Middleweight class to be reborn? Italian goodness

[The Spin Doctor]

It's aimed at the same market as the R6, and I haven't seen one of those on the road for a long time, the CBR650 is more road biased and I haven't seen many of those on the road, most bikes I see on the road these days are adventure tourers, I think the race replica market has died.

CBR650? Had a trainee out with one on Mon and Tue this week.

It's reasonably sensible in terms of ergos - much more like the original CBR600F than the later RR model. Quite pretty, actually with its not-quite-a-Fireblade looks.

[The Spin Doctor]

As a track bike then maybe, but as a road bike for any of us?

Fifty year old blokes with pot bellies on race reps looks so naff it's embarrassing.

Not as naff as a young kid who can't ride the fucker

Particularly when the young kid also has a pot belly

[Mr. Dazzle]

My Dad, 63, has a CBR650. 15 years ago he had a CBR600RR. I would say the difference in the two bikes is pretty much the same as the difference in my Dad

[Potter]

If riding bikes was all about comfort and practicality, we'd all be riding NTV650s with aftermarket fairings!

I think that's probably one of the most underrated (unrecognised?) improvements in motorcycles in the last decade or so - you can now buy a nice bike that isn't uncomfortable to ride, copes brilliantly with every day road riding and in the hands of a normal person it will go around a track just as fast as a race rep.

[v8-powered]

Plus they're better for a bad back and a belly.

If riding bikes was all about comfort and practicality, we'd all be riding NTV650s with aftermarket fairings!

I resemble (or did anyway) that remark. Back in the day I had an NTV650 with a big aftermarket twin headlamp fairing, think it may have been Powerbronze?
Up until only a few months ago I owned an NT700 Dullville, did everything I wanted apart from excite me in any way at all!

[weeksy]

https://www.cycleworld.com/story/motorc ... e=facebook

[The Spin Doctor]

Word is that as well as the sports bike and the naked Tuono, there's an adventure bike Tuareg to use the same motor waiting in the wings.

[GuzziPaul]

Many years ago (around 2002) when out on my RD250LC I was overtaken by an Aprilia,sounded great, read on the tail hump " V60..??2 thought at first it was a 600cc Vtwin I I wanted one of them. 2004 and I got a Tuono.
16 years later and I'm wondering about a Royal Enfield Himalayan, still got the Tuono though but not the LC

[weeksy]

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/bike-rev ... s660/2020/

not convinced by this scheme though

[Rockburner]

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/bike-rev ... s660/2020/

not convinced by this scheme though

Before I saw the aprilia stamp on the clutch cover I thought that was a Honda.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Many years ago (around 2002) when out on my RD250LC I was overtaken by an Aprilia,sounded great, read on the tail hump V60

The old RSVs had 60 degree V twins, rather than the 90s of Ducatis, VTRs, SVs etc. That's probably what the sticker referred to.

I quite like that new 660 'prila to be fair...can't help feel a bit short changed by a parallel twin, but that's how they all go now. Cheaper and lighter than an IL4! Plus its harking back to the long gone days of all sports bikes being brit twins

I actually prefer the yellow to the classic black/red graphics scheme.

[The Spin Doctor]

Many years ago (around 2002) when out on my RD250LC I was overtaken by an Aprilia,sounded great, read on the tail hump V60

The old RSVs had 60 degree V twins, rather than the 90s of Ducatis, VTRs, SVs etc. That's probably what the sticker referred to.

I quite like that new 660 'prila to be fair...can't help feel a bit short changed by a parallel twin, but that's how they all go now. Cheaper and lighter than an IL4! Plus its harking back to the long gone days of all sports bikes being brit twins

I actually prefer the yellow to the classic black/red graphics scheme.

It's a horrible clash with the gold fork legs and the red wheels / spring.

[Supermofo]

The puke colour might work if the wheels weren't red and maybe black forks.

That pillion seat

Is this a crack in the frame about the rear MC
https://mcn-images.bauersecure.com/Page ... scale=down

[Mr. Dazzle]

No.

It's a crack in the engine casing

[Potter]

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/bike-rev ... s660/2020/

not convinced by this scheme though

1992 called, they want their fashionable motorcycle back.

[Supermofo]

No.

It's a crack in the engine casing

Oh that's alright then

[Bigjawa]

Is this a crack in the frame about the rear MC
https://mcn-images.bauersecure.com/Page ... scale=down

That's like when British Leyland sent cars to press launches with dodgy panel gaps.

[Supermofo]

I actually like that colour

In of itself it's ok I think. There's been at least 2 Guzzi's in a similar colour that I both like (V11 Sport and V7 Cafe Classic). But here it doesn't seem to gel with the other colours esp the red wheels. With black wheels, shock and forks I think it'd look ok

https://mcn-images.bauersecure.com/uplo ... scale=down

[G.P]

Easy, just get a different coloured one instead

Love the idea that its 170kgs full fueled, should be a blast

Must admit I was put off Aprilia after having a Pegaso for a while...

[weeksy]

Must admit I was put off Aprilia after having a Pegaso for a while...

I certainly wouldn't buy one because of Tuono, Pegaso, Mille and even RSV4/TuonoV4 issues mates have had. None of the Aprilias either myself or mates have owned have ever been 100%.... Then again, not many bikes are.. but Aprilias seem more delicate to me and they'd have to spend a year or 2 proving to me that's not the case with this before it'd even be a consideration.