New 750 spy pic!

Hot of the press. A new spypic of the upcoming Aprilia 750 naked that will be shown to the public during the Milan show in november.

The naked frame look a lot like the sxv/rxv frame and the front fork configuration looks a lot like the tuono 1000. The angular underseat pipes also remind me of the SXV/RXV. The front seems to look like the tuono.

The engine is rumoured to be piaggio's new 750 v-twin engine. The specs of this engine are: 90hp at 9500rpm and 75nm at 6500rpm. For more info about the engine download this pdf

Aprilia dominates s2 supermoto with 2 wins

It was a very succesful weekend for aprilia at the the Grand Prix Le Alpi del Mare.
Aprilia man Thierry Van Den Bosch imitated Lazzarini and conquered 2 back to back Moto wins.
Giraudo “holeshotting” the first turn.
The first Moto saw Bolley and Beltrami leading the group into the first right hander but VDB snatched the lead before the end of the opening lap. He knew Bolley’s speed in the off-road section was high and managed to open up a small gap to control the Team mate.
Giraudo did not have a good pace at the off-road section but managed to hold third place for the entire race.

Result race 1:
1. Thierry Van den Bosch (Aprilia SXV 4.5);
2. Frederic Bolley (Aprilia SXV 4.5);
3. Jerome Giraudo (Aprilia SXV 4.5).

In the second race Giraudo had a storming start with Bolley crashing out. VDB was second followed by Bidart.
At the fourth lap Van Den Bosch moved past Giraudo; Giraudo kept close to his Team mate and behind him there was Bidart closing all doors to Balducci and Beltrami.
Giraudo crashed as well but he quickly restarted and finish second behind Team mate VDB; Adrien Chareyre was third: he found his way through and made to pass Balducci, who “survived” the chase for Bidart and finished fourth.
Result race 2:
1. Thierry Van den Bosch (Aprilia SXV 4.5);
2. Jerome Giraudo (Aprilia SXV 4.5);
3. Adrien Chareyre (Husqvarna)

In the Championship Van Den Bosch firmly holds the red plate with 31 points more than Giraudo, second. Adrien Chareyre is now third, 17 points behind Giraudo; Bolley is fourth and Balducci is fifth.
Supermoto s1 was a bit less succesful with a 4th and 7th place for Iddon and an 11th and 8th place for british supermoto champion Sam Warren.

Aprilia 550 powered superkart

Okay its not a motorcycle but its still partly an Aprilia. The guys at BRC racing have build a superkart with an Aprilia 550 motor. They published the first movie of their first testing day at a small sprint track. I really recommend watching the movie esspecially for the sound of the 550 engine.

Click here for the movie of the test

Luthi signs with Aprilia for the 2007 250cc season

Its official. The swiss driver and 125cc champion of last year has signed with Aprilia. Luthi will be riding for a new factory Aprilia team next year. This new factory team has been financed by sponsor Emmi (swiss milk & coffee products manufacturer). They also sponsored Luthi's during his last 2 seasons in the 125cc class. The first test for the team will be 2 days after the close of the current season. Well over ten Aprilia 250 cc bikes are expected to be competing in the field. The Emmi Caffè Latte Aprilia team is looking to position itself in the front ranks (top 10) by the end of the first four months of the season. For news about this new team keep checking aprilianews.

Kickass tuono video

This is a movie done a while ago for the launch of the new model tuono. But the movie is hidden somewhere in the dark caves of the aprilia site and I thought lets bring it to a brighter light.

Enjoy!

Italian press rides the new Tuono Factory

The Italian press had their first ride on the brand new Tuono Factory and it seems they like it a lot...how unexpected.

For you Italians here are some articles(for the non-italians they also feature nice photos):

Motorbox

Infomotori

Topmoto

I'd like to recommend the Motorbox gallery full of beautiful pics of the new Tuono Factory

Aprilia Pacifico team struggles at Road America round

The Aprilia Pacifico team wich races in the AMA supermoto series had a hard and diffucult day on the Road America track in Lake Elkhart WI. During the practice the chain was caught breaking a tooth on the second gear of the 550. The team had to change to a backup motor and the team qualified 7th of 22 riders. Struggling with a underpowered motor and the rain Atkins retired the race from the 22th place.

Quote Darryl Atkins:
“I’m encouraged by the package we started with and the crew will be busy building two machines of equal capability for the upcoming round in Nashville, TN on October 14th. Despite poor results on the track this weekend, we’re happy to report that the public enthusiasm and support for the project continues, and fans still seek us out to take photographs and see the machine in person.”

Check out the full report and several pictures here