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2010 Aprilia RSV4 Factory - Reborn Return

Aprilia Makes Its Long-Anticipated Return To The Literbike Wars With The Incredible RSV4Despite the current economic implosion, these are very good times to be sportbike riders. In the space of three months, we've been presented with two radically different alternatives to the sportbike status quo. First came the MotoGP-inspired crossplane-crank Yamaha R1. Now, hot in its tire tracks, comes the totally unique Aprilia RSV4, as fine a piece of clean sheet engineering as we've seen yet in the literbike class, with its ultra-compact 65-degree V4 powerplant. The fact that these two bikes proved so effective straight out of the box at the highest level, flanking the reigning world champion Ducati desmo V-twin—a third different option in superbike engineering—on the Qatar rostrum in the second race of the '09 World Superbike season, shows that each company did its sums right.inline_mediumwraptextright19235349/bikes/146_0907_2010_aprilia_rsv4_factory146_0907_01_z+2009_aprilia_RSV4_factory+lead_s hot.jpgTrue


Photo Gallery: First Ride: 2010 Aprilia RSV4 Factory - Sport Rider Magazine

Photo Gallery: First Ride: 2010 Aprilia RSV4 Factory - Sport Rider Magazine


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