ROAD NEWS
THATTSA LOTTA APRILIA!
With a price tag of 90,000Euro, which you just double to work out how many South Pacific Pesos you will need to send from NZ, plus V. A. T.( pommie GST), your 210,000NZD( plus delivery) Aprilia RSV4 X-GP can be ordered directly from the factory, not your local dealer or even wholesaler. With only 30 being made for the global market, it may well be that you will never see one on the road or track here but it sure is purdy. Celebrating ten years of the RS-GP in MotoGP, it is the fifth time the Noale factory have released a tasty special edition and they get better and more sophisticated each time. A couple of small details about the bike include things like the aero package that include leg and tail wings – a first on a road legal machine – and some other neat details like 238hp! Pound for your $, well it only weighs 165kg, so power-to-weight is simply staggering. Naturally, it is running Aprilia’ s factory livery and has the very best of the very best components everywhere. 5.5-inch T-Drive discs, GP4 MS Brembo calipers, Aprilia APX ECU, full SC Project exhaust, beautiful aerospace quality
carbon fibre all over the show and competitionspec suspension … the whole shooting match. If you are fortunate enough to buy one, you get a tour of the factory, a dedicated laptop to play with the ECU, titanium floor stands, a bike cover, floor mat, tyre covers and a certificate of authenticity.
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