Joined Feb 2009
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New Orleans
J4rn0
It'll be interesting to see what direction they go in with the engine and I have to wonder how quickly they'll decide on an overall strategy to get the ball moving on what will probably take the most time to design and build.
Some cool video's of the RSV4 development and the R&D engineers at Aprilia
http://www.rsv4aprilia.net/rsv4-superbike-videos.aspx
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The heads of the desmo are comparatively big -- I saw a scaled comparison with the Honda V4 once (sorry can't find it now) and it showed clearly even to the naked eye. Honda went to the extent of making asymmetric valve trains with the exhaust train a little bit lower than intake, just to gain a few millimiters. to the front and rear. If every mm counts, desmo could be an obstacle now with the twin spar chassis as it is hardly possible to make it smaller because it needs big gears etc. that are not needed with pneumatic.
It'll be interesting to see what direction they go in with the engine and I have to wonder how quickly they'll decide on an overall strategy to get the ball moving on what will probably take the most time to design and build.
Some cool video's of the RSV4 development and the R&D engineers at Aprilia
http://www.rsv4aprilia.net/rsv4-superbike-videos.aspx