Axel Bassani concedes that he and Bimota “have to work a lot” after ending the Portimao WorldSBK test “without a really good feeling”. Bassani’s start to life on the Bimota KB998 had ...

Before its recent takeover by Kawasaki, Italian marque Bimota was very much a boutique brand ... volume productions for which the company has charged steep prices. The 1996 YB11 Superleggera ...

Debuted at the Cologne Motor Show in 1986 the Bimota YB5 was Massimo Tamburini’s last design for the company he co-founded. The Bimota YB5 was Massimo Tamburini’s last project with the brand ...

It also sold well by Bimota standards with 454 built ... and the Mantra was priced about 15 per cent lower than the SB6 and YB11, making it the ‘entry level’ model for the company.