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Blade Runner (MilleDue)
Well friends,
Just saw that thing - Aprilia MilleDue- in reality (Athens Moto Show) ...and ...well...you know. Epitomizes the Blade Runner aesthetics (K12R, Brutale, B-King, various other Jap pointless clones etc etc) in the best possible way - yet. Mr Galluzzi (Ducati Monster) in full song. Spot the girder front (like CM Wraith). He He 
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04-03-2008, 08:49 PM
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oooh... prety
Is that some kind of telelever front suspension? V2 or V4? I'm not too fond of the look/position of the cooler. Look as if it was hastily glued on with duct tape in the last minute. |
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04-04-2008, 04:14 AM
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I don't think it's a girder doesn't seem to have a headstock), but a Hossack-style front suspension making it similar to the K1200S/R suspension
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04-04-2008, 04:22 AM
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Exposed oil hoses to the radiator are pretty, but really stupid. Pull that up to a biker bar in Anywhere USA and the H-D heads would all be looking for the flux capacitor!
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04-04-2008, 05:16 AM
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That's the problem with water coolers, they just don't leave room for the oil heat exchanger. lol
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04-04-2008, 06:00 AM
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04-04-2008, 06:15 AM
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PS: I took plenty of pictures...but that Man (Murphy)...and his Laws... 
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04-04-2008, 06:21 AM
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Exactly the Wrath has a headstock, making it a Girder. The Aprilia doesn't seem to have a headstock but two a-arms with a suspended headstock; it looks very similar to the suspension on "our" bike, the Morlaco: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2406/2006175959_781ed53047_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2211/1580112647_73fd6a3256_o.jpg and our suspension is again similar to the Wright-Bailey one 
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04-04-2008, 06:29 AM
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Indeed the MilleDue front looks like the Morlaco (all my pictures gone - Yikes**N).
They called it parallelogram something... |
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04-04-2008, 06:47 AM
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...gee, that looks comfy...
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