan Motorbyke Exposition, Bimota launched a new naked motorbyke derived from the DB5Mille: the new DB6 Delirio.
File:BimotDB2.jpg
Bimota DB2
File:Bimota SB8R.jpg
Bimota SB8R
