Niges hack

[nige.smith]

Have been looking at RSV's for some time and found one that had all the right bits to make a great hack - track - and back bike. Bit of a truck, just needs a good fettle

[CMSMJ1]

purty.

get it setup when at the track andi t is a different beast

[philfingers]

Nice Nige!
is it an R or R bits? Is it stock?
my RSVR Edwards

[nige.smith]

It's an R. That's a cracking bike fella, I thought about one, then had a word with myself and remembered I want to do a gaggle of track days, so wound it in

[jo]

Another Italian bike!

[philfingers]

seems to be a growing following here on GB400 :-)

[nige.smith]

Another Italian bike!

Indeed Jo, I seem to have capitulated to 3 cylinders or less over the past 10 years. + 100 - 120 BHP is more than enough for me in any situation.

Honda XR600 (Fun while it lasted)
TRX850 - Fantastic underated motorcyle - would buy another
Ducati 916 - Still in use as you know
Triumph Speed Triple 1050 - Another cracking machine - came away from rockingham looking a little secondhand
Ducati hypermotard - Great bike, but shit for keeping up with your mates
Gixxer thou K6 - Lasted 3 months - too many cylinders, what was I thinking, too fast for normal roads.
Aprilia RSV R - Bit of a truck, needs a suspension set up and a couple of track days to bed me in.

Yep another Italian, lets hope it is a layed back male and not a high maintenance lady bike.

If I don't get on with it then the next bike on the list is an RC8-R, but I have a feeling that me and Mille will be just fine

[philfingers]

they're pretty reliable, watch the solenoid/battery and if it turns over too slow can F*** the sprag clutch. other than that they're reliable, rotax motor is dry sumped and oil level checking takes some time to adjust too. I've read that it's rare to need much, if any, adjustment at the first 9k interval. Chain cam drive is nice and kicks the Duke 999 belts at £140 a pair every two years into touch.

[Zippy]

It's Italian, so even the male bikes are high maintanence ladies lol

Seriously though they are lovely looking bikes and sound spot on.