Over fifty years of style – beauty, desire and legend.

ITALIAN STYLE AT ITS BEST

An inseparable combination of fervent passion and undisputed technical ability merged to create a new concept of motorcycle. The motorcycle whole world was taken by surprise characterized by:

  • Details made with extreme attention to detail
  • A “sculptural” design approach twinned with high engineering.

A highly personalized approach led to tailor-made and, therefore, unique results that were immediately admired and desired by media and public alike. Components the enthusiasts could only previously dream of are incorporated to reveal the ultimate sophisticated and high-performing motorcycles.

In the Autumn of 1973 owners of such road motorbikes as Honda – and later Kawasaki, Yamaha, Suzuki and Ducati – found a unique styling and engineering masterpiece.

The vision soon gained momentum

Valerio Bianchi, Giuseppe Morri and Massimo Tamburini, founded bi-mo-ta in 1966: a company specialized in the installation of air conditioning and heating systems.

A reality that lives on their surnames, or rather, in the initials of their recognizability as visionary men, creators of thought, determination and work.

An ingenious technicality and a superfine graphic perception revolutionized the chassis of his personal bike by designing a new frame and replacing the shaft transmission with the chain one, thus transforming a production bike into a super sports bike, giving life to a "special".

The vision takes over, the tuning grows, and the passion of the motorcyclists becomes unstoppable.

The small shop becomes a lovely "living room garage" for the elite, which offers authentic treasures of refinement, taste and refinement.

The "City of Dreams", the one that Fellini transformed through his films into a mythical dimension, gives life on one of the most beautiful seafronts in Italy, a place for walking and meeting of the high society of motorcyclists, to bimota meccanica.

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Italian style at its best

An inseparable combination of fervent passion and undisputed technical ability merged to create a new concept of motorcycle. The motorcycle whole world was taken by surprise characterized by:

Details made with extreme attention to detail

A “sculptural” design approach twinned with high engineering.

A highly personalized approach led to tailor-made and, therefore, unique results that were immediately admired and desired by media and public alike. Components the enthusiasts could only previously dream of are incorporated to reveal the ultimate sophisticated and high-performing motorcycles.

In the Autumn of 1973 owners of such road motorbikes as Honda – and later Kawasaki, Yamaha, Suzuki and Ducati – found a unique styling and engineering masterpiece.

Global Ambassadors

The first complete vehicle creation came to life from Tamburini’s brilliant drawing: The HB1 resulted in just ten specimens of Italian uniqueness: a revolutionary tubular frame built around the heart of a four-cylinder Honda CB 750, lowering the center of gravity and reducing the weight of the first Japanese superbike of many.

In 1977 the innovative SB2 (with its characteristic demountable frame) was in the motorcycle world spotlight; soon to be followed by the iconic Kawasaki powered KB1 in 1978.

In the 1980s the racing world was forced to focus its attention on the elite Rimini workshop.

The style and value of “Made in Italy” is globally acknowledged and, in 1980, the 350 World Championship was dominated by Jon Ekerold on his Yamaha powered YB3, plus in 1987 the TT F1 World Championship was secured by Virginio Ferrari.

In the same period, some Bimota road machines emerged and rightfully entered history such as the DB1, YB4 EI and the first Tesi prototypes.

At the end of the 1980s, Pierluigi Marconi inherited the technical vision of his predecessors.

His genius and his skilled hands result in models with aluminum box frames including YB8, YB8 E, YB8 Furano, YB9 Bellaria, YB9 sr, YB9 sri YB10, YB10 two-seater, YB11, SB6, SB6 R, SB7, SB8 R, and trellis frame models such as DB2, DB2 sr, DB2 EF.

Among his creations, and still an undisputed icon today, the innovative TESI 1D from 1990 is the first to go into production.

By the beginning of the new Millennium, the asphalt of ordinary roads suddenly morphs into a racetrack. So, after eleven years, BIMOTA once again lines up on the WorldSBK starting grid: this time with the SB8 R.

Soon after, a road model – the carbon version of the SB8 K – offers the tempting possibility of exclusive motorcycling to discerning enthusiasts