{"id":180731,"date":"2019-11-09T08:06:17","date_gmt":"2019-11-09T16:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asphaltandrubber.com\/?p=180731"},"modified":"2019-11-09T09:52:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-09T17:52:25","slug":"kawasaki-buys-bimota-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asphaltandrubber.com\/news\/kawasaki-buys-bimota-official\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s True, Kawasaki Buys (Some of) Bimota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asphaltandrubber.com\/rumors\/kawasaki-buys-bimota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rumors<\/a> turned out to be true at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asphaltandrubber.com\/streetlevel\/2019-eicma-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EICMA<\/a>: Kawasaki has bought the iconic Italian brand Bimota. Well&#8230;technically, the business transaction is a little bit more complex than that.<\/p>\n<p>It was Italian Motorcycle Investment S.p.A. 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