BIMOTA TESI 2D

**zadok** · 20th July 2005, 11:29

How about this for a radically designed bike? I quite like it. I know not everyone will think so, but please feel free to comment.

**bugjuice** · 20th July 2005, 11:51

i think it's mental. where do I sign?

**zadok** · 20th July 2005, 11:58

Originally Posted by bugjuice

i think it's mental. where do I sign?

This is the link by the way: http://www.bimota.it/scheda_tesi2d_1_eng.htm
Enjoy!

**vifferman** · 20th July 2005, 11:59

Originally Posted by bugjuice

i think it's mental. where do I sign?

Yeah, me too, except I don't like the servicing requirements of the engine, and that zorst looks too Buell-like and too susceptible to damage when I ride over curbs and the like...

**Bartman10** · 20th July 2005, 12:01

I'm not so sure about it. It looks like its back-to-front.

**Pixie** · 20th July 2005, 12:02

FYI for the younger ones of us,the Tesi (Italian for thesis) line goes back to the mid '80's,when some Phd students designed it for Bimota

**Oakie** · 20th July 2005, 12:06

Looks as if it's been well designed by good engineers who have never ridden a bike. The positioning and orientation of some bits just seems impractical in the real world.

**Kickaha** · 20th July 2005, 12:26

Awesome, but I'm a big fan of alternative front ends on bikes instead of boring old tele forks, but the Tesi isn't really a new idea thay've been around for a while

**Toast** · 20th July 2005, 13:36

I read a review in some mag or on some website, where a journo took a prototype 'round a track. Apparently it was suprememly confidence inspiring, and for the power it had (60-70hp I think), it was apparently keeping a new sportbike in its sights.

**Sensei** · 20th July 2005, 16:57

Looks like its upside down or something . Had that front end on a Yamaha years back don't work then & I'd say still doesn't .Gotta try tho .

**idb** · 20th July 2005, 17:20

I definitely want one!!!!
I understand that the problems they had with the first ones were due to excessive wear in the steering linkages but this was sorted years ago.

**slob** · 20th July 2005, 17:25

I'd imagine it would handle like a dream - think it weighs something like 150kgs dry.

On the other hand, I remember some article in Two Wheels mag commenting that all those linkages would probably require a fair bit of maintenance to keep them working!

**Kickaha** · 20th July 2005, 17:42

Originally Posted by Sensei

Looks like its upside down or something . Had that front end on a Yamaha years back don't work then & I'd say still doesn't .Gotta try tho .

They had it on the earlier Tesi about that same time and it had good reports about it,generally things like this fail because your average motorcyclist is to scared to try anything that doesnt involve telescopic forks

Originally Posted by idb

I definitely want one!!!!
I understand that the problems they had with the first ones were due to excessive wear in the steering linkages but this was sorted years ago.

I think it was about every 10,000km they had to have a going over or be replaced and it wasn't cheap to do,I'll go through my pile of magazines and see if I can find the test