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welshlamb · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:10 pm Post subject: almost there

I managed to grab one of the brief sunny 'spells' today to take some photos outside the garage,where the Bim has lived for the last 3 months since arriving from Germany

Nearly there with the recommissioning, just a few checks and tweaks before I fire her up for the first time . Then its put her fairing/seat on and MOT time before getting some UK plates.

Although any Bimota looks good (DB3??) with her clothes on there is a different beauty with them all off like here...at least that's what I think.

hope you agree!
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deebee4 · Joined: 08 Jan 2011 Posts: 266 Location: Netherlands

Great job. It'll be a stunning bike. Almost a shame to take out riding.... Wink

One question (or maybe I've overseen that in previous posts): did you have the Paioli forks serviced too?
Because the internal damping "cartridges" are made from aluminium and wear out fast if you don't clean them out and change the oil frequently.
Maintenance is cheaper than overhaul.....
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vort28 · Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Posts: 2194 Location: Northwest , UK

I am glad to see you are almost finished and doing such a good job. You never know what has been done to a 20yr old bike Shocked

until its had a good going over.
Just in time as the sun is threatening to come out and temperatures are nearly in double figures.

2bims · Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7289

Looking good WelshLamb...but then she is naked......a fondness held by most....
Just a quick thought, and also coz I dont know if you follow other threads on here....Have you pointed her at a blank wall at night and turned the lights on?...Not sure from the pictures but do you have the twin beam unit headlight? Where one unit is main beam...and the other is high beam? sidelight on euro bike being a separate unit above that?
A fellow Vdue owner has a Eurospec bike in NI...and fell fowl of their MOT test as the main beam unit kicks up to the right and not the left as is needed in the UK..........Only a quick test will tell...not normally an issue if you know the MOT man well enough that he may turn a blind eye to it.......Apparently you can strip the unit down and reverse the deflector plate but I dont think I'd like to try debonding the lens from the plastic body...as its this that would need removing and replacing.......
Whilst her clothes are off best to check........

Happy to see the gear lever pointing forwards for people with normal foot joints.... Laughing

welshlamb · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 9:20 pm Post subject:

DeeBee said

2bims · Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7289

vort28 · Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Posts: 2194 Location: Northwest , UK

welshlamb · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 10:44 am Post subject:

vort28 · Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Posts: 2194 Location: Northwest , UK

Thats the one, couldn't find an image before.

One's I have bought have come with the 2-1 loom , so it is relatively plug and play. But I don't think the headlight in your DB2 is standard as they all came with a single lens light ( I could be wrong) , so your wiring could have been played with already.

The FZR light is a plain twin light, so both low and high beam, not like a vdue/DB4 where they are low normal side and then high projector side.
The other issue with the later projector light is the depth. I could not get the projector on in my YB11 as it hit the clocks, but 2bim's got one in his DB2 but its close.

2bims · Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7289

If you bought a set of red eyes...make sure they come with working bulbs....specials they be and over 40gbp a set apparently......

Vdue headlight projecter unit fits very nicely onto DB2 mounts, same size lens for aperture and mounting bolts etc....Only bug bear is I had to strip the clocks off to undo the speedo drive connecter plate and rejig its position...then cut a slot in the back of the light unit of the RHS projecter unit so that the speedo drive could make a route down to the front wheel.......Twas the only way...and I have an especially long speedo drive on my DB2 due to forks being changed.....there really was no other way to fit it without cutting a slot in the back of the light unit.......after that was plug and play with wiring spade connecters......

All UK DB2's came with single lamp dual filament unit...Eurospecs all had twin light units with separate sidelight unit above the main headlight.....

vort28 · Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Posts: 2194 Location: Northwest , UK

Think the bulb's are about £10-15 each, can't remember what I paid now, just remember they are not readily available as a strange size and expensive as normal bulbs go. Chances are the filements in an old set will get broke in the post so worth factoring into price.

highlander · Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 9:02 pm Post subject:

It might help - TRX850 headlight is a straight swap for FZR400 and hence maybe here too. Dead simple and cheap ... at least as a temporary option.

I wouldn't ever make the egregious error that "cheap" and "Bimota" belong in the same sentence!

welshlamb · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:05 pm Post subject:

As I don't seem to have had the magic combination of time, sun, clean bike and camera until yesterday here are some final shots of the bike with its clothes on!

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