These behind the scenes live pics of the 2010 Bimota Day come from the guys at Motoblog.it who were lucky enough to visit the Bimota factory facilities during its open day. With Bimota representatives, and plenty of bikes on show, this is the one chance you will get to see so many examples of the famous models in one place.

Present at the day was Pietro Canale, marketing manager, who says: “Bimota has always made sports bikes and you will never see an enduro with our brand,” highlighting what the brand is famous for. Also present was former rider Loris Reggiani. Having raced with Bimota in the past, he said: “These are among the few bikes that still put me in mind of true workmanship. Race bikes have to be like this.”

Established in 1966, Bimota originally made cooling systems for bikes, but with the passion of people like Valerio Bianchi, Giuseppe Morri and the celebrated Massimo Tamburini, the company became famous for its chassis building. It has housed many engines from many different brands but today, keeping things local, it’s using the Ducati V-Twins as motors.

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After having looked at the lovely Bimota DB7 Nerocarbonio at Milan’s Design Week, on display was also a Nerocarbonio Vespa in carbon fibre. The vintage Vespa GS has been completely restored with carbon, which you can see in the photo below.

This Vespa is a truly special model, with the classic Vespa beauty dressed up with the modern and futuristic clothes of carbon fibre.

We are completely enchanted, and given the success, it looks as though the model will have a limited production of about ten units. The carbon fibre Vespa pic is after the jump.

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In this photo is the lovely Bimota DB7 Nerocarbonio built in only 50 examples and on display at the Design Week in Milan. It’s on show as part of the Nerocarbonio event that showcases examples of industrial and artistic design using carbon.

The objects on display have been created by the Architettura and Industrial Design division of Alberto Del Biondi, Industria del Design.

Bimota showed this extraordinary example of the use of carbon fibre in the motorcycle world. What do you think of it?

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The Teatro del Design week will take place in Milan and will host the Nerocarbonio event as part of the Design Week. The event will show exclusive carbon objects from Alberto Del Biondi, Industria del Design.

The Nerocarbonio project was created in collaboration with Del Biondi’s design centre and the ORIA company, that works on carbon parts for the aeronautical, shipping and motorcycle industries.

ORIA decided to put its know-how together with the creativity and look from Alberto Del Biondi Industria del Design, to create more versatile and international projects. The carbon fibre components created from the Nerocarbonio project show both creative style and industrial work.

The event includes examples of the innovative use of carbon, not just on F1 models and space shuttle parts, but also as a new way of looking at the material and its style. Representing the motorcycle industry will be Bimota presenting its DB7 Nerocarbonio supersports model, built in just 50 examples.

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After revealing the substance behind the evocative name of DB7 Oronero, with its carbon fibre trellis frame, 164kg and 164hp, Bimota had more up its sleeve for the Eicma show. The latest special took most of the spotlight, but also on display at the Eicma show was the rest of the lovely Bimota range.

The range is stand out for its sports style with a naked, supersport and superbike all present - even a “Sport Advance” was on show. The DB6 Delirio was presented at Eicma with two new colour combinations of white-blue and orange-cream.

If you’re looking for something nastier and less elegant, there’s always the naked DB6R, with its official Bimota racing colours of white-red in carbon fibre, its super-lightweight wheels, Brembo braking system and Extreme Tech elements.

Continue reading: Eicma 2008: Bimota after Oronero shows off the rest

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Motonline has snapped a Bimota DB7 naked version in Rimini, Italy. Extra cables on the prototype can be noted, which could be for information transfer.

The chassis in naked style has a front trellis, tubular steel frame and the rear tail looks a lot like the DB7 sports bike. It looks as though the black cover has been reduced and the tank is in plastic. The exhaust is from Risposte which we will be seeing at the Eicma show in Milan in November.

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Good news for the Italian manufacturer Bimota as the WCR Team Bike Service debuted at the Ducati Desmo Challenge at the Italian Mugello with a quasi standard Bimota DB7 at the racetrack. Starting with a good second position, the Italian rider Danilo Marrancone rode consistently and produced some incredible lap times, performing the best lap time at 1′58.300. He won the race with a lead of more than 15 seconds.

The Bimota DB7 was introduced in 2007 at Milan and production started in June 2008. Today, 170 pieces have been built from this nice looking bike at the Rimini factory.

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