Base RSV4 and tuono caught testing

[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.