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A STREET VERSION OF THE CAGIVA C594 GP BIKE WOULD<br />
BE SO COOL...<br />
4. Cagiva C594 GP-replica streetbike<br />
MV Agusta own the Cagiva brand and current MD, Giovanni<br />
Castiglioni has on a couple of occasions spoken about<br />
resurecting the legendary brand at some time in the near future.<br />
We’d say now is the time to do it, Mr Castiglioni. We’re huge<br />
fans of the late-1980s/early-1990s Cagiva 500 GP bikes that<br />
were ridden by Eddie Lawson and John Kocinski, and almost<br />
25 years later, those bikes still look so good. A limited-edition<br />
street-legal Cagiva C594 replica should ideally be powered<br />
by a screaming, high-revving two-stroke 500cc mill, but since<br />
emissions laws will not allow that to happen, a tuned, fettled<br />
and fully tricked out version of MV’s new 800cc triple (the one<br />
that powers the new Brutale 800) should be the next best<br />
thing. Fitting this engine in the C594’s aluminium twin-spar<br />
chassis will probably take some effort, but the results should be<br />
worth it...!<br />
TWO-STROKES AREN’T COMING BACK, SO A 400CC RSV<br />
COULD BE THE NEXT BEST THING.<br />
5. Aprilia RSV400RR<br />
Aprilia are already killing it in the litrebike class with the RSV4<br />
<strong>RF</strong>, but they don’t really have anything in their line-up for those<br />
who are just getting started with sportbikes. Ideally, we’d<br />
want the two-stroke RS250 to come back, but with emissions<br />
norms getting increasingly strict by the year, that’s not going to<br />
happen, right? A lot of other manufacturers are anyway doing<br />
250-300cc sportbikes (Ninja 300, CBR300R, R3, RC390 to<br />
name just a few...), so maybe now is the time for Aprilia to do<br />
an RSV400RR. Four-stroke liquid-cooled fuel-injected DOHC<br />
8-valve 399cc parallel-twin that makes 65-70bhp should get<br />
the job done. Give it a fully adjustable USD front fork, fully<br />
adjustable rear monoshock, aluminium twin-spar chassis,<br />
single-sided aluminium swingarm, LED lights and a Valentino<br />
Rossi race-replica paintjob. We’d buy one.<br />
RIDEFAST MAGAZINE APRIL 2016 37
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