2020 BIMOTA TESI H2
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here are very few more emotive motorcycle
names than Bimota. The Italian chassis
wizards have suffered a tumultuous past,
however, last year it was announced that Kawa-
saki had bought a minority share in the company,
furnishing it with fresh funds and giving the Italians
access to Kawasaki's engine lineup.
The first such child of the Bimota-Kawasaki
love making session is the Tesi H2, unveiled at
the 2019 EICMA Show in Milan. The Tesi H2 uti-
lizes Kawasaki's plainly bonkers supercharged H2
motor from the H2/H2 SX (not the 300+hp H2R),
and utilizes the hub center steering system and
Omega chassis the company has championed
since 1984, with the first production Tesi coming
to market with a Ducati V-twin in 1991.
"Finally, my dream becomes reality," pro-
claimed the Tesi H2's designer, Pierluigi Marconi.
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