Bimota KB998 Rimini
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The street version of the 2025 WorldSBK racer is now in production, 125 units will be assembled before February the 24th, 2025. Additional 125 units will be assembled within December 31st 2025, a total of 500 units to accomplish the FIM rules will be produced in 2026.
Bimota KB998 Rimini History
Bimota KB998 Rimini History & Generations Source: Wikipedia
Had a design flaw with its engine. Bimota was forced to abandon the novel fuel injection system and re-engineer the entire engine.
New owners of the marque assets, Lorenzo Ducati and Giuseppi Della Pietra, formed Alternativa Moto, with the intention to manufacture all-Italian machines using Ducati engines, and sold the V-Due rights to Win-Win. A new group of investors purchased the rights to the Bimota name and designs and rest…
The factory at Rimini had reportedly closed, with spares and incomplete bikes mothballed elsewhere, possibly in Switzerland. In October 2019, Kawasaki Heavy Industries purchased a 49% stake in the company, and soon after announced an intention to manufacture Bimota bikes using parts from the Kawasak…
History text adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA.
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