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Bimota's exotic HB2. with its rounded half-fairing, one-piece tank-seat unit, aluminium frame sections and rising-rate rear suspension unit, seemed like a motorcycle from a different planet when it was launched in 1982. The sleek Italian superbike's Japanese rivals were mostly naked fours with steel frames and twin shocks. Even Honda's mighty [[Honda CB1100R|CB1100R]] was almost old-fashioned by comparison. | Bimota's exotic HB2. with its rounded half-fairing, one-piece tank-seat unit, aluminium frame sections and rising-rate rear suspension unit, seemed like a motorcycle from a different planet when it was launched in 1982. The sleek Italian superbike's Japanese rivals were mostly naked fours with steel frames and twin shocks. Even Honda's mighty [[Honda CB1100R|CB1100R]] was almost old-fashioned by comparison. | ||