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APRILIA RSV4 X REVEALED

You can read all about the new RSV4 1100 Factory in a few pages time, but until then, this should whet your appetite…

Dubbed the RSV4 X, it’s really limited – only ten will be made. And it’s laden with eye- popping trickery: for example, how does a MotoGP-spec gearbox sound, with neutral at the bottom (or top) of the shift pattern? Or a blueprinted 1100 motor, with more aggressive camshafts to get the extra gee-gees, which is hand built by the firm’s race division? Not bad aye, and it’s also bloody light as well.

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