Bimota Forum

djt77 · Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:32 am Post subject: GB1

So who here knew there was a GB1 the extremely rare Gilera Bimota? I stumbled across it whilst on you tube and seem there were 2 made with a 750 engine, it was made for the Italian Supermono Championship.

http://www.seipel-webdesign.de/gileraclub/main/picsndata/750cc/GB1/gb1.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiPt-MdCBQs&feature=related

stockcar · Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:48 pm Post subject:

presume that has a "nordwest" single motor in it, over bored??

djt77 · Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:46 am Post subject:

No idea to be honest, wonder if there are any other prototypes that are laying about?

vort28 · Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Posts: 2194 Location: Northwest , UK

It was a Paris dakar race engine, have a few write ups on them somewhere , but usual Bimota stuff, given the engine with 3 weeks to the first race and told to make it so. Think they did all right and were the inspiration for the BB1, shame about the change in motor though.

Bimsb6 · Joined: 15 Oct 2011 Posts: 149 Location: Bedfordshire

There is a private museum in rimini with a few prototype bims including the honda engined tesi , a vfr engine from memory .

motokosta · Joined: 22 Feb 2010 Posts: 50 Location: Melbourne Australia

There were only two made and only one is left. Owned by Giliera. Is it possible to get some more info on the private museum in rimini?
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Bimsb6 · Joined: 15 Oct 2011 Posts: 149 Location: Bedfordshire

I think it's this one but i cannot open the link .

http://www.museomotociclo.it/

The pictures aren't how i remember it so may not be the place i visited (it was 9 years ago ).

spidermaan · Joined: 04 Jul 2012 Posts: 92 Location: nord-east Italy

This is the Bimota's list in that musuem:

Bimota
500
V2 Trofeo

Bimota Honda
400
Tesi Prototipo

Bimota Honda
750
VF tesi laboratorio
1984

Bimota Kawasaki
900
KB1
1979

Bimota Yamaha
750
FZR tesi
1988
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GeeKay · Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 1767 Location: West Yorkshire

its out in the back-of-beyond near Rimini airport. Called in 2010 - took bloody ages to locate (no sat nav) then when I found it, it was closed! Crying or Very sad

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