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Old Feb 16th, 2010, 2:39 am   #11 (permalink)
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am I the only one who thinks the rsv4 is kinda ugly? Those headlights are allright, but that God awful tail is hideous. seriously looks like it has muscle atrophy in the hind.
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Old Feb 16th, 2010, 2:41 am   #12 (permalink)
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wait, I just noticed that exhaust. Now I don't know if the exhaust or the tail makes me want to vomit more.
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Old Feb 16th, 2010, 7:55 am   #13 (permalink)
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am I the only one who thinks the rsv4 is kinda ugly? Those headlights are allright, but that God awful tail is hideous. seriously looks like it has muscle atrophy in the hind.
Aprilias seem to have too many colours going on too. They were styled by somebody who was colourblind if you ask me.
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Old Feb 19th, 2010, 4:35 pm   #14 (permalink)
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am I the only one who thinks the rsv4 is kinda ugly? Those headlights are allright, but that God awful tail is hideous. seriously looks like it has muscle atrophy in the hind.
I don't like it either, way too petite looking...
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Old Feb 19th, 2010, 7:33 pm   #15 (permalink)
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love the rsv4 with alitalia livery that biaggi will be racing in wsbk this year though (too lazy to find a picture sorry)
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Old Mar 22nd, 2010, 11:53 pm   #16 (permalink)
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On the same dyno, but different day (as printed in the March issue of RoadracingWorld), the RSV4 with full ti system, and ecu put down 159 rwhp and 76 lb-ft of torque. That's nearly 20 lbs of torque less.
20lb-ft of torque difference is that kinda like 200cc difference? just saying. and no im not saying cc means fasssssssster im just saying of course theres differences.
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Old Apr 5th, 2010, 1:01 pm   #17 (permalink)
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i love the new ktm for some reason. like the bmw but the lights are just to odd
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Old May 18th, 2010, 4:33 pm   #18 (permalink)
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I think the RSV4 is beautiful, just need some tweaking. See RoadRacing world new issue.
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