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[Garynuttall]

Hi all - new on the forum .... Greetings from Cape Town South Africa.... Has anyone any idea of how many db5r s were manufactured ? My serial number translates to number 15 .built in 2009 ... Sold to owner before me in 2010... Rumor has it only 28 .... Any ideas ? Thanks for any responses.... Regards
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[SpikeC]

My DB5R was built in 2007 and is number 37!
I read an estimate of around 120 somewhere.......

Take a look at the registry post at the top of the forum for a little more info...
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Spike C.
Portland, Oregon, USA
2008 Bimota DB5R
1965 Triumph T100SC

[Garynuttall]

Thanks mate - appreciated ...
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[Garynuttall]

hey spike - thanks again - what is your opion of tthe mirrors - all i see is legs and arms - am fitting adjustable ducati 916 mirrors as the bimota ones just dont adjust at all.........have a good day mate.........
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[2bims]

Hi Garry and welcome to the Forum....or GwinMorra...as they say in Afrikaans..........Whilst the frame number will be unique to the bike.....it doesnt relate to the production series specifically for your DB5R....as the same frames are used on the DB5S, the Mille and DB6 also.........I'd also heard around the 30 mark in total for the R version (full carbon fibre bodywork, full Ohlins F&R and Oz racing wheels)....also should be carbon fibre airbox, carbon front guard and carbon belt covers.......early models had wet clutches and later models had dry slipper clutches...

Theres plenty of posts on here as regards "DB5 mirrors"...use the search facility.....as yes...from standard they offer no rear view at all...some fit aftermarket like I did with a wider reach...as they are too close to the rider and too close to each other....Some have modified the mount behind the glass to offer a wider adjustment...again there are pictures of how to on here

Another on here went the Ducati 916 mirror route...but still had to adjust/modify them to get them to work

http://www.bimotaforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3384&highlight=db5+mirrors

Other mods here

http://www.bimotaforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3228&highlight=db5+mirror

[Garynuttall]

hey thanks - truth be told I was born in Burnley,not too far from Manchester.... and I believe we have just made premier league again......

yep my R here in cape town has the 1100 motor and every thing else you have mentioned - only 2600 km on the clock - was really lucky ..........yeah I heard around 28 or so for the year ...............keep well mate
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[2bims]

You've done well to find one of them in South Africa...just need to get you to post a picture up and then you'll be a fully fledged member of the Forum...we like pictures......I do have the spare parts manuals and full workshop manual for that bike available for download if you are interested..free of course...and they are the official factory manuals in full colour on pdf's..........Theres 2 of these bikes in the UK...and thats it...I know of 2 in italy....one in Germany and one in USA.....with you being only the third owner of one on this Forum.........Hope you get to like it...not so powerful but phenomenal handling and braking enough to have fun with...........

[Garynuttall]

will send pic as soon as I figure oyt how to post it on the forum ...............fortunately have got colour manual after much begging and pleading from the factory ..................ha - they really need to work on their PR .......... [/img]
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[Garynuttall]

image keeps getting restricted duto size - anyone want to send me their email and try upload from there ?

regards
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[2bims]

And as if by Magic....Heres the NEwbies Db5R



The last of the last Db5R version...Oz wheels and Magnesium crank cases....Chain looks a little slack...and check on that plastic chain slider on the underside of the swingarm...the plastics made of toffee and the chain easily cuts through them..it looks a little low down from what should be its position...and rotated 90 degrees out of Kilter....but then thats just my OCD......

[Garynuttall]

Haha yep my chain needs a little tightening up ..... Thanks for the post - nope we are on the cold side - big bay ..... If you ever wanna come to Cape Town mate - let me know - we are on the beach and have a spare room and bikes have a great weeekend
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[brian]

Nice bike... welcome to the forum mate
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[SpikeC]

Funny thing about frame numbers, mine ends in 0037, and one on the Swiss registry that is a biposto, I believe, also has a number ending in 0037.
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Spike C.
Portland, Oregon, USA
2008 Bimota DB5R
1965 Triumph T100SC

[Garynuttall]

Thanks Brian - other rides aprilia rs 250 - Ducati multi, aprilia shiver and tmax for commute-- very privileged to to get the db though .... Good weekend guys....
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[2bims]

Have you found the little "advance throttle" button on the front of the throttle yet that acts as a Choke? Had mine for 6 months before I found it when boringly reading through the owners manual....