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Tirefriar
Joined: 18 Dec 2014 Posts: 659 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:40 am Post subject: Just got The Art of the Motorcycle and... |
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Was very disappointed not to see one single Bimota model. This book is the showcase of the Moto expo at Gugenheim in 1998. Laverda, MV, Giuzzi and Ducati were well represented in the expo, so why no Bimotas on the display? Plenty of Hardly Ablesons, though. Maybe the book should have been called The Art of Yestrday's Technology... Aside from that minor gripe, the book and the execution is great. _________________ 1991 Bimota YB10
2001 MV F4
2003 Aprilia RSV Mille CE Replica
2004 BMW R11S BCR
2010 Ducati Streetfighter 1098 S |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3769 Location: Australia
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 9:41 am Post subject: |
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Definitely not on my shopping list then _________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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trev45
Joined: 15 Jun 2011 Posts: 449 Location: Sydney Australia
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2017 11:26 am Post subject: |
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No bike's in 1998 as Bimota was not trading ?
I was the first in Australia to rego a 1998 model
Cheers Trev |
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Tirefriar
Joined: 18 Dec 2014 Posts: 659 Location: USA
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 7:01 am Post subject: |
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The book has all various model years all the way un to 1998. They had plenty of Bimota stock to choose from but didn't. Now I ask you how can there be a collection called The Art of Motorcycle without at LEAST one Bimota present. _________________ 1991 Bimota YB10
2001 MV F4
2003 Aprilia RSV Mille CE Replica
2004 BMW R11S BCR
2010 Ducati Streetfighter 1098 S |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3769 Location: Australia
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 11:49 am Post subject: |
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Yeah that's just not right in my opinion. Anybody that's got even the smallest amount of appreciation for engineering and design, would have to rate a lot of different Bimota models right up there with the best.
I don't get it, why on earth would a book with a title like this, not feature Bimotas? _________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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Tirefriar
Joined: 18 Dec 2014 Posts: 659 Location: USA
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 7:54 am Post subject: |
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Maybe HD was the major $$ contributor?! _________________ 1991 Bimota YB10
2001 MV F4
2003 Aprilia RSV Mille CE Replica
2004 BMW R11S BCR
2010 Ducati Streetfighter 1098 S |
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