{"id":25118,"date":"2017-02-16T17:56:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T16:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/bimota-kb1\/"},"modified":"2024-07-16T11:52:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T09:52:53","slug":"bimota-kb1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/bimota-kb1\/","title":{"rendered":"Bimota, 1978, KB1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bimota “KB1”, 1978, Italy<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Unveiled in Milan in\u00a01978<\/strong>\u00a0and designed by\u00a0Massimo Tamburini<\/strong>, the KB1 was built in\u00a0827 examples\u00a0<\/strong>all sold as a kit. Just 16 KB1 were sold already assembled. The frame is designed to make the operations on the engine simple. Except for a few bikes,\u00a0the Bimota models name always followed a simple name with two letters and a number:
\nThe first letter is the initial of the engine maker: H for Honda, K for Kawasaki, S for Suzuki, Y for Yamaha, D for Ducati, G for Gilera (the latter just for racing versions); the second letter is the B of Bimota; the number represents how many bikes with the engine from the same maker were made: for example SB3 is the third Bimota powered by a Suzuki engine; YB11 is the eleventh Bimota powered by a Yamaha engine.<\/p>\n

TECHNICAL NOTES:
\n<\/strong>Red\/white paint
\n4 Mikuni carburetors
\nAir cooled engine
\nMultiple disks clutch\u00a0in oil bath
\nFootpegs, handlebar, fork made in avional\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\r\n \r\n