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Founded in 1963 by Scipione Mardollo , Bitubo has always been a dynamic company for everything related to the control of oscillations, of any kind, creating cutting-edge and innovative damping systems, from applications such as Limb Prostheses, Seismic Dampers, to shock absorbing systems for Oceanic platforms, up to providing vibration dampers for Naval Engines.
The famous pair of shock absorbers connected by two rubber compensator tubes has been making its mark on the motorcycle market since 1975 and was immediately adopted by the greatest champions.
In speed, the first world championship was won in 1979 with E. Lazzarini in the 50 cc class , repeated the following year, while in the 125 GP he won the '93 World Championship with D. Raudies , and was vice-champion in '94.
Among the high-tech accessories, the Steering Dampers, with coaxial nitrogen compensation chamber (Patented since 1992).
In 1993, the world’s first fork with external compensation tank with “big piston” system.
In 1998 Bitubo presents the revolutionary Mono 4 Regolazioni . Covered by international patents , it immediately becomes a reference, still current today, for global suspension technology.
In 2000, Bitubo presented the HDX00 Racing Fork , a complete fork designed and built by Bitubo to revolutionize the existing technological level.
Fully adjustable and pressurized (nitrogen), with a patented big piston system and non-cylindrical profile fork sliders, it was adopted in the SBK world championship, and in 2003 it won the Italian SBK championship.
In 2004 , Bitubo collaborated with Alex Zanardi and won the CIV with the Lightspeed team.
In 2007 he took part in the Suzuka 8h event.
The years 2008 and 2011 saw Jason Crump lead Bitubo to victory in the Speedway championship.
In 2009 Bitubo patented an innovative hydraulic system , which we called FPS , of great importance.
FPS immediately achieved track records, podiums and victories in both races and championships.
FPS is now applied to ECH29 cartridges and RDH fork. First commercially available cartridge with hydraulic preload.
In the same year, Gary McCoy takes the Bitubo-equipped Triumph to the podium in WSBK and Cruciani wins the CIV in the SSTK1000 category.
In 2011 Bitubo won the Supersport World title with Chaz Davies on the Yamaha YZF-R6 of Team ParkinGo.
In 2012 Bitubo presents the world's first electrorheological (ER) semi-active suspension system for motorcycles and its first adaptive suspension system (DS).
In 2013 Bitubo won the Supersport World title with Sam Lowes on the Yamaha YZF-R6 of Team Yakhnich Motorsport and celebrated 50 years of activity.
In 2015, tablets were introduced to manage and streamline the flow of information and reduce paper consumption in a Green Economy perspective. In the same year, the collaboration with the ONLUS Motoforpeace began.
Michael Dunlop's Isle of Man Senior TT championship victory with a lap record of 133.256 MPH came in 2016 .
Since 2017 , Bitubo has been committed to ensuring and protecting customer expectations through the Quality, Environment and Safety Policy
In 2018 the vertical warehouse becomes part of the company for batch traceability and the pilot Davide Stirpe.
In 2022 Bitubo opens a branch in the United States, based in Miami (221 River Street, Floor 9th, Hoboken, NJ 07030, +1 888-908-6928 ), managed by Giorgia Mardollo, Bitubo's Sales and Marketing Manager.
Today the range includes over 1400 applications: Supersport Replica, Maxi Turistica, Scooter.
Bitubo today presents itself as the ideal solution for those who seek the best from their vehicle: performance, comfort, driving precision, and above all, the quality of an excellent product, continuously developed in constant collaboration with advanced research centers and the main university faculties, tested and developed with fatigue and destructive tests, both in software and dynamic simulations.
Today Bitubo is successfully involved in the WSBK, BSB, CIV, CEV, IDM circuits and many other national championships around the world.
THE TRAINING
DEALERS
Our technicians organize courses for dealers who want to deepen their knowledge on suspensions and offer their customers a better consultancy and vehicle customization service. The courses are on progressive levels starting from suspension beginners up to advanced courses for technicians who work on the circuits.
BITUBO TECHNICAL CENTERS (CTB)
Bitubo aims to expand the assistance network on the territory, nationally and internationally, selecting new centers and providing the necessary training to repair the entire range of Bitubo products. The CTBs constantly participate in specific courses to offer our customers always up-to-date advice.
OEM & INDUSTRIAL
Bitubo offers its know-how and its structure to create suspensions on request and customer specifications, according to co-branding and private label agreements. Bitubo has been ISO 9001 certified since 2006 and since 2017 in the ISO 9001:2015 section, these quality standards have allowed us to obtain the German ABE approval for more than 60% of the catalog and in particular our DS system was the first aftermarket electronic system to receive VCA approval. This know-how has allowed us to be suppliers of the Piaggio group since about 1986, supporting them in the development and production of OEM and accessory products, we are suppliers of the Ural sidecar manufacturer and we have successfully supported an Audit of the BMW Group. We are looking for further partners for the OEM and accessory sector and we believe that an Italian vehicle manufacturer can be an optimal combination for the market. We are also available to collaborate for the WSBK and MOTOGP team to strengthen this possible bond and achieve excellent joint goals, we have developed new material for the racing department that we could submit to the attention of our assistance centers located around the world. They are a technical support for end consumers who can rely on them for a review (basic maintenance), set up and balancing of the vehicle (customization) and guarantees on our product.
ABE CERTIFICATE
Since 2010 , Bitubo has been recognized by the KBA as a company worthy of their ABE certification , assigning it the identification number for the approval of specific products for all markets that recognize ABE as a mark of absolute quality.
2017 : Bitubo obtains ISO 9001:2015 certification