Pedro ! ASCOLTA ! A Torino dove i "milanesi" vanno a comprare le "belle" moto sotto il naso dei "MASTRONI" giace una SB4S ( è una special tra le special con carena intera prodotti solo 170 esemplari) simile a questa:
"The SB4S was the fully faired variant that also featured an oil cooler, no doubt to counter the lack of airflow around the whole of the engine.
With its uncompromising seating position suggesting nothing less than flat-out riding, the SB4 could be written off purely as a track tool. Indeed, before riding it I was expecting a full-on race experience, complete with aching wrists and back, from this thoroughbred stallion.
In use however, nothing could be further from the truth. The Katana power plant is tractable and versatile and the clip-on and single race seat arrangement is quite forgiving.
Once on the move, the bike, though bulky looking, becomes alive as only a Bimota truly can - the weight and laid-out stance forgotten for the duration of the journey.
Riding the SB4 is a rewarding experience. There is something indefinable about the way the Suzuki engine delivers its 112 bhp and also the manner in which the chassis keeps it all in check. By today’s lithesome standards, at 406 lbs this is some heavyweight piece of metal, even though a whole chunk lighter than the donor Suzuki GSX1100, and yet the subtleties required for fine and accurate handling are still transmitted through to the rider.
The only element that gets anywhere near letting the side down is the grip. Fitted with an ageing Michelin M89 on the rear and a similarly dated front, the compound of which had seen better days, they took a while to get fully warm and totally willing. Until that point was reached the rear stepped out, slid under power and generally let all and sundry know it wasn’t yet fully awake.
The smaller diameter tyres, with their wider profile and huge contact patch, are known for their lethargy, however they perform in a sprightly manner indicating that the Bimota chassis is almost super- charging the normal performance of such items.
Like a fine wine that needs a little time and air before the full potential can be tapped, the Bimota rattled and shook its way to fully warm, but once there she behaved impeccably.
Both fast and supremely agile, the lengthy machine becomes one with the rider once up in the sort of figures that are missing from a bingo card. Obvious really, you can’t imagine Concorde being too happy poodling around at subsonic speeds, so why expect this thoroughbred motorcycle to be any different?
There comes a speed, treble figures of course, at which the mechanical rumblings of the SB4 stops and the poetry begins for real. It then continues pulling all the way through the 150 mph mark and beyond.
The Bimota way of doing things is the modern-day equivalent of a heart and lung transplant where the bodily essentials of a donor are ripped out and replaced into a more willing recipient ready for action.
The power plant emits a lethargic sub bass note which never really rises to a crescendo like modern day machines but don’t let that lazy outer layer catch you unawares, this is one potent engine with horsepower in places it ought to be illegal to have them in."
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