Oh dear, Bimota is in trouble

Kinja'd!!! by "bob and john" (bobandjohn)
Published 01/16/2017 at 13:00

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It would appear that the makers of the gloriously weird Ducati powered Tesi 3d are in big trouble and have actually currently stopped production for the time being.

Pity that, but they never really had a way to become a main stream maker. Perhaps its for the best?

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Kinja'd!!! "DrJohannVegas" (drjohannvegas)
01/16/2017 at 13:10, STARS: 0

I came for the hub-center steering. I stayed for the sads. I do hope Bimota finds a friendly patron or a special place within a larger organization, but their approach to business puts them in a weird part of the market and makes them an unattractive acquisition prospect. Nobody wants to buy a company that uses a competitors engines (for long).

Kinja'd!!! "runnersp, formerly known as t_s" (runnersp)
01/16/2017 at 13:23, STARS: 2

Bimota in trouble, in other news, water wet, ice cold.

All joking aside, they seem to limp from crisis to crisis. MV Agusta is also taking big bites of the shit sandwich at the minute.

Kinja'd!!! "Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
01/16/2017 at 13:32, STARS: 0

I love this suspension configuration. I’ve been threatening to build the ultimate rock crawler using a hybrid diesel-electric system and suspension like this since the late 90s.

Yes, I’m a bit of a mad scientist.

Kinja'd!!! "BobintheMtns" (bobinthemtns)
01/16/2017 at 13:32, STARS: 2

Haha.. I was gonna say, “ oh an Italian boutique moto builder having a rough patch... shocker! ”

Kinja'd!!! "BobintheMtns" (bobinthemtns)
01/16/2017 at 14:38, STARS: 1

One of my absolute favorite youtube clips—- from when Bimota was using suzuki engines versus a Duc. Shitty quality, seems to be from the VHS era... but still worth a watch of them arcing those bikes thru the mountains.. (crazy ending too!)

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Kinja'd!!! "bob and john" (bobandjohn)
01/16/2017 at 15:40, STARS: 0

crazy riding....

Kinja'd!!! "pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
01/17/2017 at 03:03, STARS: 0

not good.