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Bimota to launch new model
at Intermot: first look at the DB5
 BIMOTA
AT INTERMOT 2004
[Press Release] At the forthcoming Intermot Show in Munich the
historic marque from Rimini will launch for the very first time
the prototype of its new DB5 model. This project was conceived
with the ambition to take Bimota back to its origins: compactness,
lightness and refined mechanical details were the initial inputs
in the execution of a dream completely Made in Italy.
A dream, which Is about to become real, re-interpreting Bimota's
traditional characteristics which have left an indelible mark
in the history of the motorcycle, models such as the HB1, KB2
Laser, DB1 and other designs which have never been forgotten
by enthusiasts all over the world.
Powered by a Ducati 1000 DS air cooled engine, this new model
presents several details which only a Bimota can boast: tubular
steel trellis frame with machined plates in aircraft alloy, a
hitherto unseen tubular composite swing arm, and fully adjustable
Öhlins suspension.
The styling by Sergio Robbiano, enhances the aggressiveness of
the DB5 by leaving most of the mechanical parts in view; it could
be compared to a jewel-studded precious piece of art.
In addition to the DB5, Bimota will also display its current
product range consisting of the SB8K in the SantaMonica version,
enriched by the best components available on the market (Öhlins
suspension, Brembo radial brake system, OZ wheels), and the TESI
2D, Bimota's benchmark avant-garde model, which breaks with tradition
via its revolutionary steering system and represents the company's
ongoing radical research and development programme.
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