Bimota Forum

[Fabulous]

Hey guys and gals, Phil here from Brisbane. Long time lurking around... decided I should join.
Currently have 6 Bimotas. All YBs. A 5, a 6, Three 7s and am in the process of registering a YB10.. All good fun bikes.

[morebhp]

That seems pretty greedy

Nice collection - Welcome onboard!
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Now - SB6R, GSX1400, KTM 990 SuperDuke
Then - H2A Trip, GSX1000R , EXC400, TZ250, R1, TL1000S, 1100 Kat, RG500, RD500, GPZ 900R GPZ1100 UniT, GSX1100, Z650
It was like that when I got here

[Pompey]

Good man. You need to chat to laminator! Wecome to the forum , stay active.
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Pomps
Bimota's Db2, Db5 ,Ducati's 851' 92, 888' 93, Honda blade' 93, Triumph speed triple' 07, kawasaki zxr 750 k1

[Hursty]

Welcome Phil
Nice collection surely you need a SB for some balance
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Hursty from kiwi land

[GeeKay]

Hi Phil

as Pompey says - you need a chat with Laminator - he's quite a collection of YB's as well.

Pictures are a pre-requisite of joining the forum too you know..........
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Bimota SB6 and Benelli TNT 899S road bikes.
Beta Techno trials iron. Project bikes:- Suzuki V4 500, TS185 cafe racer, XR11/71, Kettle/Katana, TDRGV250, OR50, Gag125,Triumph T595 and a Triumph X75 Hurricane replica.
Too many projects...............

[SiBag]

Welcome to the mad house
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SB6..CCM R30...GSXR-750-M...RGV-250-VJ22.. GSX-1100-EFE Project....Harris Magnum II project...

If its got Ti#s or Wheels its gona give you trouble

[phil-short]

Alright Phil?
Good to meet ya.
What's wrong with the 9s?
You should have at least one.....

[Fabulous]

Here's a couple of pics of my YB5,6 and7 at a bike show last year

[laminator]

What can I say? Another man with impeccable taste...

Nice selection of YB's, you.ve got two YB7's!! Where did you find them?

Welcome to the forum.
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Bimotas, Yamaha FZR 2TK, Honda NC30, MV Agusta F3 800, Aprilia RS250

[brian]

Welcome to the forum Phil. Good to see another Aussie on board, and a Queenslander too. Gives strength to the theory of... it's hard to stop at one bimota . Your yb's look great mate.

Cheers,
Brian
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'99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851

[Fabulous]

Actually got 3 yb7. One is in a few bits at the moment. It caught fire whilst I was riding it! It was just before Christmas a few years ago and I was cruising along quite slowly one summer's evening when all of a sudden she stopped and all the lights went out. This was on a fairly quiet but street lit suburban road in Brisbane.No problems,I thought...a fuse maybe? Not so far from home anyway and can call my wife to bring the ute if necessary..I looked down at my right lower leg and for a moment I thought I had picked up a bit of Christmas tinsel or a "crunchie" wrapper. (Gold wrapped choc bar here in Oz). No....that would be flames!!!!Madly tried to put it out with a garden hose...not working. Some guy stopped in his car and threw a blanket over it.. must have been polyester...just made things worse. Finally a guy came with a fire extinguisher and put it out.
We found out later that where the positive wire goes to the battery over the metal battery box it shorted out. A small half circle bit cut out of the top fixes the problem.
I have purchased all these Bimotas out of Japan. When I went over a month or two after the fire I excitedly related my story to my Japanese guy at the Import centre. Deadpan..as only the Japanese know how.. he says.."oh yes.. a few have done that". Anyway.. not too badly damaged and spurred me on to get a couple more.(They all have the battery box mod now)

[Vince186]

Welcome

That’s a nice collection
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vince
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. Albert Einstein

[brian]