this bike was close to $24k back in 1999. figure for inflation and you are at $35k.

if you know what you are looking at, you can see that all the mods are easily reversible. but why? you have to be a complete nut job to compare this to a kit.the first bike to ever have the composite frame incorporating CF?! if you want to compare this to a cage, try bizzarini or pantera....  

can you please point me in a direction where i can buy a brand new italian surerbike for anywhere close to $12k?

priced in euros, half a world away, for me anyway.

thats a fully functional ram air that goes into the Bimota specific injectors. the air passages are molded into the tank and connect to the airbox on the other end.

The only letters in the Bimota of significance are “ta” for Massimo Tamburini, the master. He is the true Godfather of the italian super bikes and super bikes for the street in general!

Grave robber, nowhere in the ad does it list $14500 as the sales price. In your hurry to rip the information off the MCN (http://www.motorcyclenews.com/bike-reviews/bimota/sb8r/1999/) you failed to note or mention here that its priced in British pound. Circa 1999 British pound was worth $1.65, making the MSRP on…