It’s very rare that we feature a factory-fresh machine, but Bimota’s HB4 is a worthy exception. This compact, sharply-styled racebike is Bimota’s first Honda-powered bike since the CB1100-engined HB3 of the mid-80s. The boutique Rimini-based manufacturer has stuck with its signature trellis frame, but this time it’s a steel and magnesium hybrid, and it’s cradling a CBR600RR motor. Designed for the Moto2 series, the HB4 is claimed to weigh just 297lbs—a staggering 113lbs less than the quoted wet weight of Honda’s 2010-spec CBR600RR. Interestingly, several websites are reporting that a road-going variant of the HB4 will be produced if the bike is successful on the track, but a Bimota spokesperson told us, “We are thinking about a road version but we do not have a project or a prototype. We are just considering that idea”. We hope it happens, because a light middleweight sportsbike with Bimota’s pedigree and Honda’s reliability (at an affordable price) would be very tempting indeed. [See a video of the Bimota HB4 in testing on YouTube.]
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know where i can find a replacement dell keyboard? mine is currently covered in drool. bikeexif sets a new high.
It’s almost like Moto2 was made for Bimota. Brilliant chassis without their crap engines.
Affordable price? All due respect, brother, but a middleweight Bimota would either be 400 pounds (and $20,000) or 300 pounds and $40,000! This is a gorgeous machine: and a nice post. Thanks!
And Woody, Bimota was never a motor builder…except that one time…let’s all forget about that. We all get to make at least one mistake.
Bimota, the first world champs in moto2!!!
Has anyone come across a Moto2 Team using something other than tele forks? (not that there is too much wrong with the high-end teles being raced)
I was hoping to see some suspension design in this series (6x Flex or RADD).
Amazing weight on this Bimota.
That is living room worthy for when you’re not riding it. Nice clean crisp lines without poking you in the eye. Still no Norton though.
Più Bella!!!