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Brod122
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PostPosted: 18:10 - 16 Jan 2007    Post subject: Aprilia 400cc Reply with quote
Does it exist? a friend of mine was wondering if a sports 400 or 600cc Aprilia existed, and wether of not its decent or should he just go for the gixxer 600.

Thanks in advance~ Brod
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G
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PostPosted: 18:21 - 16 Jan 2007    Post subject: Re: Aprilia 400cc Reply with quote
No, a 450 or 550 version may exist at some point, but it will based on the high maintenance supermoto engine I suspect.

It will be a v-twin, so will most probably be a lot slower than a sports bike 4 cylinder 600.
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Brod122
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PostPosted: 18:40 - 16 Jan 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks alot, i will tell him Smile
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PostPosted: 14:13 - 17 Jan 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just a little bit of info, but the sports 400's were really created due to the strange bike licence laws in japan, no idea how they work but i think that for the more cc's you want over there its another test and more training and many people never got past 400cc, they change the laws i think and thats why 400's stoped being made
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PostPosted: 10:44 - 19 Jan 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
That seems quite silly to me, I'm sure there's demand for 400c sportsbikes overhere.
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PostPosted: 11:36 - 19 Jan 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very much so, modern 400 sporstbikes would rule... Mmmm R4 Smile
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Kickstart
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PostPosted: 19:09 - 19 Jan 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
chris-red wrote:
That seems quite silly to me, I'm sure there's demand for 400c sportsbikes overhere.


Not really. Costs do not really go down to drill slightly smaller holes and put a touch smaller pistons in.

The 400s appear still fair spec now because they were massively higher spec than the 600s from when they were designed, and the build quality was far higher. Look at a 1990 VFR400 and a 1990 CBR600 and they are massively different in quality.

An officially imported NC30 was about 1/3 more expensive than a CBR600. Most came from Japan as 2nd hand imports, as 2nd hand bike in Japan were virtually worthless (it wasn't unknown for people to have to pay the dealer extra to take their older but perfectly servicable bike off their hands).

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chalky143
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PostPosted: 20:49 - 19 Jan 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
get gixxer.....600 are better...cheaper, faster, more modern....altho if you want somthing really light, rare and still vry fast round corners, get 400....vfr or cbr!!!
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PostPosted: 20:56 - 19 Jan 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote
RSV450

Looks the nuts if it were ever to come about Thumbs Up

chalky143 wrote:
altho if you want somthing really light, rare and still vry fast round corners, get 400....vfr or cbr!!!


A ZXR 400 would be the better choice, you know it makes sense Whistle Wink
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