Nice Bike For Sale

[Kickstart]

Hi

Someone go and buy this quick, so I dont get tempted to grovel to the bank manager. If I bought it I would get about a weeks use before my better half got back from Malaysia and killed me

https://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/WWW/BIKES_popup.asp?make=Bimota&cc=&adcategory=BIKE&channel=BIKES&id=200223033633050

Nice 110hp, 500cc V twin 2 stroke

All the best

Keith

[G]

<salivates>


I've allways quite liked the idea of the vdue and allways hoped they'd take off, wather than kinda killing bimota

There was an article in Bike (I think) about some one that had bought an ex GP NS500 for £40,000 to hire for track days.... 150hp & 105kg!... reckon he was getting decent money for doing it as well.

[Robby]

buy it.
if i had that bike, i'd marry it and lots of little bimotas.

[Doddmaster]

I'd use it to go out on the pull with

[Kickstart]

Hi

Well, have a look at:-

https://www.bimota-enthusiasts.com/

Seems the company is still for sale. For about £1m you get 143 V-Due, 72 SB8s and loads of spares, plus some prototype bikes.

Mmm, at £1m you get 215 bikes, which works out at under £5k a pice (plus VAT I suppose)

All the best

Keith

[Doddmaster]

Might turn out to be a worthwhile investment. You wanna go halves on that then Keith?

[Kickstart]

Hi

OK, you pay half a million and I will match it

All the best

Keith

[Stevo]

Hey Keith,
Hold fire on that gorgeous Vdue, as correct me if im wrong but if you did buy it then im presuming youd wanna ride it correct? I mean its good enough just to sit in your living room and look at every day, but for 10k id want something to ride. Theres the problem, although i have thought of a kind of answer. You could probably transplant an NSR500V motor into it, and spent a couple more quid, or failing that, then fit an old RS125 or Cagiva engine, as youd have a considerably better chance of it being reliable enough to get you down the road and back, Joking of Course!
No really its a shame that the Vdue never worked out for bimota, but such is life. Now what was the story with Yamaha, as i once heard that they were looking at bringing out a new TZR750. More fairy tales i imagine! Thing is that it now seems such a waste that Honda, Yam, Suzuki have spent years perfecting their V4 500's only to see the technology shelved now we're racing 4 stroke GP's. Surely Honda could use an adaption of its NSR motor in a new range of road bikes, or even dual purpose machines. They have all this clean burn stroker technology, so why waste it? Or am i the one doing the dreaming right now?

[Kickstart]

Hi

Clean burn 2 squeak technology they have, but it is a tiny market when they can spend the money of 4 stroke developement and share it with the car department.

The V Due should be OK, but was a bit visious to ride. Reliability wasnt great either, but apparently there are a few alternative sources for barrels and pistons (some 250cc motorcrosser) which fit easily and improve things all round.

The problem seems to be that Bimota used the impact of the fuel onto the piston to attomise the fuel. This only worked well at certain revs, resulting in a very mad power band.

Could cope with one, for a few miles though!

All the best

Keith

[G]

<checks bank balance>

damn.... oh well need to save up a bit

[TJ NSR]

i saw 1 of em at a bike meet. they were unsuccessful but gorgeous!!!!


i like!!

[Annabella]

Oh just buy it Keith - you know you want to...And Im sure Charlotte would be delighted to have a new barbeque.
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