Project Bimota SB4s (gs1100 motor)

[Bimota SB4s]

Hi GS tinkerer of the world.
As it's been sugested in my presentation here is a first try at showing you a picture of my new project.

Now I don't know if the picture is there at all or if there are 3 copies but I hate tranfering them already

Now for the short story:
It is my second Bimota rebuild the first being a KB1 wich is now on loan to a museum.
I found this one on ebay in Pensylvania and bought it even if it was very incomplete as you can possibly see in the picture (s) wich shows what I started with.
Over the next 3 years I found most of the very rare parts needed to start rebuilding wich brings us to now...

The part hunting story will be in the next part.

Happy new year!!!

Fran?ois

 

[kochic]

salut Francois,
Bienvenue et bonne annee.
marc

 

[posplayr]

Not sure what it is but keep the pics coming, it looks interesting

 

[Nessism]

Wow! Fun project! More photos please.

BTW, if you upload your photos to photobucket or similar you can link them here using the

 

[steve murdoch]

Another GS project to follow...Excellent!
Welcome, Francois.

 

[Billy Ricks]

The picture may disappear and only show a red box, but here is an attempt to show a larger image.

 

[Smokinapankake]

Subscribed. Looks pretty exotic!

 

[Guest]

Looking forward to this one for sure!

I've always been somewhat intrigued by Bimotas, so will definitely be nice to see a build thread on one.

Also, I found this handy little page for those that don't know what the SB4 is exactly (I didn't either til I found this):

http://www.bimota-enthusiasts.com/models/sb4/sb4.htm

 

[Guest]

Welcome, very nice! Any pics of the completed KB1?
According to Pete's link, the Bimota SB4 was the world's most expensive production bike, when it appeared....how cool that they selected the GS1100 engine, to power such an exotic beast.

 

[ukilme]

I posted this link in the other thread.
http://www.bimota-enthusiasts.com/Bimota model files/SB4/sb4p.htm

In one shot in looks as if it Katana clocks but other shots it does not.

Anyways, I just suscribed to this thread as well.

 

[Bimota SB4s]

Hi Guys,
Thanks for the nice words.
A picture of my KB1 .... sure but it has motor I am afraid to name here made in Japan by a company wich starts by K. will I get banned ???

Oops I was going to put more pictures but I am now told by the attachements window that 1 image is as much as I am allowed !!!???
I have tried Photobucket but the pictures I put in it do not have the required "img" line.

Back to the rebuild story.
After buying the parts lot my first idea was to make something of a resto mod out of it as i was sure i could never find the required parts to make it original but...

In 3 years of looking at the parts add throughout the world I found and bought:

In France : footpegs and pedals
In US : Marzochi M1R fork
In Canada : NOS. wheels !!! and NOS bars.
In Japan : fuel tank, battery box, shock linkage, front fender, rear caliper bracket, subframe, missing brake disc.
In Netherland : triple clamps
In England : a fairing replica.

There are still quite a few missing pieces though wich is why I am thinking of buying a lathe so that I will be able to machine the varying spacers, axles etc myself.

The GS1100 part is taken care of by a very very ugly but running bike that was given to me in a "take that out of my place" deal.

I have pics off all of this but

 

[Bimota SB4s]

One Image per post .... ok.
Here is the corner of my garage where it is all happening :

#$%%&)*_)(+_+_ :evil: here is what I get now :

Upload ErrorsIMG_0023.jpg:
Upload of file failed.

So no other pics tonight.


Fran?ois

 

[Guest]

Francois, to save on your frustration, here's a link to our friendly BassCliff's PDF on how to post pic's here on the forum.

If you use links to Photobucket, you can put up to 10 in one post.

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/images/how_to_post_pictures.pdf

Myself, I use the "IMG thumb" code from Photobucket as it allows only a little thumbnail to show in the thread, but allows people to click on it for the full picture.

I find that way it doesn't obscure the text and allows for a lot more detail in one post without causing it to be too long...

 

[Guest]

In one shot in looks as if it Katana clocks but other shots it does not.

Some of the Bimota models used GS1100EZ gauges....might be what you see in some pics.

 

[Bimota SB4s]

One more try...
The corner of my garage where it is happening:

Am I the only one seeing it now ???

 

[Guest]

I can see that one

 

[Bimota SB4s]

Good Thanks
The problem was in my photobucket account settings.
Now for your viewing pleasure, my favorite part of the SB4 : the steering head bracing.

It must not flex and wallow !!!

 

[NoH2Oh]

That frame is awesome. They could have cleaned up the welds a bit though.....kidding! At those production numbers these had to have been done by hand, no?

 

[Mindless]

Very unique and rare bike. Looking forward to following the build.

 

[madjack57754]

I remember when that was on ebay. Thought about going for it. Glad it went to a good home. Had a SB2 way back when. Loved that bike, but with me at 6'5", it felt tiny and looked even stranger when I rode.