Carbon-bodied RSV4 Factory

[Travman]

Wow.

http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2010/10/a-carbon-bodied-rsv4-factory-and-aprilia-performance-ride-control-explained/#more-11006

[ducpainter]

Could use some color.

[derby]

Could use some color.

yup! i'm thinking gold wheels... or maybe blue... 

[Kopfjager]

Could use some color.

Yeah, that lettering should be black. 

[IZ]

Beautiful!!

Yeah, that lettering should be black. 

That would be ideal! ^^

Could use some color.

Maybe a little red underneath with the white "Aprillia".

[fastwin]

Hubba hubba!!! [moto]

[DoubleEagle]

It says it has " wheelie control ".....I don't want to give up my 125 mph power wheelies like on my " R ."

Dolph     

[Kopfjager]

It says it has " wheelie control ".....I don't want to give up my 125 mph power wheelies like on my " R ."

Dolph     

Like you need another rocket ship anyway. 

[DoubleEagle]

Like you need another rocket ship anyway. 

Not if it's going to cost me another $43,000.

Dolph

[jvax]

That's one sweet looking machine 

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?

[bunnyman666]

That's one sweet looking machine 

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...

[bunnyman666]

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...

[Spidey]

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.   

[Triple J]

 

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

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?!!?  

[I believe you can shut off the wheelie control]

[bunnyman666]

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.   

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.