Matte Max – 2001 Aprilia RSV Mille

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Aprilia brought the RSV Mille to the superbike segment in 1998, and while sales numbers weren’t high, it was their flagship, the dream bike of 50/125/250cc Aprilia riders the world over.  They pursued WSBK with the SP variant, and updated the fairing and narrowed the tank for 2001.  With 128 ponies on tap, and nice…

SBK on a budget – 2005 Ducati 749 Dark

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Kid brother to the Pierre Terblanche-designed 999, the 749 looked down-market to pick up more riders.  It also made possible to homologate the 749R for the AMA Superbike series.  The most basic faired model in the range, the matte black 749 Dark has a few less bangles than an -S ( which has quite a…