Timewarp Bimota Going...
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Hello friends, thought I'd share this one with the group, as it seemed to strike a chord with friends.
Twenty years ago I parked my Bimota DB2 in the garage after a track day. I'd recently got married and bought a BMW GS and found I quite enjoyed heated grips and comfy seats...Who knew? I wasn't going to get rid of the Bim - I loved it too much. I was just resting it for a while.
Scroll forward two decades and several bikes, kids, houses and businesses later...the Bimota was still under a dust sheet, not having moved since 2001. By this point another exciting, impractical and expensive Italian was taking up my time - a 2006 Maserati GranSport. (The Maser briefly became a home for rodents last year during lockdown so is now known as the (Maser) Ratty. Of course.) It is a flawed and deeply wonderful bit of kit...and now rusty.
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So, after some encouragement from my beloved ("You're too old" / "You don't have time" / "You have another bike coming" / "How many hobbies do you need? / "You home-school the bloody kids, I'm going out") I have reluctantly decided to move the Bimota on, in order to fund rust repairs.
A legendary bike guy called Viv Cowley (look him up) now has the bike and is going through it in forensic detail to make sure its on the button. He called the other day to say "Its a time-warp!" and marvelled at the condition. Guess spending £20k on garages to keep it dry worked then...
Looking at the pictures he's sending over I feel deeply stupid for not getting it back on the road years ago, and enjoying it. All those missed adventures! I can't think why I didn't do it now - busy with life I guess. Part of me thinks, no way can I let this go...but, looking at the all the stuff in the garage - once essential, now gathering dust - its time.
Man, growing up is hard!
Here's a few pics if you're interested, including one from its last outing 20 years ago...
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Twenty years ago I parked my Bimota DB2 in the garage after a track day. I'd recently got married and bought a BMW GS and found I quite enjoyed heated grips and comfy seats...Who knew? I wasn't going to get rid of the Bim - I loved it too much. I was just resting it for a while.
Scroll forward two decades and several bikes, kids, houses and businesses later...the Bimota was still under a dust sheet, not having moved since 2001. By this point another exciting, impractical and expensive Italian was taking up my time - a 2006 Maserati GranSport. (The Maser briefly became a home for rodents last year during lockdown so is now known as the (Maser) Ratty. Of course.) It is a flawed and deeply wonderful bit of kit...and now rusty.
£££££££££££
So, after some encouragement from my beloved ("You're too old" / "You don't have time" / "You have another bike coming" / "How many hobbies do you need? / "You home-school the bloody kids, I'm going out") I have reluctantly decided to move the Bimota on, in order to fund rust repairs.
A legendary bike guy called Viv Cowley (look him up) now has the bike and is going through it in forensic detail to make sure its on the button. He called the other day to say "Its a time-warp!" and marvelled at the condition. Guess spending £20k on garages to keep it dry worked then...
Looking at the pictures he's sending over I feel deeply stupid for not getting it back on the road years ago, and enjoying it. All those missed adventures! I can't think why I didn't do it now - busy with life I guess. Part of me thinks, no way can I let this go...but, looking at the all the stuff in the garage - once essential, now gathering dust - its time.
Man, growing up is hard!
Here's a few pics if you're interested, including one from its last outing 20 years ago...
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