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Italian Motorcycle Investment S.P.A. Conference

EICMA 2019,6 November,
2019

Greeting by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. Mr.Hiroshi Ito,
B and Motion S.A. (former BIMOTA S.A.), Mr.Marco Chiancianesi
and Mr. Pierluigi Marconi

Mr. Hiroshi Ito, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. Motorcycle & Engine Company,
Planning Division Manager
I am Hiroshi Ito from Kawasaki Japan. I’m very happy and very excited to beable to share the revival of BIMOTA here with you all. Kawasaki has established
Italian Motorcycle Investment here in Italy as a subsidiary of Kawasaki Motors
Europe. At this stage, we are in the process of having BIMOTA S.A.’s trademarks
registered in the name of our company.
Once that has been completed, IMI will be renamed BIMOTA S.P.A., with B andMotion S.A. (former BIMOTA S.A.) as 50.1%,and Kawasaki Motors Europe as
49.9% shareholders.
The story has began three years ago. A small investment bank approached us
inquiring if we were interested in an Italian motorcycle manufacturer. Thecompany name was veiled, but when I checked the documents I instantly
noticed. Oh it’s BIMOTA !!!. Yes, that BIMOTA.
For motorcycle enthusiast at my age, BIMOTA was legendary motorcycles that
we used to dream of with its incredible chassis, jewel-like parts and an
unaffordable price tag .
I immediately flew to Milan and met Sig. Marco, CEO of BIMOTA S.A. November,2016 --- just three years ago. He talked he was so excited about his racing
activity on BIMOTA, I thought “this project will be a success”. Because he is areal motorcycle enthusiast. Later, I had the chance to spend almost whole daywith BIMOTA’s legendary designer Sig, Marconi.
We forgot all about the time when we talked. “Combining this engine and thatchassis… adding these parts… we can make a great bike.” I was convinced ourproject will make a great success and we can make new history. BIMOTA is
Italian premium motorcycle brand born and grown in Rimini, Italy and has been

passionately loved by motorcycle enthusiasts all over the world who reallyunderstand value. BIMOTA is a jewel of Italy. So It must be based in Rimini, Italy.
It must be designed by Italian designers. And it must be built by Italiancraftsmen otherwise it will lose it value. So, our mission is clear, we will support
Sig. Marconi and his team will make new legendary history of BIMOTA with
Kawasaki’s legendary engines! We’d like declare now “BIMOTA is here as mostpremium motorcycle in the world. “Viva BIMOTA, Viva Kawasaki! Let the good time roll, let the good times rollwith BIMOTA! Grazie mille !

Mr. Marco Chiancianesi, President, B and Motion S.A. (former BIMOTA S.A.)

EICMA 2019,6 November,
2019

Thank you for that kind introduction. I am Marco Chiancianesi. I am very happy
that we will be able to work together with Kawasaki. As you know, I am amotorcycle enthusiast, and I love this Italian-born brand. In fact, I love it too
much to have bought the company itself.
But riding a motorcycle, and running a motorcycle business is different s. As
you are aware, BIMOTA has been facing some difficulty. We received manyoffers, but I thought that Kawasaki’ was the best. Through the communications
with Mr. Ito, Mr. Kinuhata and other Kawasaki staff, I understand we may sharethe same passion, emotion and values. I believe Sig. Marconi and his team will
make a great motorcycle again with support by Kawasaki. Thank you very much.

Mr. Pierluigi Marconi
Thank you all for attending the Italian Motorcycle Investment Press Conference
today. As *** said, I am Pierluigi Marconi. Today, together with our friends fromKawasaki to be able to introduce our new BIMOTA project to all of you makes
me very, very happy. But please allow me to also tell you a little bit
about myself.
1973 in that year I was only 14 years old and went to school in a branch of theToti in Rimini the city where I was born that was located just above the BIMOTA
factory. I could hear the sound of a motorcycle running and I rushed to thewindow to see what it was ... it was a first BIMOTA motorcycle just born andfrom that day my dream of being able to design a motorcycle was born. I
continue my studies but in the meantime I start the motorbike races(motocross) and I delight in modifying my bikes, monocross shock absorberwith chassis modification, auxiliary transfer ports on the 2-stroke exhaust andmuch more. Time passes the university with a single goal: to be able to design
a motorcycle one day. Then a golden opportunity, to pass the machine project it
is necessary to do a project. With a friend of mine from childhood, Roberto
decided to make a bike and with the help of whom ?? why not of BIMOTA who isin Rimini. Let us take courage and seek an appointment with Mr. Morri, theadministrator and founding member of BIMOTA. Everything is born from that.
Now I’m here.

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Let me explain shortly the fantastic story with Kawasaki before I continue thestory of TESI.
When I heard Kawasaki was making an offer, I thought they would make anideal partner. Because their company makes engines possessing topperformance, top durability and top quality. And among those, the miraculous
supercharger-equipped H2 engine. Then in the many meetings with Kawasaki’sMr. Ito, Mr. Kinuhata, and many other Kawasaki staff, I was convinced that theirvalues are in line with ours. Our mission is to work hand in hand with BIMOTA (awell respected motorcycle brand born in Italy) and continue to fulfil dreams formotorcycle fans and provide the ultimate motorcycle throughout the world. And
together with Kawasaki we promise you that we will strive towards realizing
this goal. So I continue to introduction my new motorcycle. The bike was alreadyin in my mind, why not making a horizontal structure with all the forces moving
in the least possible space?, we only need to design a steering wheel, but must
be symmetrical, we cannot use a wheel like car because like that we introduce
a torsion force to the swing arm. This was the first study and patent. All thedata of the traditional motorcycle was supplied to us by BIMOTA company aswell as the possibility of equipping a traditional motorcycle with a dataacquisition system to verify the forces arriving from the ground in track use.
With these data my dream start and the possibility of transforming into adrawing and a piece what for many years passed into my head was possible tostart. The bike with development of the horizontal frame and a separate steeringand suspension system, starts. The years pass and one after the other I
managed to realize many projects that have ranged from racing bikes to street
bikes with some off-road projects, but as I think it's easy to imagine, I always
have a thorn in my heart, that to be able to design and create a real TESI
without any compromise. Compact and enclosed masses around the engine,electronic suspension system, supercharged engine with exceptional power,
use of structural composite materials glued to the aluminum elements,
possibility to easily adjust the height of the vehicle without changing theessential driving characteristics, to easily adjust the position of the footrests,
traction control, abs, every kind of electronic device is present and lastly thepossibility to film my outings with friends on video. This is the TESI H2 a dreamfor me that becomes reality.