Why this Bimota Tesi 2D is the hottest engine ever
Posted on 05-02-2016 at 22:07 by Dizono – 69 Comments”
Even if you are a hardgrondige hate to have to motors, but a weak need for special technique, you can get this bike to appreciate it.
A frequently heard argument among lovers is the favourable price-snelheidverhouding of motorcycles. For several thousand euros you can buy already used heavy machine has a thick Ferrari or Lamborghini defeats on the dragstrip, but also the new engines are in comparison not as expensive as their four wheel counterparts. It is, however, an argument that is not right for this bike, which is new quickly in the direction of the price of a nice car…
That has a reason. Look again carefully at this rugged motorcycle and see what the Bimota Tesi 2D, different from all those other two-wheelers. Exactly, the classic fork is missing. Instead, it seems the front wheel in place to be held by a ‘swingarm’. The red pull – and duwstangen provide for the control, which for this engine in the hub. It makes a alley of times a challenge, but on the road or track, the system works perfectly.
Graduation project
The idea for this both hub-centre steering was of the two Italian students, Pierlugo Marconi and Roberto Ugolini. They put their ideas at the end of years ’70 on paper and decided on the invention of graduating. Before they went looking for a manufacturer who dared the still unproven technology in the practice and which manufacturer was found in the form of Bimota.
This small Italian manufacturer began as a factory in heating systems. With the knowledge of pipes and a few motorcycle enthusiasts at the helm, they went in the years ’60 tubes for motorcycles develop. Own sources of power, they built at Bimota never, they were always specials on the basis of existing Japanese or Italian technique.
A driving prototype, with both hub-centre steering was in 1982 and Marconi and Ugolini studied successfully. The idea disappeared some time in la, until Marconi in 1986 in joining Bimota. He picked up his old project again, what, in 1990, leads to the Tesi 1D. For the drive provides an 853cc Ducati V-twin, but both the block as much of the particular technique to go, hidden behind a few timeless plastic basin.
Vyrus
In 2002 presents a former employee of Bimota the Vyrus. Frame and suspension are virtually identical to the Tesi 1D, but the giant streamlined cockpit has room for just a blocky shaped tank and seat. For the drive again, a Ducati V-Twin, this time with 992 cc, and a somewhat disappointing 85 hp. Happy weighs the Vyrus only 150 pounds, about 40 to 60 kilos less than comparable machines.
Bimota is under the impression of the Vyrus and close an agreement with its former employee. Bimota is going to the engine, sell it as a Tesi 2D, Vyrus as Vyrus 984 C3 2V (photo below). You had to be a big Bimota enthusiast to opt for the Tesi 2D instead of for the Vyrus. The former, the cost namely a sweet 46.000 euro, while the Vyrus already ‘just’ 33.750 euro was yours.
Bimota and Vyrus for the development of the motorcycle separately of each other. Resulting in 2006 in the Bimota Tesi 3D, which is a bit less alien looks than the 2D. Vyrus continues the 2D development and in 2004 with the Vyrus 984 with 150 hp and a price tag of nearly 55 mile. In 2009, 985 followed by the 987, with 184 horsepower, a top speed of 310 km/h and a price tag of 85,000 euros. Exclusivity has its price…
