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So whats happening at Aprilia?

#1 Post by Gio » Fri Oct 01, 2010 8:14 pm

I'm afraid to say it but the latest offerings make the original Ugly Bike look beautiful in my eyes.

Even Ducati looks better/rides better (that is if you ignore the nasty Monster)

They look like Mechano sets from the 50's

Even the factory one looks like a maniac was let loose with a chain saw. Or do they see this as an opportunity to find a designer who can make a nice bike (This IMO invites the home mechanic/designer with a sense of style).
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#2 Post by D-Rider » Fri Oct 01, 2010 8:30 pm

The RSV4 is sex on wheels .... though I'm not so struck on some of the others
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#3 Post by Viking » Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:49 pm

I think that you missed an option...

() Gio is no longer allowed to do polls.

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#4 Post by Kwackerz » Mon Oct 04, 2010 8:32 am

The RSV4 definately cant be classed as having been hit with the ugly stick, cant comment on the others as i've not really bothered looking.

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#5 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:46 am

rsv4 is a drink on a stick

new tuono looks good

new dorsoduro looks ok

no problems here


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#6 Post by kiwi_rsvr » Mon Oct 04, 2010 6:34 pm

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.......the only "ugly" Aprilia is the multi hued "gold" RSV Factory .
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#7 Post by Samray » Mon Oct 04, 2010 6:56 pm

I prefer the original V4. :smt020


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#8 Post by kiwi_rsvr » Mon Oct 04, 2010 7:02 pm

Now there was true innovation and engineering at its best...how come you Brits let it all go ?
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#9 Post by D-Rider » Mon Oct 04, 2010 7:49 pm

kiwi_rsvr wrote:Now there was true innovation and engineering at its best...how come you Brits let it all go ?
.... cos that's what we're good at ........ :smt009
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#10 Post by kiwi_rsvr » Mon Oct 04, 2010 8:23 pm

Its high time you started being bad at something. :smt004

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kiwi_rsvr wrote:Now there was true innovation and engineering at its best...how come you Brits let it all go ?
.... cos that's what we're good at ........ :smt009
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#11 Post by mangocrazy » Mon Oct 04, 2010 8:27 pm

Don't see a problem myself, unlike some of the design abortions emanating from Japan.

RSV4 is sex on a stick.

Where's option 5 - "Gio has no taste"...?
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#12 Post by Gio » Sat Oct 16, 2010 8:38 am

Well I'm sorry if you all think the RSV4 is lovely, its not, big bulky front end and nothing at the back, even the exhaust does nothing for it.

No let me rephrase that the rear end is a tea tray.
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The Dosodura, Mana and Shiva the frames look like Mechano they really do, any old bits of tubing lying about will do.

So maybe I lack taste but so do the designers imo. :smt019
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#13 Post by D-Rider » Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:46 am

Gio wrote:Well I'm sorry if you all think the RSV4 is lovely, its not, big bulky front end and nothing at the back, even the exhaust does nothing for it.

No let me rephrase that the rear end is a tea tray.
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Funny tea trays round your way, Gio. They tend to work better when they're flat - otherwise the cups fall over and you get spillage.


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#14 Post by MartDude » Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:52 am

I agree with Gio; there's nothing in the current Aprilia range that appeals to me aesthetically. Never liked that type of frame - I'm sure they're well-designed and well-made, but they do look as if they're recycled from the fuselage structure of a Wellington bomber.
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#15 Post by Nooj » Sun Oct 17, 2010 3:48 pm

Kawasaki are ruling the roost for fugly bikes at the moment I reckon. Suzuki and Honda have got blandness down to a fine art, Yamaha have some very nice looking kit (except the new Super Mega Fugly Tenere). Even some BMW's look good from certain angles. Ducati are making some seriously sexy kit, but each bike seems to have something nasty on it (multistrada's nostrils, Monster's headlight etc.) Only the Mana makes me want to avert my eyes from the Aprilia range, everything else looks fine. Best looking bikes at the moment I reckon are from KTM.

So I vote: Gio and Mart have no taste :smt019
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