Feast your eyes on the $1m Tamburini masterpiece
Tamburini T12 Massimo is legendary designer’s unfinished masterpiece
his beautiful, angular BMW-engined superbike is set to become one of the most exclusive, expensive motorcycles in the world after San Marino-based Tamburini Corse announced a limited run of twelve 230bhp, 154kg bikes. The T12 is the final work of Massimo Tamburini, one of the founders of Bimota and the man responsible for both the Ducati 916 and MV Agusta F4. The project was started in 2012 – hence the ‘12’ designation – but was cut short when Tamburini was diagnosed with lung cancer in September 2013. It has been down to his son Andrea to put the finishing touches to the machine. We first saw it in 2016 when development riding was done by ex-GP racer Loris Capirossi, but since then things have gone quiet, until now. The bike will be launched at the high-end Top Marques motor show in Monaco this week, with a new sky-high $1M price-tag. “To showcase my father’s last work,
Tin which he has put all of his life’s experiences, is the absolute best way to honour him as a designer and as a person,” said Andrea. The T12 Massimo is for all intents and purposes a work of art.” The T12 promises to be one of the most advanced superbikes on the planet. Not homologated for road use, its aim is to provide the ultimate in high-end track thrills for the super-rich and super-skilled. It is powered by a tuned, WSB-spec BMW S1000RR engine producing 230bhp, which also uses the engine as a stressedmember.
The frame is a mix of a castmagnesuim headstock and steel trellis while carbon fibre is used for all of the bodywork. ‘To all intents and purposes it is a work of art’