FEATURE
2015 EICMA MOTORCYCLE SHOW
P58
Motoring On…
No new bikes for Victory
in Milan, however the firm
has announced the engine
it developed for Project
156 will form the basis of
a production motor. So
no surprises there. It will
power a 1200cc bike and
considering Victory displayed
it in a concept called Ignition
that was designed by Swiss
builder Urs Erbacher, you
have to assume it will be a
performance cruiser rather
than a naked bike like Project
156. Shame.
Build Your Own Bimota
Surprisingly, Bimota is still going
strong and for 2016 has built a café
racer version of its Tesi 3D as well as
putting the latest twin-spark Ducati
Diavel engine in its Impeto naked
bike. The firm also announced a
supercharger kit that fits any liquid-
cooled Ducati engined bike it makes,
increasing the power and torque by
15-20 percent. Finally, the BB3 is now
available in kit form so you can "build
your own Bimota" according to the
firm. You get a rolling chassis and you
just need to source your own BMW
engine and electronics. Which makes
you wonder if BMW no longer wants
to supply Bimota with them directly…
Impeto nakedbike gets the Diavel engine.
BIMOTA
VICTORY
Victory. You need to build this bike.
