Bimota DB7R Diavolo Rosso
Only a handful of these ultra-exotic 1099cc Bimotas will be made, festooned with carbon fibreMeet the Bimota DB7R Diavolo Rosso. It looks a bit like the Bimota DB7 Oro Nero unveiled in Milan a year ago and, like that bike, it features extensive use of carbon fibre.
To clarify 'extensive use', the custom Bimota's mechanical guts are surrounded by a very expensive carbon fibre frame and the rear wheel is suspended by a carbon fibre swingarm.
This is not the bike you want break, particularly as only 10 bikes are planned, priced at around US$60,000.
Power for the Bimota DB7R Diavolo Rosso comes from a 1099cc 164hp V-twin engine lifted from a Ducati 1098. With a claimed weight of 164kg, the ultra-exotic Bimota has a keen 1:1 power to weight ratio.
As well as being exceedingly attractive and very fast, the DB7R Diavolo Rosso will include plenty of high tech wizardry, including a GPS system that can display bike telemetry and even circuit maps should the rider venture to a race track.
Built by a Californian company, ArthaWorks Solutions and Elias Corey, the Bimota DB7R Diavolo Rosso is very much a custom sports bike.
Mr Corey recently chatted with the guys from America's Motorcyclist Magazine and said that the project can be tailor made for individual customers (budgets permitting).
"We find out exactly what a customer wants from the bike and the buying experience, and then develop a program around that," said Corey
"We go over component choices and what kind of experience they want. Would they like the bike delivered to their home, or would they like to go to Italy for a day on the track, see the factory, have lunch with the founder of the company and stay in a 17th century castle? We build the entire program and custom-tailor it for them."
We've had a brain storm session and are thinking of ordering a hot pink Bimota custom based on a Piaggio MP3 chassis. It would need to have a carbon fibre frame, a five-cylinder ceramic supercharged engine with magnatic valves, would need to drive all three wheels and we'll get it delivered to the Big Banana in Coffs Harbour while supping on some kiwifruit wine.
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