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rpo83
Joined: 28 Oct 2008 Posts: 387 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2017 11:35 am Post subject: The things you hear about at bike shows!! |
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We had been set up at the Festival of Speed for a couple of days when this bloke comes up and starts chatting to me, wearing Ducati t-shirt and cap... anyway he owns some very desirable Dukes, and told me about the private collection he bought them from and of a brand new KB3 that was recently sold.
Full Moriaki race engine, the bike has never turned a wheel... then he shows me a pic!!! WOW, check this out... who knew a KB3 was hidden away in the rain-forest down under!!
KB3 Down under by Motorbike Owner, on Flickr _________________ Cheers
Steve
YB5 #130, YB5 #196, YB7 #302, SB6 #949, Laverda RGS Executive, Laverda RGS Corsa. |
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welshlamb
Joined: 09 Mar 2011 Posts: 592 Location: South Wales , Nr. Abergavenny
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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2017 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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Zero miles by the look of it! Assuming it was a kit bike given the forks ??
Very tasty , be interesting to see it with fairing on (I assume its in race trim not for road registration?)
Need to get his details to add to the Swiss registry!
(PS looking forward to your festival write ups! Pity that the most frequently asked question by punters at Manchester show was "do they still make them!"... difficult to give an honest answer on that!) _________________ Not as many bikes as I would like and already too many to keep up with! |
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DB1 860
Joined: 23 Mar 2014 Posts: 177 Location: Sydney
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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Steve
The frame, tank and forks make it look more like a Kb1 than a Kb3, Was it for sale or sold?
It was a great weekend at the FOS, with lots of cool bikes and the weather gods looking after us
Gerald |
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rpo83
Joined: 28 Oct 2008 Posts: 387 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:43 am Post subject: |
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Hi Gerald, it had recently been sold for AU$20,000!!!!! What a bargain..
I can't confirm the model, but the guy who sent me the info said it was a 3.. _________________ Cheers
Steve
YB5 #130, YB5 #196, YB7 #302, SB6 #949, Laverda RGS Executive, Laverda RGS Corsa. |
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Evilchicken0
Joined: 12 May 2010 Posts: 2996 Location: London
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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:03 am Post subject: |
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You think they could reproduce those frames for classic racing _________________ Don't read everything you believe |
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rpo83
Joined: 28 Oct 2008 Posts: 387 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 11:22 am Post subject: |
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I was saying the exact same thing at the Festival of Speed where our display was....
There were lots of custom frames in the pits.... Harris, NCR, McIntosh.... _________________ Cheers
Steve
YB5 #130, YB5 #196, YB7 #302, SB6 #949, Laverda RGS Executive, Laverda RGS Corsa. |
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Les Caddaye
Joined: 17 Dec 2010 Posts: 61 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 2:42 am Post subject: |
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it's certainly one good looking Bim, but I don't think its a KB3. KB3 were same frame, tank and fairing as SB4. Could be KB2 if thats a 550 GPZ engine but I don't know anything about Kaka engines.
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250GTLusso
Joined: 11 Mar 2016 Posts: 33 Location: USA
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Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2017 12:49 am Post subject: |
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Definitely a KB1, not a KB2 or a KB3. The confusion with the "3", could be because it has all the markers of a KB1 series 3 (the last version). _________________ 1978 Bimota SB2 00046
1978 Bimota SB2 W20089
1982 Bimota KB2 Laser TT 00090
1983 Bimota KB2 Laser S 00138 |
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Bimsb6
Joined: 15 Oct 2011 Posts: 149 Location: Bedfordshire
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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2017 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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Les Caddaye wrote: |
it's certainly one good looking Bim, but I don't think its a KB3. KB3 were same frame, tank and fairing as SB4. Could be KB2 if thats a 550 GPZ engine but I don't know anything about Kaka engines.
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. Thats not a 550 engine , the 550 never came with a kickstart and the clutch cover on a 550 came with a round cover . |
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Gammaboy
Joined: 25 Feb 2016 Posts: 188 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:29 am Post subject: |
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Evilchicken0 wrote: |
You think they could reproduce those frames for classic racing |
I think JL Meccanica have built a few Bimota replicas.
He's definitely built a very nice SB2 rep - dry sump and all.
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