taking things to the next level?

[Chadatious 0]

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/bikereviews/searchresults/Bike-Reviews/Aprilia/Aprilia-Tuono-V4-R-APRC-2011-current/

looked at these the other day at my local apprilia dealer, i must say looked nice, and the spec is amasing, when ive been looking at the speed triples, and hondas cb1000r, but a good bike mate keeps hinting this my way lol. think its in my books to test ride before i buy the next bike

[fr499y 0]

its a shame they stopped making the V2

[Chadatious 0]

v4's seem to be coming out a bit at the mo, maybe the way forward

[flange 0]

My next door neighbours Dad has an Aprilia dealership near me.Ive seen them in the flesh and they do look the dogs.Look like a quialty thing.And put out around 160 ponnies if i remember right.Not cheap but lovely

[smilinjack 0]

@Chadatious wrote:

v4's seem to be coming out a bit at the mo, maybe the way forward

I think Honda twigged that one some years ago

Like that Prilia, but I still prefer the look of the Tuono Factory V twin. Saw one tonight in Jaca with a Speed Triple for company. Some sound track there when they hit the mountains

[Chadatious 0]

@smilinjack wrote:

@Chadatious wrote:

v4's seem to be coming out a bit at the mo, maybe the way forward

I think Honda twigged that one some years ago

Like that Prilia, but I still prefer the look of the Tuono Factory V twin. Saw one tonight in Jaca with a Speed Triple for company. Some sound track there when they hit the mountains

honda are always ahead like that thou. and bet it did, love the sound of tripples, that what moves me towards a speed triple

[Tony nitrous 0]

Honda finally sorted its V4's out after what
was a nightmare for them with the early models.
I notice now Honda only use them for tourers
and odd-ball dual-roll Soft-roaders.

Some folk love their V4's but to me they're
not a great idea.
2 pairs of barrels are heavier than one IL4.
You need to run timing gear to both heads.
More weight, more complication,
more expence, more servicing.
In racing you can get away with this by using
lighter, more expensive, more fragile material.

It all seems a hard way of doing things to me ?

[madsod 0]

stick with a SUZUKI , Cant go wrong i myself dont like Honda , i recall all the cam and cam chain , problems from the 1970 .and a few years after that , i have had a few , but just dont like them .

[Chadatious 0]

but what suzuki? they dont do a decent naked 1000 do they? gsr750 isnt what i want but the b-king will probably be to big, so its a no go, honda are great bikes anyhow, always on top with things

[madcarper 0]

why not try the new brutale 675 got a good write-up in mcn and its a decent price .

[dick65 0]

ever thought about a yamaha fazer 1000 chad? cracking bikes

[madsod 0]

@dick65 wrote:

ever thought about a yamaha fazer 1000 chad? cracking bikes

[Chadatious 0]

looked at fz1, but the honda i think looks so much better and you get so much for the money, loically its £6,999 for a brand new one. im slowing down on what to choose as got some time, but think the hondas up the top at the min, never know, new bikes may come out very soon