I saw this bike today when i was walking back to work from lunch. I know it is a Bimota so that is one obvious reply gone.




hope the pics work. anyways, definitely not like anything i have seen before and i have been around in my short life. absolutely huge carbon fiber intake and airbox. no real body work to be spoken of, ducati crank case cover, and a Leo Vince what looked to be aftermarket pipe, that was totally under the bike and the exhaust exited near the front tire rather than from the rear.

so if anyone has anymore info please spill the beans.

 

Google is a bitch isnt it?

http://www.bimota.it/intro_tesi2d_eng.htm

 

wow! i wouldve waited to see who owns it

http://www.motorbike-search-en....html

 

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apparently some HT members are as well.

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i work at a luxury car dealer in OC, CA. i see rich and famous people everyday. as i was uploading these pics to my t-mobile account, some guy pulled into our service drive with his new F430 spyder, parked so he was blocking all traffic coming into our drive, jumped out of his car and started yelling for a salesman. all beause he was there to pick up his new M6. guy thinks he is god because he can pay 30k over sticker for a new sports car.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by D Day &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">apparently some HT members are as well.</TD></TR></TABLE> after you've dealt with it long enough, you get used to it

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by D Day &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i work at a luxury car dealer in OC, CA. i see rich and famous people everyday. as i was uploading these pics to my t-mobile account, some guy pulled into our service drive with his new F430 spyder, parked so he was blocking all traffic coming into our drive, jumped out of his car and started yelling for a salesman. all beause he was there to pick up his new M6. guy thinks he is god because he can pay 30k over sticker for a new sports car.</TD></TR></TABLE> what are some of the cars you've been able to drive? id love to be able to drive that 430

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by D Day &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">apparently some HT members are as well.

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Oh yes, but im a teddy bear compared to the big boys.

 

Beautiful!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EGlovr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> after you've dealt with it long enough, you get used to it

what are some of the cars you've been able to drive? id love to be able to drive that 430</TD></TR></TABLE>there is a list somewhere in GDD that was done a while ago where i listed a few of the top ones out of my memory. i have only driven one sick ride since i have worked here though. and it wasnt even that dope of a car it was just a good time, because i had a salesman ask me to take him for a ride and i was basically told to run a brand new M3 through its paces. and i did, thoroughly. other than that i have driven a few 360 modenas, 1 challenge (which was crazy fun), a 550M, a few of the last model Z06 vette, a few real fast turbo porsches, some real real fast mercedes, an extremely memorable unrestricted SL600 and many many more cars. but lets just say i was in a situation that doesnt come along everyday or ever for that matter, unless you are real rich or real lucky. for one year i was real lucky.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by D Day &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> but lets just say i was in a situation that doesnt come along everyday or ever for that matter, unless you are real rich or real lucky. for one year i was real lucky. </TD></TR></TABLE> details??

how did you like the 360 compared to the 550? from what ive seen they're pretty comperable in price. ive read that the 550 would have more space for everyday driving, while the 360 is more of a weekend car.

 

This is a MOTORCYCLE forum, guys

 

That bike looks like someone mated two ends of a Buell Firebolt together.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vietbiker &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">This is a MOTORCYCLE forum, guys </TD></TR></TABLE> not to nova people it isnt

 

Living in OC makes me sick sometimes.

 

that is the fugliest thing i think ive ever seen on 2 wheels.

 

how 'bout this?

 

Yeh you know what, I hated supermotards when i first seen them, but after seeing a few guys riding them I think id be intrested in picking one up myself if i had the extra cashflow... or wait, are you refering to marm in the flesh??

 

Personally, I love supermotos

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vietbiker &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Personally, I love supermotos</TD></TR></TABLE>me too, i was gonna ask if you could get them plated and then i noticed your location was Illinois. its easy to plate them there not so easy to plate them here. otherwise i would be riding a brand new one home from work today.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EGlovr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> details??

how did you like the 360 compared to the 550? from what ive seen they're pretty comperable in price. ive read that the 550 would have more space for everyday driving, while the 360 is more of a weekend car. </TD></TR></TABLE>well i worked for a wholesaler, who because he was born a rich ****, was just as concerned with selling and having high dollar vehicles in his possession for bragging rights as he was selling other cars for profit reasons. i mean you can make lots of money selling rare cars but there are only so many buyers for 200k dollar cars. but anyways, the 360 and the 550 are totally different cars when you get into them. and the equality in price is because a final year 360 is from 04-05 and the final year of the 550 was like 99-00 if i am correct, then they moved to the 575M. now thats a mean machine. i think the 550 is much more spacious, as well it should be since it is a true GT car. it is front engine and rear drive so the burn outs and opportunities for getting it sideways are much more often. also with it being a GT car it had far more comfortable seats. i could definitely drive it for hours while the 360 was more of a fun to drive down the coast with the top down but i wouldnt want to trek up and down the state of california in it. and the 360 challenge was even more so this way. the challenge is a very minimal car. but it is kinda cool looking around and seeing that everything including the door panels are all carbon fiber. plus the 550 i drove was the nasty gated 6spd where as luckily all the 360s i drove were f1s. and the F1 box in the challenge is amazing. you give a little flick of the right paddle and before you know it the engine is screaming past 8k rpm again with ease. it scares me to think how fast the shift program is in the 599, 612 or the FXX.

 

thanks. thats another point i forgot to bring up: the 6spd vs. f1. im assuming the f1 is better. the shift program is rediculous. id love to have your job

 

Its a Bimota Tesi. After Honda Elf proved that front trailing arm suspension was worthless Bimota decided to make some production bikes on the same principal. This one is a Ducati based one and there was an EXUP one. All crap and expensive as only Italian bikes can be.

Next,

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EGlovr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thanks. thats another point i forgot to bring up: the 6spd vs. f1. im assuming the f1 is better. the shift program is rediculous. id love to have your job</TD></TR></TABLE>**** i dont do any of that anymore. the most power i get to play with anymore is the massive power and torque of my 6cyl chevy silverado. i am a paper pushing desk jockey now. but yea the 6sp is nice. i mean it is a ferrari manual trans. it definitely isnt ****. but if you have ever driven like a lambo or older ferraris or anything like that, maybe even old jags, the OG gated sticks were kinda a pain in the ***. i mean most modern cars the shift from 2-3 is kinda just and upward push with slight pressure to the right and she will slide right into 3rd. with the gated patterns, you literally have to move the stick up, then a distict move 90 degress to the left and then up into 3rd. there are just these big steel partitions blocking any movement unintended by the engineer. but when you are rocketing down the road and wailing through the gears, it almost feels as though the car is trying to suck the gear shift into the next gear, and it isnt like a honda or toyota where it sometimes might not feel as though it is all the way in gear, you know from the heavy clunk noise that she is most definitely planted in gear.

the F1 box is sick. although if you dont know how to use it it would be a bitch. and there is no automatic feature available like in BMWs SMG system. i mean unlike manumatics and sport shift and the like, the F1 box does not upshift til you tell it and likewise with downshifts. if you want to downshift too fast and over rev it til she butrns up, go right ahead she will do it. also no matter how fast you think you can shift or power shift or anything of the like, the F1 box is faster. i personally think in some cars i can upshift faster than the SMG and F1 box but the perfect rev matched downshifts in absolutely blows me away. i would either need a 3rd foot or 2nd right arm or both. especially on a track. i mean it literally takes on finger off the wheel to go up or down as many gears as you want, no matter how fast you are traveling or how many Gs you are pulling in a corner. perfect everytime.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Luke &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Its a Bimota Tesi. After Honda Elf proved that front trailing arm suspension was worthless Bimota decided to make some production bikes on the same principal. This one is a Ducati based one and there was an EXUP one. All crap and expensive as only Italian bikes can be.

Next,</TD></TR></TABLE>

so is this Honda Elf, the same bike that was the experimental 2WD machine, or is it something else. i thought that bike was relatively new, not something that would be old tech that would be capitalized on by an Italian leetch.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by D Day &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
so is this Honda Elf, the same bike that was the experimental 2WD machine, or is it something else. i thought that bike was relatively new, not something that would be old tech that would be capitalized on by an Italian leetch.</TD></TR></TABLE>

The technology was from people like Elf racing and others, its not a new concept. Its not 2WD its a means of isolating the suspension from the road. Bimota's are overpriced tat, always have been always will be. If Italians are so clever then why did they use Japenese engines to power their 'Bimota's'

 

for one, their own R & D = Lotsa dough. And also, the Tesi has a Ducati engine.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vietbiker &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">for one, their own R & D = Lotsa dough. And also, the Tesi has a Ducati engine.</TD></TR></TABLE>

The 2D has yes. Loads of money eh, I suppose thats why they went bankrupt lol.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Luke &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The technology was from people like Elf racing and others, its not a new concept. Its not 2WD its a means of isolating the suspension from the road. Bimota's are overpriced tat, always have been always will be. If Italians are so clever then why did they use Japenese engines to power their 'Bimota's' </TD></TR></TABLE>i understand all of that. i was just wondering if the Elf bike was the bike that Honda was developing the 2WD system on. but you cleared it up for me, thanks. and i think the last sentence answers its self. the italians at Bimota were so clever because of the fact that they used Japanese engines to power their bikes.