Base RSV4 and tuono caught testing

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Originally Posted by zer0t

a tidy tail and a pipe is going to make the RSV4 smoking.

Agreed! I don't think a bike exists these days that you don't want to rip the exhaust off before you even leave the dealership!

[fnfalman]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

Um the Duke, Super Duke, Suzuki Bandit, SV, Monster, etc have been around for ever... Now the Tuono is possibly the best looking of all the "naked" bikes. Seriously, thee have been naked bikes before there were full faired bikes....Hahahaha! I'm fucking with you of course! You have to admit that the Bandit (1989) and quite a few others came out WAY before Aprilia entered the scene.

Dude, the Super Duke is barely two years old. Yeah, there are naked bikes since Day One. They used to be known as Standards. But Aprilia was the first that turned a sport bike into a killer naked bike. Granted that nobody else done that until now with Ducati and the Street Fighter, and of course Buell with the 1125CR. The Super Duke and the Speed Triples were designed to be hooligan bikes from the beginning. The Ducati Monster S4/S4R/S4RS used the testastretta engine from the 998/999 but didn't have the stiff chassis to handle all that power.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by fnfalman

Dude, the Super Duke is barely two years old. Yeah, there are naked bikes since Day One. They used to be known as Standards. But Aprilia was the first that turned a sport bike into a killer naked bike. Granted that nobody else done that until now with Ducati and the Street Fighter, and of course Buell with the 1125CR. The Super Duke and the Speed Triples were designed to be hooligan bikes from the beginning. The Ducati Monster S4/S4R/S4RS used the testastretta engine from the 998/999 but didn't have the stiff chassis to handle all that power.

the tuono was kind of its own class for a while. Got rave reviews when it first came out. A few friends have them and they love them. Dont see it as a track bike much in thes eparts but people say its a great street bike.

Tom

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Originally Posted by fnfalman

Dude, the Super Duke is barely two years old. Yeah, there are naked bikes since Day One. They used to be known as Standards. But Aprilia was the first that turned a sport bike into a killer naked bike. Granted that nobody else done that until now with Ducati and the Street Fighter, and of course Buell with the 1125CR. The Super Duke and the Speed Triples were designed to be hooligan bikes from the beginning. The Ducati Monster S4/S4R/S4RS used the testastretta engine from the 998/999 but didn't have the stiff chassis to handle all that power.

I love teasing you but I noticed that you didn't remark about the Bandit, is it because the first large Bandit's engine came from a GSXR1100? Thus preceding the Tuono by about a decade? What about the FZ1? The Superhawk? The SV1000? Heck, the TL1000? I know that you're in love with the Tuono and I'll give you that it's the "best" but the "first"? Nah...

[Dave]

i dont know about the bandits but all the other bikes you mentioned came with clipons, ie: not streetfighters

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Originally Posted by Dave

i dont know about the bandits but all the other bikes you mentioned came with clipons, ie: not streetfighters

You bastard! I think you have me! Of course, that makes my gf's Baby Ninja a "street fighter"... Hmmmmmm....

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Super Bandit=street fighter...

[Dave]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

You bastard! I think you have me! Of course, that makes my gf's Baby Ninja a "street fighter"... Hmmmmmm....

lol still has fairings on it

[fnfalman]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

I love teasing you but I noticed that you didn't remark about the Bandit, is it because the first large Bandit's engine came from a GSXR1100? Thus preceding the Tuono by about a decade? What about the FZ1? The Superhawk? The SV1000? Heck, the TL1000? I know that you're in love with the Tuono and I'll give you that it's the "best" but the "first"? Nah...

Most of those bikes get "detuned" engines and none of them have a sport bike chassis. Even the TL's chassis was different than the TLR's chassis.

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Originally Posted by Dave

lol still has fairings on it

Yea I know...