After all the talk of a 1000cc inline 4, i could not pass the deal up. Going Italian again but this time not Ducati. Bought a 2004 Aprilia Mille R with only 1600 miles on it. It has a Power commander, TigCraft Titanium exhaust, Aprilia Airkit, Carbon fiber hugger (and factory one), other carbon goodies. plus came loaded with accessories (jacket , stands ect....)
I really like the gray primer body panels and it almost has a NACA duct. [image: IPB Image] Ok I'll say it, congratulations Eric, it looks great. Nice to have you back on two wheels after such a long absence. tongue.gif
So now you have to make it to the cnetral FL ride coming up to show it off. You should take it to the SBTT track day the day before at Jennings to get it broken in.
Hurricane249, Oct 7 2006, 10:35 PM I really like the gray primer body panels and it almost has a NACA duct. [image: IPB Image] Ok I'll say it, congratulations Eric, it looks great. Nice to have you back on two wheels after such a long absence. tongue.gif
i refuse to call it a naca duct....you will never hear that from me. it is a "ram air inlet".
the long delay....phewww that was a rough week!!!
jeremy556, Oct 7 2006, 10:37 PM So now you have to make it to the cnetral FL ride coming up to show it off. You should take it to the SBTT track day the day before at Jennings to get it broken in.
track day???? hell i'll be afraid to let love bugs hit it
ShipFixer, Oct 7 2006, 10:34 PM Nah, Photobucket shrinks them to their maximum file size if they're too big. Dunno about image size but I think that's how they do it.
Did the previous owner polish the swing arm too or is it stock that way?
thats factory. The R models were polished, The "Factory" models i think came black painted.
767fixer, Oct 7 2006, 08:30 PM After all the talk of a 1000cc inline 4, i could not pass the deal up. Going Italian again but this time not Ducati. Bought a 2004 Aprilia Mille R with only 1600 miles on it. It has a Power commander, TigCraft Titanium exhaust, Aprilia Airkit, Carbon fiber hugger (and factory one), other carbon goodies. plus came loaded with accessories (jacket , stands ect....)
Nice ride. I love that wonky Itallian design. I'd be riding a Duc if I thought I could keep it running on a daily basis. Being an airplane mechanic, I'm guessing wrenching on an Aprillia is no biggie after you've primed a sphixter valve on a 767 or two. Did you see that manure spreader that jackknifed on the Santa Ana?
767's arent all that hard to maintain....just certain areas where you cry "why me god!" if it werent for the dang 6000 mile valve adjustments everyone should own a Duc. I loved mine. until the valve adjustments came due. then i loved it some more. then valve adjustments came due...(keep repeating). all up until the cute 20 year old girl yapping on her cell phone decided to make it a hood ornament.
767fixer, Oct 7 2006, 11:33 PM 767's arent all that hard to maintain....just certain areas where you cry "why me god!" if it werent for the dang 6000 mile valve adjustments everyone should own a Duc. I loved mine. until the valve adjustments came due. then i loved it some more. then valve adjustments came due...(keep repeating). all up until the cute 20 year old girl yapping on her cell phone decided to make it a hood ornament.
I don't think you mentioned that she was 20 and cute. Now your wreck doesn't sound so bad.
Nice Aprilia, I always liked how those looked. Keep us posted on how it rolls.
jatlrdierk, Oct 8 2006, 12:06 AM I don't think you mentioned that she was 20 and cute. Now your wreck doesn't sound so bad.
Nice Aprilia, I always liked how those looked. Keep us posted on how it rolls.
will do joe. after all....you are a part of the reason i got it.
and cute was not the real word. i remember looking up from the stretcher and she was trying to give me a hug and say she was sorry (after about an hour of screaming it was not her fault ....we dont need police involved...ect...) She was STUNNING! i remember almost forgiving her or trying to get her Number.
767fixer, Oct 8 2006, 02:54 AM i refuse to call it a naca duct....you will never hear that from me. it is a "ram air inlet".
the long delay....phewww that was a rough week!!! track day???? hell i'll be afraid to let love bugs hit it thats factory. The R models were polished, The "Factory" models i think came black painted.
NACA, NACA, NACA!!!! biggrin.gif goofy.gif The openings on the side kinda looks like one too but only half and turned backwards...NACA.. tongue.gif
Nice bike fixer, Congratulations, I'm a big fan of the Aprillia 1000 too! Beautiful counter Ducati statement. Have fun riding, and tell us all about it sometime wheel.gif !
Beck, Oct 8 2006, 01:25 AM NACA, NACA, NACA!!!! biggrin.gif goofy.gif The openings on the side kinda looks like one too but only half and turned backwards...NACA.. tongue.gif
Nice bike fixer, Congratulations, I'm a big fan of the Aprillia 1000 too! Beautiful counter Ducati statement. Have fun riding, and tell us all about it sometime wheel.gif !
767fixer, Oct 8 2006, 09:41 AM they are not Naca ducts!!!!!
they like look NACA ducts........... but they are not the REAL things, just an Italian rip-off job smile.gif tongue.gif smile.gif
Seriously, congratulations. The year the RSV's got introduced, my bike went in for a service. And what did the !@#$% dealer do? He said "oh, take this demo RSV for a couple of hours while we do the service". What an amazing ride!
Dutchy, Oct 8 2006, 05:01 AM they like look NACA ducts........... but they are not the REAL things, just an Italian rip-off job smile.gif tongue.gif smile.gif Seriously, congratulations. The year the RSV's got introduced, my bike went in for a service. And what did the !@#$% dealer do? He said "oh, take this demo RSV for a couple of hours while we do the service". What an amazing ride!
They are not naca ducts!!!! biggrin.gif they are not triangular tear drops. I call them "port holes"
dude, Oct 8 2006, 09:46 AM Congrats Eric. Nice NACA 's and love those mirrors goofy.gif
&$$&$*#*#&*#%^!!!!!!! pissed.gif pissed.gif there are NO naca ducts present!!!!!!
anyone want to buy a Aprilia. if i even thought there was a naca duct present it would be gone!!!!!!
covfrrider, Oct 8 2006, 09:24 AM there should be a lot more warn bars in this thread!
due to? huh.gif
gg2wheel4me, Oct 8 2006, 08:45 AM Sweet Wheels, post up stuff on reliability and maint. costs. Ive been tempted to go this route a couple times over the past year.....
will do. it cant be worse than the ole' ducati and that bike actually treated me well......except them damn valve adjustments!
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