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Aprilia Tuono 1000R Racing 2005 Found in Aprilia |
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Make: Aprilia Model: Tuono 1000R Racing Year: 2005 Engine: Liquid cooled, four stroke, longitudinal 60 Capacity: 997.6 Bore: 97 x 67.5mm Compression: 11.4:1 Induction: Indirect multipoint electronic injection. 51mm throttle bodies. Starter: Digital electronic with two spark plugs per cylinder Power: 130 hp 96 KW @ 9.500 rpm Torque: 10.3 kg-m 101 Nm @ 7.250 rpm Transmission: 6 Speed Front suspension: External adjustment system for rebound, compression and preload. Shortened stanchions. Radically fixed caliper. Solid machined light alloy top yoke. Rear suspension: Aluminium alloy swing-arm. Aprilia Progressive System (APS) linkage. Front brake: 2x 320mm discs 4 piston calipers Rear brake: Single 220mm disc 2 piston caliper Front tyre: 120/70 ZR17 Rear tyre: 190/50 ZR17 Dry weight: Fuel capacity: 18 Litres |
| Only ten examples of Aprilia's exotic Tuono R have made it Down Under. One's already been written off, but that didn't stop the owner of #216 throwing Boris the key and pointing him at The Ox... "Holy sainted buggery" is the only honest way to describe what happens when you twist the Tuono R's panties in fourth at 6000rpm. And on a moist and empty Oxley Highway it is not only honest, but totally justified. How I came to be blaspheming behind the tapered golden bars of one of the world's rarest and most stunning motorcycles was entirely due to Brother Silverback. Blasphemy and him just seem to go together. And it was his bike. The fact that it was his bike was firmly on my mind as I shifted into fifth at 8000rpm - well before its 10,500 redline and a bit before the owner-settable shift-now-stupid light flashes - and profaning God gave way to plain old swearing. Legal advice prevents me from telling you how fast I was actually going at this stage, as does the fact that in daylight, | |
