{"id":32299,"date":"2020-07-17T10:25:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T04:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/?p=32299"},"modified":"2020-07-17T10:25:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T04:55:28","slug":"should-aprilia-bring-naked-rs660","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/should-aprilia-bring-naked-rs660\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Aprilia bring naked RS660?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

The successful inception of middle layer sports platform by Aprilia is itself a great achievement.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no surprise as we talk about the new Noale wonder RS660 and Aprilia is the first Italian player to enter this segment.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Future<\/span><\/h2>\n

In future, we may see MV Agusta, Ducati and Bimota ready to enter this segment.<\/span><\/p>\n

MV Agusta has a\u00a0<\/span>partnership with Loncin<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and may want to explore with Loncin.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the other hand, in 2018 Ducati entered a partnership with Indian motorcycle manufacturer Hero Motorcorp to develop 150 cc to 330 cc lower displacement scramblers.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Hero doesn’t have the experience to develop middle layer segment bikes, and we are still yet to see those scramblers on the roads.<\/span><\/p>\n

Plus recently we did hear Hero were in talks with Harley to develop higher displacement motorcycles.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a twist here looking at the drop in the revenues, Harley recently has replaced CEO, Matthew Levatich, by Jochen Zeitz.<\/span><\/p>\n

So we are not sure if the partnership between Hero Motorcorp and Harley will go ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bottomline Ducati may think to build the middle layer platform on its own or chances are they may enter into a partnership.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, to help Bimota already has\u00a0<\/span>Kawasaki<\/span><\/a> and if we consider naked Kawasaki already has Z 650.<\/span><\/p>\n

Naked RS660<\/span><\/h2>\n

The real question here is<\/span><\/p>\n

Will Aprilia opt to build a naked RS660 and take advantage of its already existing RS660 platform?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If they think to develop the naked <\/span>RS660<\/span><\/a>. Aprilia is already ahead in the game<\/span><\/p>\n

The RS 660<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0comes with 660cc para-twin engine.\u00a0<\/span>Para-twin DOHC engine<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0makes use of the\u00a0<\/span>270 \u2013 crankshaft<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

270 architecture halts one piston while the other may run in parallel. It helps to develop reliable traction and gives a unique sound to its exhaust note.<\/span><\/p>\n

The elder siblings RSV4 1100 Factory and Tuono V4 are responsible for inspiring the engine architecture of RS660.<\/span><\/p>\n

To ride RS660 is EURO 5 compliant and gets 100 horses. However, the Torque figures are still under the wrap.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Is it worth to enter the naked middle layer segment?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Our answer is YES.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why?<\/span><\/h3>\n

Kawasaki has one, and it is Z 650. Z650 is 649cc, Parallel Twin, 4-stroke, 8-Valves, DOHC and is capable of churning 67 hp.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yamaha has hypernaked MT07<\/span><\/h4>\n

The 689cc liquid-cooled DOHC 4-stroke; 8 valves and makes cool 73 hp.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Suzuki has SV650 and SV650X<\/span><\/h4>\n

While SV650 has two cylinders 645 cc engine, it makes three hp mover than its rival MT07.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0SV650X comes with the same engine and power; however, the main difference between SV650 and SV650 X is styling and handlebars.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Honda has CB650R<\/span><\/h4>\n

CB650 has a 649 cc engine. The engine generates a power of 95.1 ps @ 12000 rpm which is close to 93hp.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Aprilia RS660 comes with more power when compared to all the above naked’s.<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, we are not only considering the power, but Aprilia RS660 naked will get enough space before other manufactures join the race.<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore it is lucrative enough for Aprilia to think on the same lines and bring the naked RS660 in market.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Do we see naked Goldwing soon?<\/a>
Hero unveils three new BS-VI vehicles in India<\/a>
John Abraham and his love for motorcycles<\/a>
1962 Norton ES2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,39],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32299"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32311,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32299\/revisions\/32311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}