Description
This lot will be auctioned via Iconic Auctioneers, The Iconic Sale at MCN London Motorcycle Show 2025 on Sunday the 16th of February, ExceL London, Royal Victoria Dock, London, E16 1XL.
Bimota, founded in 1973 in Rimini in Italy, are famous for creating lightweight race-bred frames around existing engines including Yamaha, Ducati, Kawasaki and Honda amongst others
They ventured into the racing world in 1980 with Jon Ekerold winning the 350cc World Championship on a Yamaha-based machine
This was followed up by Davide Tardozzi winning five races in the inaugural World Superbike Championship in 1988 and finishing third overall
After 12 years of little success, in 2000, the late Anthony Gobert pulled off an amazing race win in the wet at Phillip Island in Australia on the SB8K
This was the last superbike race win for the colourful Gobert and unfortunately he passed away in 2024
This example is the Anthony Gobert Phillip Island race-winning SB8K machine, presented in original and unrestored condition
Privately owned and displayed for the last few years so would require recommissioning before use
Complete with numerous spares as pictured and history file containing a Bimota Classic Parts valuation, a Letter of Authenticity from Bimota and various Bimota period publications
Rare opportunity to buy a genuine Bimota SB8K factory race bike
