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		| 2bims 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 11:34 am    Post subject: Calling All DB5R owners.... |   |  
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				| Just a quickie guys...so thats Vince, Spike, Bloke in Cape Town and one other on here........ 
 Do your frame numbers have 2 No. Capital "R"s in the sequence?
 
 They all start off ZESDB051R....then 7 or 8 to denote year of manufacture (2007/
  ..then another "R" for place of manuafacture...Rimini...then 4 zeros and a 2 digit number 
 Example - ZESDB051R8R000021
 
 Have checked with one other DB5R owner and his has the extra R...and have checked on Db6 frame numbers and some Db5 frame numbers and they dont have the extra R...Just wondering if Bimota were so "together: that even though the frame is no different to a standard DB5...that they managed to individually stamp up and identify the R models on the frame....Frame number also on a sticker on left hand footpeg hanger...easier to read than the headstock..
 
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		| SpikeC 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 6:58 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Mine starts with ZESD511R and ends 037. There is an additional R just before the zeros. R38R _________________
 Spike C.
 Portland, Oregon, USA
 2008 Bimota DB5R
 1965 Triumph T100SC
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		| yb11reno 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 8:18 pm    Post subject: DB5R |   |  
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				| Just for comparison, my DB5 Mille is ZESD599256R0000XX 
 Hmmm.  Checked the other two bims
 YB11 starts out ZESYB
 SB8 starts out ZESSB
 
 Wonder why US DB5s didn't have the B after the D
 
 Jack
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 Reno, NV
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		| brian 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:26 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| You've got too much time on your hands Steve  _________________
 '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
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		| Vince186 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 8:04 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Mine is ZESDB050R6R00007 Why is yours DB051 and my DB050
   It is because my DB has a 1000DS engine and yours the 1100DS engine…
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 A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.  Albert Einstein
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		| vort28 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:34 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Mine is ZESDB051R also. Cant believe that Bimota actually seems to have change numbers between Europe and US and 1000 and 1100. Here was us previously thinking they just put any bits they could find on any bike being built .
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		| icezeit 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 11:57 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| It's not the first time Bimota uses different numbers for US and the rest of the world. Tesi 1D with US spec (mufflers, rider's foot pegs) also had different frame number series. They differed in the starting letters. _________________
 2x SB3, Tesi 1D SR
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