Trackday Special: A Custom Aprilia RS 660 by 46Works

[weeksy]

https://www.bikeexif.com/aprilia-rs-660-46works

[Count Steer]

I'm a

Not convinced about the bare metal 'prototype' look - the 2 halves of the bike look unrelated but apart from that...

[Supermofo]

The new top faring of the custom is less fussy, but that's off set by the horrible metal made in a shed tail piece, the original looks much better imo. The custom looks totally mismatched, it's 2025 at the front and 1985 at the back

[Mr. Dazzle]

The custom looks totally mismatched, it's 2025 at the front and 1985 at the back

Off to ask a hairdresser for this.

[Skub]

Where's Tinpan with his 'hideous'?

[ChrisW]

I'd still take the factory version. If it weren't so likely to fail mechanically.

[Taipan]

Where's Tinpan with his 'hideous'?

Right here Boss...


Hideous!

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

The new top faring of the custom is less fussy, but that's off set by the horrible metal made in a shed tail piece, the original looks much better imo. The custom looks totally mismatched, it's 2025 at the front and 1985 at the back

That's a bit harsh, 1985 bikes look better than that

[mangocrazy]

The new top faring of the custom is less fussy, but that's off set by the horrible metal made in a shed tail piece, the original looks much better imo. The custom looks totally mismatched, it's 2025 at the front and 1985 at the back

That was deliberate according to the blurb...

Moving to the rear end of the bike, Shiro fabricated a new tailpiece out of aluminum, while maintaining the original ergonomics. “The design is my interpretation of a fusion between 1980s sportbikes and modern MotoGP bikes,” he explains. “The finish was left as bare aluminum, giving it a prototype look.”

It wouldn't look half as jarring if it had been painted in the same colours as the rest of the bike.

[Skub]

It wouldn't look half as jarring if it had been painted in the same colours as the rest of the bike.

Yeah,a good paintjob would make a big difference. Hard to see past things like that.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Putting two things next to each other is not the same as fusion.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Putting two things next to each other is not the same as fusion.

You've not been to our local "fusion" restaurant

[gremlin]

Might be nice when it's finished.

[Mr Moofo]

Could they not be arsed to finish it?

[Pirahna]

If it's supposed to be a track bike, why is there a reflector on the front mudguard when the original didn't have it?

[The Spin Doctor]

Looks like a Hagon ran into the back of it.