2009 Other Bimota Db7 on 2040-motos

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If you have clicked on this posting you probably already know something about Bimota Superbikes with their superb build quality and almost magical handling. Only 25 DB7s were imported into the United States, all for the 2009 model year: to my knowledge all of them went to collectors with this 1 being one of 2 that have remained unregistered. It has less than 125 mis on the odometer and has only been ridden on private roads by a very competent owner. It comes with an open MSO which allows the DB7 to be registered in any state and there are no liens against the bike of any kind. Bimotas have been built in Rimini, Italy since 1973 and have flourished since Robert Comini injected a further 6 million Euros into the company in 2003. Bimotas are almost completely handmade using the finest available components regardless of cost. Frame design is unique and elegant, combining a top section of oval-section chrome-molybdenum steel tube with side-plates machined from billet aluminium. There s no rear subframe; just a self-supporting carbon-fibre seat unit. As with the 1098, the engine is a stressed member of the chassis. The swing-arm uses a similar blend of oval steel tubes and aluminium forgings, and works the vertical shock via a rising-rate linkage. Other chassis parts are suitably upmarket. Billet aluminium triple clamps hold 43mm Marzocchi racing forks. The Extreme Tech shock is tuneable for high- and low-speed compression and rebound damping; ride height can be adjusted via an eccentric in the top shock mount. Bimota designed the aluminium mounts for the Brembo Monobloc radial calipers, and also the forged aluminium wheels that are 1kg lighter than their 1098 equivalents. At a claimed 172kg dry, the DB7 is lighter than the 1098 by the same amount. All bodywork is carbon-fibre, as are parts including the chainguard and the cover of the dry clutch. Along with neatly machined billet aluminium pieces including the footrest assemblies and control levers the