Brand New – 2006 Bimota SB8K Santa Monica

8-17 Update: This Bimota SB8K Santa Monica has been relisted with a discount of just under $10k. Find it for sale now for “just” $26,500 or best offer

I’ve had a weird run of “Brand New” bikes – motorcycles that haven’t been titled or ridden yet. After the Harley-Davidson MX250 and the Ducati 900S2, today we’ve got a Bimota SB8K Santa Monica with 0 miles on the odometer.

With a terrifying MSRP of $45,900 back when it was new, this was a bike for only the well-heeled. $15k less would get you a 999R! The engine was a V-Twin from the Suzuki TL1000R, and it produces over 140 pounds in a bike that weighs less than 400 pounds. As you’d expect with that MSRP, you also got features like a Ohlins 43mm fork and radially mounted Brembos. For a little more information about the Santa Monica, check out this “First Ride” from Motorcyclist.

This specific Bimota SB8K Santa Monica is #8, has 0 miles, and has just sat as a collector’s item since new. Even though the bike has never been used, the seller has added an insane amount of upgrades – $3,600 Bimota carbon fiber gas tank, gas cap, and tank guards, $1,000 Bimota billet control levers, $1,250 Moto Corse billet turn signal units (are you kidding me?!)…the list goes on with similarly priced items. If I included the full list of items, this would probably become the longest post I’ve ever written. There’s a lot of money in this bike, though everyone knows that the value of additions is almost completely wiped out in a resale situation. The seller seems to be putting it up on eBay to gauge interest more than anything else, but who knows? Someone might want to snap it up right now.