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You'd have the 'prilia over the Katoom? Why?
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![]() No rational reason other than the new RSV4 Aprilia is simply sex on wheels. If given free reign on a sporting liter bike to stick in my garage, I would choose it too!
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![]() Hideous styling -- esp. the headlights - God only knows what they were thinking! A shame because otherwise it looks promising.
For my money, I prefer to wait until the RSV4 is available with a similar traction control package. |
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Truly because of the race results, the Aprilia seems to be a better platform right from the start. Plus it is a tightly packed V motor.
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Thanks, 'Hawk! Woulda been a better vid had I cleared our on-board camera's memory card before trying to film! I could've showed footage of some nutball ramming into the side of me at Portimao. Thankfully, nobody crashed.
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Ooh, this is shaping up to be a fantastic literbike shootout. Just spent 400 miles on the new RC8R. Quite a splendid machine and worthy of comparison with the 1198S. The RSV4 Factory is now calling my name, begging to be spanked...
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![]() BMW certainly has the engineering and electronics down, I'm sure they benefit from the car guys on that score. For my money I'd take a GT or RT, just more my style and I'm a function over form guy
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Even though the buell is nearly double the cc of the competition it was racing against. It would have been interesting to see some of the suzuki riders on a 750 vs the 1125R just to see what happens. |
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