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Author Message   Duphuckincati Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 12:37 pm:        http://www.bikeexif.com/   Duphuckincati Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 12:38 pm:        Better page- http://www.bikeexif.com/aprilia-rsv-taimoshan#more -11413   Dannybuell Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 01:16 pm:        excellent radiator execution, modern bike with the look of classic simplicity.   Lovedabueller Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 01:38 pm:        B E A UTIFUL!!!!!!   Pattio Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 01:54 pm:        Aprilia themselves tried to build a cafe-styled bike around that motor; they called it the Blue Marlin http://www.mcnews.com.au/newbikecatalogue/2002/Apr ilia/Blue_Marlin/Default.htm It never made it to production. I think I remember hearing that they couldn't figure out how to give the bike sufficient airbox volume within the constraints of the design.   Crowley Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 11:51 am:        My NorVin   Bueller4ever Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 07:17 pm:        What do they need an air box for? I suppose it wouldn't pass emissions or noise requirements without one.   Tippster Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 07:38 pm:        Well sucking dust through the cylinders can't be too good, either....   Freight_dog Posted on Sunday, January 23, 2011 - 01:02 pm:        Yep, loved that bike since I saw it on the cover of Cafe Racer magazine last year. So much so that I've started getting together parts for a Helicon engined copy.   Imonabuss Posted on Sunday, January 23, 2011 - 07:06 pm:        Great. A featherbed with 120+HP. Just what everyone who wants to die in a speed wobble needs.   Duphuckincati Posted on Sunday, January 23, 2011 - 07:19 pm:        Yeah, our Buells are so rock solid steady at speed,huh?   Imonabuss Posted on Sunday, January 23, 2011 - 10:35 pm:        So far only up to 202 mph at Daytona with Geoff. As an ex racer who has ridden Buells and featherbed framed bikes, I think I am semi-qualified to say that bike is retarded. It's about as functional as a chopper. Which works fine for some folks, but not at speed.   Trojan Posted on Monday, January 24, 2011 - 10:10 am:        I am semi-qualified to say that bike is retarded. It's about as functional as a chopper. Actually all the reports that I have read on this particular bike have nothing but good things to say about it. Styling works well and is certainly very popular, and it ruides very well apparently, so why is it retarded? And why isn't a chopper functional? I may not like chopper styles but wouldn't say they aren't relevant or functional motorcycles to the people that own them. The guy who built this bike knew exactly what he wanted to achieve, and spent a long time and a lot of money getting the bike he wanted (and it works). It does excatly what he designed it for and so has achieved or excelled every design brief he had for it. If that is retarded then a few big motorcycle manufacturers have far bigger mental health problems!   Thefleshrocket Posted on Monday, January 24, 2011 - 11:52 am:        Imonabuss, I can understand what you're getting at. My Vmax had a similar style frame (not sure what exactly makes a frame a featherbed) which went over the top and bottom of the motor but not around the sides. After I upgraded the suspension, the chassis would flex during aggressive (at least for a Vmax) cornering and unsettle the bike. I upgraded to solid motor mounts to make the engine a stressed member which helped but it still wasn't perfect. The last thing was to add frame braces but I ended up selling the bike first.   Duphuckincati Posted on Monday, January 24, 2011 - 12:51 pm:        Flesh, you must be under 50 years old, so here's a history lesson from the old farts file- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Featherbed_frame   Trojan Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 04:35 am:        After I upgraded the suspension, the chassis would flex during aggressive (at least for a Vmax) cornering and unsettle the bike. You can't compare this to a flexi framed V-Max. If you read the description carefully you'll see that it isn't a genuine (i.e. OLD) featherbed frame but a modern frame built to look like one, made from modern materials that is much stronger and less likely to flex. The frame has also been braced at strategic points to help. The rear suspension took months to design and complete to work with the frame rather than just bolt on any old monoshock onto a Norton frame, so the bike actually handles very well by all accounts. However, the concept of the bike isn't to compete head on against sports bikes with beam aloloy frames etc, but to be a modern day take on the featherbed concept cafe race, and in that respect it works extremely well adn ticks all the boxes.   Fast1075 Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 07:22 am:        They captured the essence of "cafe'". I would love to have one of those.   Mountainstorm Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 07:40 am:        Why did they leave the radiator fan wires just hanging down? That really bugs me.

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