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2bims



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 6:47 pm    Post subject: A bit of nostalgia Reply with quote

Tour of the factory when they made bikes...2009...some interesting things like the Borasalino bikes...which apparently appeared in Harrods...Coz thats the place to sell high end prestige bikes.....Enjoy......includes when they had some classics in there...Gobert race winning bike...Tambo's own KB1...black Tesi 1D FE...and all the body moulds for the old manufactured bikes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez5xO0jTWvE
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 9:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Were the workforce on their lunch break or camera-shy? Hardly a hive of activity Smile Wonder what happened to those old body moulds?
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 8:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You'll prefer this one then Paul...actual fabrication and "men in greasy overalls" if thats your bag....


Had to laugh at one element of pure "fabrication" showing the hand milling and manufacture of a bimota logo'd "oil Filler cap"...……..Clearly a petrol filler cap from the 1980's.....bit sad to try and include some 20+ year old archive footage like that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3-DSMDVZJk&feature=share
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PaulDB2 wrote:
Wonder what happened to those old body moulds?


Piero Carroni had them when I paid him a visit.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 11:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

2bims wrote:
You'll prefer this one then Paul...actual fabrication and "men in greasy overalls" if thats your bag....


Had to laugh at one element of pure "fabrication" showing the hand milling and manufacture of a bimota logo'd "oil Filler cap"...……..Clearly a petrol filler cap from the 1980's.....bit sad to try and include some 20+ year old archive footage like that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3-DSMDVZJk&feature=share


I’ve learned that the B logo frame bungs are slightly different for the DB4 and Vdue, they also used a different shaped cutter for the B logo






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PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2018 11:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

DB4 on the left and Vdue on the right
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 12:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

GeeKay wrote:
PaulDB2 wrote:
Wonder what happened to those old body moulds?


Piero Carroni had them when I paid him a visit.


He sold them to BCP, pretty sure I put something on here when they were for sale, Piero was after about 25k for them .
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 2:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

brian wrote:
2bims wrote:
You'll prefer this one then Paul...actual fabrication and "men in greasy overalls" if thats your bag....


Had to laugh at one element of pure "fabrication" showing the hand milling and manufacture of a bimota logo'd "oil Filler cap"...……..Clearly a petrol filler cap from the 1980's.....bit sad to try and include some 20+ year old archive footage like that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3-DSMDVZJk&feature=share


I’ve learned that the B logo frame bungs are slightly different for the DB4 and Vdue, they also used a different shaped cutter for the B logo







FYI 2bims Wink
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 5:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You say ones from a Vdue is it??? Didn't recall that they had any.....And just because its Bimota....the same "b" logo'd "bungs" that they inserted into the slash cut open carbon fibre clutch cover on the DB5R and DB6R also employed a different milling machine tip...instead of half moon rounded or V shaped pointed they went to square recess groove...Only Bimota eh??
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 8:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

2bims wrote:
You say ones from a Vdue is it??? Didn't recall that they had any.....


Shocked Shocked Shocked
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 11:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

2bims wrote:
You say ones from a Vdue is it??? Didn't recall that they had any....


Yes they do
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 3:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Weed wrote:
2bims wrote:
You say ones from a Vdue is it??? Didn't recall that they had any....


Yes they do


A mere slip of the mind on 2bims part I think.... he knows his Bims better than most Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 1:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

2bims wrote:
You say ones from a Vdue is it??? Didn't recall that they had any.....



He's getting old !! The memory starts to plays games at his age.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Your Vdue is looking nice as always Vort Cool
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ive seen the Vdue frame caps for sale a couple times but never thee DB4 caps. In fact I’ve got 2 Vdue caps one one side of my DB4 and 2 originals on the other side Shocked

When I bought my DB4 one cap was missing. I found some spares with the help of Vort and 2bims which turned out to be Vdue caps... That’s when I realised there was a difference
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