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==Bimota DB2 - Sign of the Times== | ==Bimota DB2 - Sign of the Times== | ||
[[Image:Bimota DB2 93 5.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Bimota DB2 93 5]] | [[Image:Bimota DB2 93 5.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Bimota DB2 93 5]] | ||
Buying a budget built bimota is not only a alliterative, but also a contradiction in terms. I mean, even in these days of the soft Lira, 50 million vino vouchers for a hub centred Tesi on the home market is heady stuff. No wonder they have armed guards outside Italian banks. On the other hand, even in the recessionary times, bimota sales have stood up well around the world, with turnover up to 16% over the past year acceptance of the Avantgarde Tesi - especially in the marque's key sales market, Japan - was harming the companies financial position. However, bimota boss Giuseppe Morri learnt his lesson the hard way a decade ago when the company was almost forced into liquidation as a direct result of having all its product eggs in one expensive basket. | Buying a budget built bimota is not only a alliterative, but also a contradiction in terms. I mean, even in these days of the soft Lira, 50 million vino vouchers for a hub centred Tesi on the home market is heady stuff. No wonder they have armed guards outside Italian banks. On the other hand, even in the recessionary times, bimota sales have stood up well around the world, with turnover up to 16% over the past year acceptance of the Avantgarde Tesi - especially in the [[marque]]'s key sales market, Japan - was harming the companies financial position. However, bimota boss Giuseppe Morri learnt his lesson the hard way a decade ago when the company was almost forced into liquidation as a direct result of having all its product eggs in one expensive basket. | ||
That was the time you may recall when the only bimota you could buy had a Japanese engine and a mega lira price tag. In an era of high interest rates, short money and even scarcer customers it was a passport to business failure. The bike that bailed bimota out was the DB1, the Rimini companies first Ducati powered model (and the first designed by then-new chief engineer Federico Martini) which, with its relatively low tech. 750 Pantah engine gave an affordable entry into bimota class biking. While establishing a new trend in swoopy, streamlined, fully enclosed styling that was inevitably copied by the Japanese. Look at the Honda CBR1000 if you don't believe me. | That was the time you may recall when the only bimota you could buy had a Japanese engine and a mega lira price tag. In an era of high interest rates, short money and even scarcer customers it was a passport to business failure. The bike that bailed bimota out was the DB1, the Rimini companies first Ducati powered model (and the first designed by then-new chief engineer Federico Martini) which, with its relatively low tech. 750 Pantah engine gave an affordable entry into bimota class biking. While establishing a new trend in swoopy, streamlined, fully enclosed styling that was inevitably copied by the Japanese. Look at the Honda CBR1000 if you don't believe me. | ||