Aprilia
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It's silly season in Milan, with manufacturers jostling for the spotlight with a cavalcade of new bikes, model updates and wacky prototype concepts at the 2014 EICMA motorcycle expo. Here's our favorite new bike highlights from one of the biggest motorcycle shows on the global calendar.
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The first round of the World Superbike Championships was held at Phillip Island on the weekend with strong indications that the 2014 championship will be won on one of five bikes: Aprilia RSV4, Kawasaki ZX-10R, Ducati Panigale, Suzuki GSX-R1000 or a Honda CBR1000RR.
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The scooter and motorcycle are morphing into a new form with the power, braking and roadholding of the motorcycle, and carrying capacity, protection, comfort and ease-of-use of the scooter.
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The convergence of the car and the motorcycle we forecast last year looks set to continue with the first public showing today at EICMA 2010 in Milan of a range of three and four wheeled scooters by Italian start-up Quadro.
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There were many wonderous things at this year's Intermot Motorcycle Show, but few will capture your imagination as much as this home-made Ducati V8.
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If we thought last year's RSV4 was racetrack-focused, the new Arpilia RSV4 Factory APRC Special Edition makes it look like a courier hack.
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The world's fastest road bike derivatives went to Monza last weekend and Aprilia and BMW show signs of beating the Japanese manufacturers at the horsepower game.
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After seven of the 14 legs of the 2010 Dakar Rally, the usual suspects have found their way to the fore once more. VW Touaregs hold the first three spots, while in the bikes, KTM’s 690s hold first and six of the top 10 places.
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The V4 engine format is set to come into vogue, with the Aprilia RSV4 winning the Czech World Superbikes and the imminent launch of Honda's 1200cc roadster with variable cylinder management. Aprilia is also developing a naked RSV4 and 600 supersport
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Got thighs of steel? Yeah, me neither - which is why I wouldn't last five laps around a track on the Standbike. It's a modified 250cc scooter without a seat, so you stand up and use your whole body to get the thing around the corners.
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The global financial crisis has clearly hammered the highest echelons of prototype racing, with established teams like Honda and Kawasaki pulling out of F1 and MotoGP respectively in the last couple of months. But for the production-based (and much cheaper) World Superbike series, things have never
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We've been following Aprilia's 2009 V-4 engined superbike closely through its development stages, excited to learn what the company can do with its brand new, fully electronically managed and incredibly compact 1000cc motor.
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