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Bimota DB7 Nerocarbonio: carbon in the motorcycle sector
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?
Bimota DB7 Nerocarbonio at Milan's Design Week
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.
Eicma 2008: Bimota after Oronero shows off the rest
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.
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Eicma 2008: Bimota DB7 Oronero pics
Take a look at our pics from the presentation of the Bimota 2009 Oronero (Black Gold in Italian) that was presented at the 2008 Eicma Milan show. It’s a limited edition and will go on sale in February 2009. If you fancy it and would like to buy it, you can do so immediately, but expect to pull out a hefty amount of cash, because this gorgeous bike goes for about € 39,960 and that excludes registration fees.
So what do you get for € 40,000? A 1099cc v-twin sourced from Ducati’s 1098, the central section of the swingarm and all the bodywork is in carbon fibre, the rear tire suspension springs are in titanium and the front brake mounts a double 320mm WAVE floating disc. You also get GET (Global Engineering Technologies) digital instrumentation and GPS integrated system that allows you to download on your personal computer racing lines and track speed, all this and much, much more.
Bimota DB7 naked version?
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.
Bimota group in Japan do tour of Tokyo on motorcycles
Tokyo recently hosted the Bimota Branch Meeting with about 25 Bimota models, old and new, and including the new DB7 (sales commenced in Japan on the 8th September). A tour of Toyko was undertaken, including all the main roads, before the group ended the trip in an Italian trattoria-pizzeria in the heart of Tokyo.
In addition to the DB5, DB6 and Tesi 3D, bikes all universally appreciated, older Bimota models such as the DB1, KB2, TESI 1D and 500V2 also made an appearance.
So far the Japanese Bimota importer has completed some important promotional activity, with support from the Riders Club magazine, they have discovered a number of fans ready to get their bikes out for meetings like this one.
Win for Bimota in the Ducati Desmo Challenge
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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