- DB2

DB4

- '99 DB4

The DB4 uses the 904cc V-twin from the 900SS. Bimota have used 2 38mm Mikuni carbs rather than the Ducati's fual injection. Claimed max power of 85.7hp and 9.2kgm of torque both at 7,000rpm . The engine is housed in an aluminium lattice frame a'la the Mantra. It has a 1370mm wheelbase and weighs in at 165kg.
Price is expected to be about UKp 10,500.

SB6R

- '99 SB6R

- Aluminium beam frame with tuned Suzuki GSXR-1100 motor, fed by 4x 40mm carbs. 1400mm wheelbase and 190kg.
Expected to cost about UKp 13,000.

SB7R - Aluminium beam frame with the fuel injected Suzuki GSXR-750 motor.

Mantra

- '99 Mantra

- a Ducati engined custom styled bike with looks like no other. Cosmetic redesign for 1999.

SB8
SB8 was the road bike for 1998.

Pictured at the 1997 Bologna Show.....

- pic courtesy of Fast Bikes Magazine

Featuring a new aluminium trestle frame. The SP model is expected to have a carbon fibre swingarm.
1000cc V twin engine from Suzuki's radical TL1000SP featuring quad cams & 8 valves plus fuel injection and is claimed to produce 145bhp with help from tuning firms Yoshimura and Two Brother from the USA.
The SP will also feature top Ohlins suspension front & rear The SP model is likely to weigh in at 178Kg (319lb) which compares well to the standards setting Ducati 916 which weighs in at 195Kg (429lb).

Pic c/o Fast Bikes Magazine -

SB8R
. . . it would seem that the 1998 SB8R was been sent back to the drawing board for a complete new look.
The Suzuki TL1000-powered machine didn't impress fans when it was revealed at the Milan and Paris shows during Autumn '97. So Bimota has put back the launch date while it is given a makeover. Bimota spokesman Peter Kynnersley said: "All we have here for people to see at the NEC show is the carbon and steel frame." The bike, which had been due to race in the 1998 World Superbike series, has a series of innovative linkages so the rear shock can be mounted as far forward as possible and more weight can be put over the front to improve stability.

For 1999 the SB8R was announced at the 1998 Bologna Show and is due in Spring '99. This will be a homologated racer for the BEARS Sound of Thunder series for big twins. There's even talk of a WSB entry.

- pics c/o Fast Bikes Magazine

YB9SRi

- '99 YB9SRi

YB11 - Aluminium frame with Yamaha Exup motor.

Past Models

• YB4
  Yamaha 750 powered YB4.

• YB9
  YB9 pictured at the 1999 Manx Grand Prix -

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