Bimota Spirit

Bimota Spirit is celebrating a VERY HAPPY DAY! We FINALLY received our shipment of KB4s and have the first one assembled! I had the very great pleasure to ride a KB4 for a full afternoon last summer, around Lago di Como with my very good friend Gianluca Galasso, and it was fantastic! Now, I can try one on my home turf! The KB4 might be the best handling motorcycle that I have ever ridden - it is 1000cc but the size and weight of a 600cc middleweight - it handles effortlessly. We received 8 KB4s and one is mine, so there are 7 available for lucky motorcycle enthusiasts. You can see the details on the Bimota Spirit webpage - www.bimotaspirit.com.

On a motorcycle ride through New Zealand I went to Invercargill to see “the world’s fastest Indian”! At Motorcycle Mecca, where it is displayed, I was very pleased to find the Britten VIN 001!! Fantastic! And even more surprised to find a small collection of Bimotas! If you were to choose three to own - you would be hard pressed to pick better that an authentic HB1, SB2 and DB1sr. As a VERY long time Bimotista, I had never seen an authentic HB1 before (I have seen several not so good copies) - it is a masterpiece!!

I recently posted on the Bimota Enthusiasts Worldwide page that my friend, Ron Smith, and I are producing some monograph hard covered books about the most iconic Bimotas. We take examples out of my collection and professionally photograph them and then design the book with a short introduction and generally photographs with the bodywork on for the first half and photographs with the bodywork removed for the second half. It is a great way to appreciate Bimota engineering that is not normally visible when you see one of these in public. So far we have done the Tesi 1D, DB1, SB2 and DB7, (and a few Vyruses) and have 3 more in process. We have these books printed in very small volumes (3-5 at a time) so the prices are a bit high, but the quality is first rate. If anyone is interested in purchasing one of these, please contact me off line at [email protected].