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Make Model |
Bimota DB8 |
|
Year |
2010 |
|
Engine |
Liquid cooled, four stroke, 90°“L”twin cylinder, SOHC,
desmodromic 4 valve per cylinder, |
|
Capacity |
1198 |
|
Bore x Stroke |
106 x 67.9 mm |
|
Compression Ratio |
12.7:1 |
|
Induction |
Electrically controlled gasoline injection and φ60mm
throttle body |
|
Ignition /
Starting |
Magneti Marelli / electric |
|
Exhaust |
2 in 1 in 1, stainless steel |
|
Max Power |
170 hp 125 kW @ 9750 rpm |
|
Max Torque |
13,4 kg-m 131,4 Nm @ 8000 rpm |
|
Clutch |
Wet multiple plates, hydraulic system |
|
Transmission /
Drive |
6 Speed / chain |
|
Frame |
Welded 39NiCrMo4 tubing and machined 6082
aluminium alloy plates |
|
Front Suspension |
Marzocchi USD forks DLC fully adjustable |
|
Rear Suspension |
Extreme Tech Monoshock fully adjustable |
|
Front Brakes |
2x 320mm Brembo floating discs 4 mpistons radial
Brembo callipers, radial pumps |
|
Rear Brakes |
Single 220mm floating disc, 2-piston Brembo
calliper |
|
Front Tyre |
120/70
ZR17 |
|
Rear Tyre |
190/55
ZR17 |
|
Seat Height |
800 mm |
|
Dry-Weight |
178 kg |
|
Fuel Capacity |
16 Litres |
Bimota has wrongfooted the world
with its new DB8 by revealing it’s a dual-seat, more powerful 1198-engined
yet cheaper version of the DB7. The DB8 had been strongly tipped to be a
naked DB7 to rival Ducati’s Streetfighter, but that bike appears to be still
in the works.
Bimota says it wants the £20,300
(€23,000) DB8 to be its ‘entry level’ superbike, and expects to sell 250 of
the biposto machine – making it in Bimota terms a volume seller. The £23,000
(€26,000) DB7 remains in production, but with the 1098 motor, which as a
single-seater is all the firm says it needs.
The DB8 manages to undercut the
DB7 by using plastic rather than carbon bodywork, and an aluminium rather
than structural carbon subframe joining it its oval section CroMo hybrid
chassis. Slightly lower spec Marocchi and Extreme Tech suspension front and
rear respectively complete the cost cuts.
The DB8 has gained 8cm
nose-to-tail (though wheelbase remains the same) and 8kg, taking its weight
to 178kg, countered by the bigger 1198 motor’s extra 8bhp and 6ftlb over the
DB7. The rear seat allows for a useful bit of underseat storage.
“Bimota customers are used to
being surprised with new and innvoative motorcyles offering unique design,
good power and light weight – and many of them also have a wife or
girlfriend that would like to come along. We are sure this design will be a
big success” says the firm’s Anna Carla Cuneo.
Source MCN
