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« on: October 25, 2010, 04:51:56 PM »
Wow.

http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2010/10/a-carbon-bodied-rsv4-factory-and-aprilia-performance-ride-control-explained/#more-11006
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« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2010, 05:05:28 PM »
Could use some color.
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« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2010, 05:25:10 PM »
Quote from: humorless dp on October 25, 2010, 05:05:28 PM
Could use some color.

yup! i'm thinking gold wheels... or maybe blue...  Grin
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« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2010, 05:34:39 PM »
Quote from: humorless dp on October 25, 2010, 05:05:28 PM
Could use some color.

Yeah, that lettering should be black.  Cheesy
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« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2010, 05:53:06 PM »
Beautiful!!

Quote from: kopfjäger on October 25, 2010, 05:34:39 PM
Yeah, that lettering should be black.  Cheesy

That would be ideal! ^^ waytogo


Quote from: humorless dp on October 25, 2010, 05:05:28 PM
Could use some color.

Maybe a little red underneath with the white "Aprillia".
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« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2010, 06:30:01 PM »
Hubba hubba!!! waytogo [moto] Vino!
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« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2010, 08:26:33 PM »
It says it has " wheelie control ".....I don't want to give up my 125 mph power wheelies like on my " R ."

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« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2010, 08:29:49 PM »
Quote from: DoubleEagle on October 25, 2010, 08:26:33 PM
It says it has " wheelie control ".....I don't want to give up my 125 mph power wheelies like on my " R ."

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Like you need another rocket ship anyway.  Cheesy
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« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2010, 11:16:50 PM »
Quote from: kopfjäger on October 25, 2010, 08:29:49 PM
Like you need another rocket ship anyway.  Cheesy
Not if it's going to cost me another $43,000.

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« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2010, 04:17:50 AM »
That's one sweet looking machine  drool

The article doesn't mention how lighter the Carbon version is, but I'm guessing the weight reduction will have a positive impact on performance...  Can someone confirm?
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« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2010, 05:08:21 AM »
Quote from: jvax on October 26, 2010, 04:17:50 AM
That's one sweet looking machine  drool

The article doesn't mention how lighter the Carbon version is, but I'm guessing the weight reduction will have a positive impact on performance...  Can someone confirm?

Static weight reduction (i.e. body parts) doesn't affect performance that much unless the weight savings was substantial. That being said, I am certain that the ABS bodywork the carbon replaces weighs probably twice as much. I have never weighed an ABS body part vs. a carbon one; but in my experience, it would weigh about half. I played with carbon in my day; however, it was mostly structural pieces on bicycles done with wet lay-up and vacuum bag; I am certain the Aprilia body work was done with pre-preg and autoclave (which is much lighter than wet lay-up parts). And since it's not structural stuff, the body work could be constructed in a very light weight manner.

Now, stick carbon wheels on that baby and it would fly!!! I am certain more than one potential purchaser is thinking in that direction...
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« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2010, 05:23:55 AM »
Quote from: humorless dp on October 25, 2010, 05:05:28 PM
Could use some color.

It definitely could use colour.

I guess I am just not all that impressed with carbon bling any longer. I like the weight savings and stiffness, and I am unafraid of painting over it. I have seen all the carbon stuff for a long, long time (used to race road bicycles) and I just like the functional properties and don't really care about the greyness in general. I am very surprised that the motorcycle part industry hasn't gone to the lighter stuff with no cosmetic layer (i.e. the "weave" layer) where you see just the random fibres. But it isn't as pretty, either...

I just bought a carbon hugger for my Monster, and it will probably get painted like everything else when I repaint; or, I may de-gloss the topcoat. We will see...
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« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2010, 08:26:31 AM »
Forget about the bling . . . did you read about that electronics package?!?  I can't imagine having all of that on a production bike.  Talk about an out-of-the-box racebike.  Nice.   waytogo
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« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2010, 08:50:59 AM »
 drool drool bow down drool

Needs to lose the lights, mirrors, signals, etc. A bike like that is overkill on the street. The track on the other hand... Evil

Quote from: DoubleEagle on October 25, 2010, 08:26:33 PM
It says it has " wheelie control ".....I don't want to give up my 125 mph power wheelies like on my " R ."

Dolph    

You have a 1098R?Huh?!!?   Wink

[I believe you can shut off the wheelie control]
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« Reply #14 on: October 27, 2010, 02:33:50 AM »
Quote from: Spidey on October 26, 2010, 08:26:31 AM
Forget about the bling . . . did you read about that electronics package?!?  I can't imagine having all of that on a production bike.  Talk about an out-of-the-box racebike.  Nice.   waytogo


Yeah- you could easily buy one on Friday and race it all weekend.

I read somewhere that electronics are going to be kept legal on certain classes of production bike racing as long as you can get them on a production bike. I know what that means.

Frankly, I believe that most of the people buying this will NEVER use it to it's potential.
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