The last word in 1990s Italian superbike exotica, the Bimota SB6 used one of Japan’s finest engines, that of the Suzuki GSX-R1100, which was installed in the Rimini firm’s trademark ‘Straight Connection Technology’ aluminium beam frame. Modified by Bimota using their own camshafts and under-seat exhaust system, the ‘Gixxer’ motor produced a claimed 156bhp, around 11 horsepower more than the stock GSX-R1100. Complementing this were some of the finest cycle parts available, including Paioli 46mm cartridge forks, fully adjustable Öhlins shock, Brembo brakes, 17” magnesium wheels and plentiful carbon fibre. At 473lbs (wet), the SB6 weighed about 60lbs less than the contemporary GSX-R1100W and its handling was in a different league altogether. Its top speed of around 175mph also bettered the ‘Gixxer’s. Including the later SB6R model, 1,744 SB6s were manufactured in total, making it one of the most successful Bimotas ever despite a 1998 UK asking price of £17,460. In the late 1990s Bimota went through one of its several financial convulsions; production of the SB6 ended in 1999 (Suzuki having ceased making the GSX-R1100) and several remained unsold years later. This tidy example has been owned by an Italian collector and is reported as standard apart from SB7 bodywork. Serviced and MoT’d to December 2009, the machine is offered with Italian registration papers.
The last word in 1990s Italian superbike exotica, the Bimota SB6 used one of Japan’s finest engines, that of the Suzuki GSX-R1100, which was installed in the Rimini firm’s trademark ‘Straight Connection Technology’ aluminium beam frame. Modified by Bimota using their own camshafts and under-seat exhaust system, the ‘Gixxer’ motor produced a claimed 156bhp, around 11 horsepower more than the stock GSX-R1100. Complementing this were some of the finest cycle parts available, including Paioli 46mm cartridge forks, fully adjustable Öhlins shock, Brembo brakes, 17” magnesium wheels and plentiful carbon fibre. At 473lbs (wet), the SB6 weighed about 60lbs less than the contemporary GSX-R1100W and its handling was in a different league altogether. Its top speed of around 175mph also bettered the ‘Gixxer’s. Including the later SB6R model, 1,744 SB6s were manufactured in total, making it one of the most successful Bimotas ever despite a 1998 UK asking price of £17,460. In the late 1990s Bimota went through one of its several financial convulsions; production of the SB6 ended in 1999 (Suzuki having ceased making the GSX-R1100) and several remained unsold years later. This tidy example has been owned by an Italian collector and is reported as standard apart from SB7 bodywork. Serviced and MoT’d to December 2009, the machine is offered with Italian registration papers.
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