the novel fuel injection system and re-engineer the entire engine. Bimota ultimately recalled the entire run of the V Due, and made an improved version, the 'Evoluzione'. Only 340 original V Dues and 21 Evoluziones were built. While this was occurring, during the 2000 World Superbike season, one of Bimota's main sponsors disappeared, owing the company a great deal of money. The combination of events forced Bimota to file for bankruptcy and close their doors. In 2003, new owners of the marque assets, Lorenzo Ducati and Giuseppi Della Pietra, formed Alternativa Moto, with the intention to manufacture all-Italian machines using Ducati engines, and sold the V-Due rights to Win-Win. A new group of investors purchased the rights to the Bimota name and designs and restarted the company. The investors that bought Bimota, Marco Chiancianesi who is the president and his business partner Daniele Longoni are both active Scientologists. Recent reports paint a less optimistic picture for the future of Bimota. In 2017, the factory at Rimini had reportedly closed, with spares and incomplete bikes mothballed elsewhere, possibly Switzerland. In October 2019, Kawasaki Heavy Industries purchased a 49% stake in the company, and soon after announced an intention to manufacture Bimota bikes using parts from the Kawasaki supply chain. Models Racing motorcycles Bimota GB1 Bimota HB4 HDB1 HDB2 HDB3 Bimota SB1 Bimota SB8K Bimota YB3 BIC 500 8v BM 3 V 90 BM 4 2021 motorcycles Bimota Tesi H2 Bimota Tesi H2 Carbon Bimota KB4 Bimota KB4 RC See also Bimota V Due Bimota BB3 Bimota DB1 List of Italian companies List of motorcycle manufacturers Notes References "The Ultimate History of Fast Motorcycles", By: Brown, Ronald. Pages 148-149, 174-175, 210-211, 230, 248-249, 286-287 Published by Parragon Publishing 2002. . Bimota.it Historical Models. Accessed October 5, 2012. http://www.bimota.it/en/storia_modelli.asp Bimota.it Company History. Accessed October 5, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121027002943/http://www.bimota.it/en/storia.asp External links Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy Italian brands Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1973 Italian companies established in 1973 Massimo Tamburini