V Due on Ebay Germany

[VoxxScorze]

repair plates lol

[zc911]

Originally Posted by Catimann

Any Canucks on here know if it could be brought into Canada?

anything over 15 years old to the month can be brought in and registered legally.

[itaduc]

Yes two stroke when not cracy people drive Bimota Rs250 on other good night.In germany is self stupid i Drive Rs 250 and the german TÜV can fuck me.

[dnovo]

Before we all go bonkers on this 'great deal' I suggest you look closely at the eBay ad. Those are photos from the original showings and from the factory brouchure, not pictures of the supposed bike for sale. If the "owner" has a bike for sale, show real pics, not recyled stock shots. I'd be REAL careful before sending any money. Dave

[Catimann]

Originally Posted by dnovo

Before we all go bonkers on this 'great deal' I suggest you look closely at the eBay ad. Those are photos from the original showings and from the factory brouchure, not pictures of the supposed bike for sale. If the "owner" has a bike for sale, show real pics, not recyled stock shots. I'd be REAL careful before sending any money. Dave

Thanks for the expertise Dave it is invaluable for newbes like me. Not that I was going to buy it. After I read about all the work and money that would have gone into making one run right it sounds like these bikes are for the real mechanic collectors or those with deep pockets.

Just my two bits, I'm still looking for a DB 2.

[dnovo]

DB2 is about as nice, and as trouble free a bike as you can buy in a Bimota. I'd stick with that rather than a Vdue, unless you are a total wack job -- like me Dave

[neilbron]

I may be wrong, but it looks like its in a garage to me.

[dnovo]

The first four are 'stock shots' and the rest may be the owner's bike, but who knows. More importantly, which iteration of the Vdue? When the original models proved to be unrideable, Bimota bought all of them back. As an earlier post in this thread observed, the German importer bought a bunch of Bimotas that were languishing in the Liquidator's warehouse and sold them off in various combinations of original bikes, 'streetfighters', etc. This looks fairly original, which may been one of the original FI bikes that didn't run at all.

The Vdues that are out and on the streets now fall into two basic catagories: Original bikes that have been updated however possible with updated FI 'fixes' or converted to carbs. Since the crankcases and other internals were not right from the factory, these bikes have been modified -- or not -- by the owners. Some sit around as displays, others run, with varying degree of performance and 'driveability.'

The second group are the largely rebuilt bikes that were mechanically re-engineered and with new crankcases, other internal parts, and either revised FI or (in most cases) a pair of 39mm carbs.

The first group is a hit or miss proposition if you buy. It may run great, or it may be a great display that doesn't run at alll. You pays your money and you takes your chances. The second group should run well, and there is at least some semi-'official' backup if you need it. I bought my rebuilt Vdue out of the latter group, through a dealer that I have complete confidence in based on past experience, and based on the fact that we bought two of these rebuilt models as a package, and he ran the one he bought for himself first to make sure it was up to snuff before shipping mine.

The Vdue, according to the original tests, was the best handling and most responsive model Bimota built before going belly up. The damn thing just wouldn't run at steady rpm and was dogged by poor fueling and other issues. The rebuilt ones should address those issues and put the Vdue back where it should have been in the 1998-2000 time frame if Bimota had had the time to develop it properly.

The downside of buying the latter group, of course, is price. There are only a handful out there and they are neither cheap nor, at this point, readily available. Bikes in the first group should cost less (but not necessarilly based on some of the 'asks' I have seen) but will need to be carefully checked and fettled.

How is this bike set up? Who knows, but since this is a model that is great, if set up and built properly, or an absolute horror show if it has not been properly rebuilt and fettled, I would buy with EXTREME caution.

Dave