{"id":210472,"date":"2010-01-21T18:59:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/21\/bimota-unveils-db8-biposto-sportbike-skirts-mainstream\/"},"modified":"2010-01-21T18:59:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T23:59:00","slug":"bimota-unveils-db8-biposto-sportbike-skirts-mainstream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/210472","title":{"rendered":"Bimota unveils DB8 Biposto sportbike, skirts mainstream"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bimota DB8 – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nBimota – an exclusive Italian motorcycle manufacturer that got its name by cribbing two letters from each of its three founding father’s last names, the legendary Bianchi, Morri and Tamburini – has made a name for itself by producing high-end chassis components and bodywork using tried-and-true powerplants from the world’s finest two-wheeled firms. Now, with its latest bike, the DB8 Biposto (meaning it has two seats), the company edges a bit closer to the mainstream motorcycle market.<\/p>\n

Where Bimota’s pricier models, such as the drool-worthy DB7<\/a>, use carbon fiber (bodywork and subframe) or titanium (exhaust system), the new DB8 makes use of simple plastic and chromoly steel. Somewhat lower-spec suspension pieces – though still certainly of high quality and fully adjustable – will be used front and rear to help keep the price out of the stratosphere. The powerplant will be Ducati’s top-rung 1198 Testastretta Evoluzione engine, offering up 170 horsepower and 97 pound-feet of torque.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Pricing will reportedly come in at €23,000 (<\/span>£20,300 or about $33,000 in U.S. currency at today’s exchange rates), so this latest Bimota still won’t come cheap – more like a wee bit cheaper<\/em>. <\/span>Check out the high-res image gallery below and click past the break to read the full list of specifications.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: Bimota DB8<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n[Source: Asphalt & Rubber<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Performance, Motorcycle Bimota DB8 – Click above for high-res image gallery Bimota – an exclusive Italian motorcycle manufacturer that got its name by cribbing two letters from each of its three founding father’s last names, the legendary Bianchi, Morri and Tamburini – has made a name for itself by producing high-end chassis components […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}