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EICMA..new Aprilia RSV4 RF
- Thread starter CafeRay
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Shaman
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Reading up on the specs, they no have an auto-blipper as well. TAFB will be drooling...
Update: http://motorcycleindustry.co.uk/new-aprilia-rsv4-rr/
The GPS integration features and BT control system is interesting.
Update: http://motorcycleindustry.co.uk/new-aprilia-rsv4-rr/
The GPS integration features and BT control system is interesting.
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Shaman
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The RR will be the standard bike and the RF will be a special edition. Expect a Factory to show up after that, and the guess is... updated Ohlins kit - NIX30/TTX suspension. I don't know if they kept or tossed the variable intake manifold for the RR or RF, interested in that.
Looks like it's still there. Mentioned in most of the spec links under "Engine" (just looked at your last link as well, look at the Engine paragraph that starts with "starting from the top, the 65 V4..." it's mentioned mid-paragraph)
As a technology, its rather old and not worth mentioning any more. It's been used on cars since the late 80s. I think Audi did it first. Everyone gives it a different name.
Their first WSBK specials (RSV Mille R, RSV Mille SP) didn't have rear seat/pegs either, you had to order the regular bike subframe, seat, and pegs if you wanted to carry passengers.
1. They buy it from a software company, this has been done before in cars:
http://n4g.com/news/1506016/gran-turismo-6-adds-your-real-life-telemetry-to-the-game
2. They are small enough to invest heavily in R&D with shareholders or other MBA types trying squeeze every nickel of profit, stalling innovation (the CDN business model of everything).
3. In that part of Italy, there is a massive high-tech culture in manufacturing technology that is seamless with Germany, they specialize in low volume, cutting edge. It looks all picturesque and quaint, but those small towns are full of 3D printers, laser cutters, and a whole bunch of tech that you will never see in righty-tighty, lefty-loosy Ontario manufacturing.
Shaman
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matt220
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I never thought helmets like these would catch on, but damn...
Now (if the advertisement representative of what the helmet is actually like to use) I can't wait until this stuff is widely available for a decent price.
Wow. As a software developer myself I find this **** extremely interesting! Useful? Not sure... but interesting nonetheless
Most phones have accelerometers and GPS, some are 6-axis.
I think the future will be like Gran turismo 6, where you can do real laps around a track to collect data, and watch it virtually presented in the game. Then, you try and beat your real ghost times to see where you can improve. There are packages that do this on high end sims used by F1 teams.
This thing is pretty much a gimmick. Even in MotoGP, they collect massive amount of data and it takes a full-time PhD engineer to analyse it and try and tell the rider what they learned from it.
That's actually a pretty sweet looking ride but lol the urine sample on handle bar.
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