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Roughly calculated: the first enduro from the Italians impresses with its low weight, airy look and fine details.
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Italy correspondent Breutel in conversation with Bimota engineer Massimo Gustato, who developed the DBx.
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Minimalistic: the carbon-embedded cockpit display provides analogue information on engine speed, digital information on speed, kilometers and temperature.
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Long-legged and elegant: Except for the tank, all components of the DBx are made of carbon, all aluminum parts are milled from solid.
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Typical Bimota: aluminum / steel composite construction for frame and swing arm.
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The finest: Ohlins fork and handlebar mount with rubber damping.
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Plenty of coal: rapid carbon tail and light Arrow dampers.
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Bimota DBx in the driving report.
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Bimota DBx in the driving report.
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Bimota DBx in the driving report.
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Bimota DBx in the driving report.
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Bimota DBx in the driving report.
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Bimota DBx in the driving report.
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Bimota DBx in the driving report.
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Bimota DBx in the driving report.
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Bimota DBx in the driving report.
Bimota DBx in the driving report
Noble, expensive, rough
It is noble and expensive like every Bimota, but frosted with coarse stones. The DBx, the first enduro from the Italians, impresses with its low weight, airy look and fine details.
This is a real premiere: At the B.imota DBx with the frame number 0003 is the very first model of the new small series from Bimota, finished just before MOTORRAD arrives at the company’s headquarters in Rimini. Not everything is in series yet. “The brake lines are also given a stainless steel coating, the side stand is moved back slightly and there is a short fender behind the shock absorber,” explains developer Massimo Gustato, who is currently not only launching this baby, but also for the first these days Become a father. So hectic everywhere for the native Neapolitan. To reduce stress, a little test drive comes in handy.
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Bimota DBx in the driving report
Noble, expensive, rough
A crisp 895 millimeters seat height
The Bimota DBx looks extremely delicate, but when you step on it turns out to be a real enduro with a crisp 895 millimeters seat height. In the dense traffic of the old town of Rimini, she is therefore only partially in her element: Although she whispers nimbly past the miserably long motorcades, at the countless red traffic lights, every driver under 1.90 meters shimmy past a firm footing.
The city limits have finally been reached, narrow strips of asphalt wind up over the gentle hills to the rugged ridge of the nearby Republic of San Marino. The Bimota DBx quickly sets out to show its strengths. A fat pound is the air-cooled two-valve engine from Ducati production. The two-cylinder, which Bimota gives a lot of revving pleasure with a self-tuned injection from the supplier Athena, has 95 hp. From the lowest speed range, it delivers a lot of pressure without ceasing or dropping out, until the limiter intervenes at 8000 rpm. He always hangs on the gas greedily and spontaneously and, thanks to the Arrow exhaust system, pampers the ears with a deep, rumbling, pithy sound. Air-cooled, well coordinated and equipped with fine thermal components, the Desmo-V2 rumbles particularly nicely.
Bimota DBx weighs 175 kg ready to drive
The driving behavior matches the agile engine. The ergonomic, upright posture with the butted enduro handlebars gives you a lot of feeling for the front wheel, and the ready-to-drive 175 kilogram Bimota DBx can be maneuvered playfully through the mountains behind Rimini. From fast alternating curves to hairpin bends – the DBx teeth up and down the hills like a never-ending roller coaster.
The fine Ohlins chassis with its long suspension travel largely ironed out the many bumps and sometimes deep potholes of the Italian country road, and the double wave brake discs at the front, in combination with Brembo calipers, decelerated linearly, but not too brusquely. Only the Conti TKC 80 tires ensure an occasionally wobbly driving behavior in faster corners, but that is a matter of getting used to. Alternatively, the Bimota DBx is also delivered with more asphalt-friendly tires such as the Conti Trail Attack 2. Admittedly, the feather-light-looking Enduro looks particularly spectacular with its thick studded tires, and they are the better choice for off-road anyway.
But that is not possible on today’s test drive, because engineer Gustato fears for the one-off. Only a detour on an overgrown dirt road is permitted, which ends before an abyss – so command back. The Bimota DBx is surprisingly easy to turn on the narrow bumpy path – and at least confirms that it has an important prerequisite for fun off the beaten track.
The Bimota DBx, as unusual as it is for a Bimota, seems to have been an all-round success for the technicians of the small motorcycle manufacturer. The question remains about the price of 23,900 euros – does it really have to be that high, especially for a motorcycle without ABS and modern electronics? “It already comes with all the fine components ex works that people would otherwise have to laboriously and for a lot of money to find,” says engineer Massimo Gustato. And sales manager Ralph Franzen adds: “We do everything by hand, all aluminum parts are milled from solid, all cladding parts are made of carbon. That is very exclusive, but it also costs. “
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Italy correspondent Breutel in conversation with Bimota engineer Massimo Gustato, who developed the DBx.
Italy correspondent Eva Breutel in conversation with Bimota engineer Massimo Gustato, who developed the Bimota DBx:
? How did Bimota come up with the idea of building an Enduro??
! It’s a little up to me, I’m a passionate off-road driver. I put the idea up a while ago, and at the 2011 Milan trade fair we tested two small single-cylinder enduros as prototypes to see whether our customers could even imagine a Bimota off-road motorcycle. Since the response was positive, I got the green light a short time later.
? But Bimota did not build a 300cc Enduro with a gas-gas engine, as it was on display at the fair.
! (Laughs.) No, it’s a real enduro with the two-valve engine from Ducati. The basis is our Supermoto DB10, which came onto the market last year. The engine, fairing parts and the entire exhaust system are the same. Everything else is new, from the frame with modified geometry, which a supplier manufactures according to our specifications, to the tank, to the tires, the footrests and the braking system.
? While all other manufacturers are building ever more powerful enduros, Bimota relies on a relatively delicate, light model. Is there a system behind it??
! Yes, as a small company we deliberately want to provide an alternative to the current trend. I think that a lot of horsepower and a lot of electronics, as most current travel enduros bring, make such a motorcycle unnecessarily complicated. This means that the actual characteristics of an on / off-road motorcycle are lost in a certain way. For me, an enduro has to be structured very simply: engine, two wheels, brakes and that’s it.
? The structure may be simple, but with its expensive components it costs Bimota DBx just under 24,000 euros. Do you think that anyone dares go off-road with it??
! Why, surely! It’s not a competitive machine that you throw away all the time. After all, people also drove off-road with the HP2 from BMW, and it wasn’t cheap either.
Technical specifications
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Minimalistic: the carbon-embedded cockpit display provides analogue information on engine speed, digital information on speed, kilometers and temperature.
engine
Air-cooled two-cylinder four-stroke 90 degree V engine, transverse crankshaft, one overhead, toothed belt driven camshaft, two valves per cylinder, desmodromic actuation, wet sump lubrication, injection, Ø 45 mm, regulated catalytic converter, 520 W alternator, 12 V battery / 10 Ah, hydraulically operated multi-plate dry clutch, six-speed gearbox, O-ring chain.
Bore x stroke 98.0 x 71.5 mm
Cubic capacity 1079 cm³
Compression ratio 11.3: 1
rated capacity
69.9 kW (95 PS) at 7700 rpm
Max. Torque
100 Nm at 6200 rpm
landing gear
Lattice frame made of steel / aluminum, upside-down fork, Ø 48 mm, adjustable spring base, rebound and compression damping, two-arm swing arm made of steel / aluminum, central spring strut, adjustable spring base, rebound and compression damping, double disc brake at the front, Ø 300 mm, double-piston floating calipers , Rear disc brake, Ø 255 mm, double-piston floating caliper.
Spoked wheels with aluminum rims 1.85 x 21; 4.25 x 18
Tires 90/90 21; 150/70 18
Dimensions + weights
Wheelbase 1560 mm, steering head angle 63.0 degrees, caster 121 mm, spring travel f / h 210/200 mm, ready-to-drive weight 175 kg, seat height 895 mm, tank capacity 14.0 liters.
Two year guarantee
Colors red / gray
Price 23,900 euros
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