in my opininion they Japonified the later models with a Sp1 alike front and too much choppy styling.(although I wouldnt say no to a new model )
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spot on..the old one is more authentic..though the new one is more pleasing to my eyes..
my babies..(and wife-the car):biggrin
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suppose you would ave too coz u got that shape lol :biggrin
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me and my dad have always liked the old shape since it's launch , i think the new shape has taken on the japanese styling wich i think looks silly and don't get me wrong they still look faboules but i think they lost the italienness
what do you think ?
Yer i know what ya mean, they once stood alone on styling and i bought mine for the looks and the V twin, they do seem to have joined the look like every other bike brigade of manufacturers but so have Ducati and Benneli.
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yeah agreed , ducati really have with the 1098 , benneli always were the only thing anyone likes is the couler schemes really , ducati needed to follow the band wagon because if they had kept the look of that horid 999
they would be history i think ...... old shape aprilia's rule :thumbup
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see i also think in performance that the new one is less aggresive , even as a passenger you feel the difference thats why me and my dad love our shape mille , now loads of people will argue but i think the older one handles better and just is a better package for a sportsbike i think the new one is much more easier to live with and i don't like the size of it the older one is nice and big.... i felt miniture on the new one ( the couler schemes are wrong aswell ) what you think ?
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i still have a spot for the older ones, but the newer one looks waaay better IMHO> yes, the front smacks RC-51, but i think that claim is lessening. GP bikes and other production bikes are starting to have similar intakes as well...centralized air intake == more air pressure going in...honda was just the first one to figure it out :O
i also really enjoy the angular lines on the new one...what can i say, i'm a modern art kinda guy :O
-:banana
i also really enjoy the angular lines on the new one...what can i say, i'm a modern art kinda guy :O
-:banana
i much prefer the front end of the old one and the rest of the new, but there's just no two ways about it that the new one in that pic, in that colour is by far the best lookin RSV i've ever seen and not just because I have one
