Bimota Tesi 2D Will Leave You Speechless
Posted: 30 October 2006
TESI 2D: This bike broaches the ground between sculpture and contraption, Shakespeare and Hunter S. Thompson and Rube Goldberg and da Vinci. Only about 40 of the Tesi will be brought into North America through 2007. At first glimpse, most viewers are speechless, but the first words they corral are something like “what is it and does it work.”
The Tesi is a near naked bike with a magnificent billet frame and “center hub steering,” which means it has no front forks in favor of a front swing arm. With the elaborate design, Bimota has created a very light weight (approximately 350 pounds) motorcycle that handles like a dream. The front swing arm/hub steering approach nearly eliminates front end dive under hard braking, allowing a rider to carry more speed into a turn and brake much later. As most Bimotas, it is powered by a Ducati 1000 DS air cooled, two valve motor producing outstanding low and mid range power.
In spite of the Tesi’s stellar riding characteristics, it’s presentation as an object of art may be its primary calling card, as the Tesi will be as well placed in one’s office, den or collector garage as on a race track. Initially priced in the US market at nearly $60,000, Salt Lake Motorsports can offer the very limited Tesi to its preferred clients at $49,500, coupled with a $1,000 store credit good for any goods or services available at the shop. Also, a Tesi purchaser will be given either a 50 cc Aprilia SR Ditech or 125 cc Genuine Buddy motor scooter.
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