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Title: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: koko64 on September 29, 2021, 01:11:58 AM Anyone know a parts vendor Stateside for Bimota. Got a customer's 1999 DB4 Tricolore that has a shagged fuel sender. It's a funky looking design quite different to the Ducati types and probably less reliable. Amazing but true ;D.
Cheers. Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: Howie on September 29, 2021, 03:19:48 PM ummm...maybe. Bimota has this place listed as the US distributor, though it doesn't seem so on their website. If you want I can give them a call.
Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: koko64 on September 29, 2021, 04:47:08 PM Thanks, if you could, appreciate it mate. What shop is that Howie?
Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: Howie on September 29, 2021, 05:12:36 PM No idea, that is why the ummm...maybe.
Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: koko64 on September 30, 2021, 12:00:00 AM No worries. [thumbsup]
I'll plug the hole by modifying the sensor and sealing with Stag Jointing Paste until we find a part. Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: ducpainter on September 30, 2021, 03:31:08 AM You might check with Eric.
Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: koko64 on September 30, 2021, 04:27:34 AM Thanks. You reckon he may have a contact or old parts?
I may have found one from an SB6. It will fit but the tower appears shorter, so it'll probably kick in around 3-4 litres rather than 5 or 6. They're a strange part, not thick like the Ducati part, but a third the thickness of a pen and more like a pen's core which holds the ink. The tower is hollow thin walled metal which corrodes easily leaking fuel down the centre. This one had a rust hole in the tower and fell apart in my hands. Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: ducpainter on September 30, 2021, 06:45:43 AM He might have a source.
Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: Howie on September 30, 2021, 06:57:46 AM ummm...maybe. Bimota has this place listed as the US distributor, though it doesn't seem so on their website. If you want I can give them a call. Doh! www.bimotaspirit.com Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: Howie on September 30, 2021, 07:19:05 AM I left a voicemail and sent an email.
Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: koko64 on September 30, 2021, 01:28:35 PM Thanks fellas.
Great to finally get my hands on a Bimota, it's exquisite. Really enjoying working on this bike. Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: koko64 on September 30, 2021, 01:39:15 PM Doh! www.bimotaspirit.com Wow, they have some nice bikes for sale. Great place to blow your superannuation. ;D Guess you can't ride a share portfolio . :D Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: koko64 on September 30, 2021, 01:40:59 PM I left a voicemail and sent an email. I'll pass on the details. Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: Howie on October 01, 2021, 05:18:17 AM Yes, I have one. US$140 plus shipping to Australia. I am in Italy until the middle of October, I can send you a complete price including shipping once I return to my shop.
Bob Bimota Spirit cc of the email sent to your customer. Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: koko64 on October 01, 2021, 05:45:39 AM Thanks Howie [beer]
Another beer owed. ;D Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: ungeheuer on October 01, 2021, 08:40:52 AM DMF team work. Gotta love this place [clap]
Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: ducpainter on October 01, 2021, 11:02:17 AM Let's see...
$140 US + shipping to OZ= 11ty billion. ;D Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: koko64 on October 01, 2021, 07:17:48 PM Let's see... $140 US + shipping to OZ= 11ty billion. ;D Pretty much ;D Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: ungeheuer on October 02, 2021, 01:54:50 AM Let's see... its a Bimota.... everything is 11ty billion.$140 US + shipping to OZ= 11ty billion. ;D Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: Howie on October 02, 2021, 06:23:06 AM It gets worse, the sensor is a simple float. I wonder what 70s Fiat was the donor.
Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: Duck-Stew on October 02, 2021, 05:09:41 PM It gets worse, the sensor is a simple float. I wonder what 70s Fiat was the donor. [laugh] Title: Re: Fuel Level Sender for Bimota DB4 Post by: ungeheuer on October 03, 2021, 11:01:20 AM It gets worse, the sensor is a simple float. I wonder what 70s Fiat was the donor. [laugh] |