Aprilia MXV 4.5

[2smoker]

This bike is a work of art! ViVa Italia.... 2 cylinders also..I wish it was a 2 stroke, will be a Banshee on 2 wheels! Can you race this one in the 450cc class??? Only 4 stroke that I would buy! period! I heard they are pretty bad on the reliability side.. But damn..Beautiful! so sexy! Also, they sound 10x better than any Japanese bikes.. But  I think it is banned in AMA.

http://www.aprilia.com/en-US/Model/800/MXV+4.5/Overview.aspx

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/356/1606/Motorcycle-Article/2009-Aprilia-MXV-450-First-Look.aspx
http://www.apriliaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144759


Look at the Akrapovic Twin exhaust on it!!!!  
Julien Bill A Cremona

[maicoman009]

2-strokes will be back on top very soon! NO reasonable dirt bike rider wants a bulky,exspensive 4-SMOKE!

[meger z]

Nice bike!but all they have done is make a 4t fire like a 2t i can think of a cheaper way of doing that ?.But fair play to them they seem to be leading the way with 2t tech with the motors coming from Rotax.

[metal_miracle]

There was talk about banning 2 cylindered motors in mx and mx2 class 

but allowing them to compete  in mx3 class

[JETZcorp]

I think the V-Twin is the only proper way to make a four-stroke in a motorcycle.  They look nice, and they tend to sound better.  I wouldn't mind too much if someone made an MX bike that sounded like a Harley Sportster.  But, there's still no excuse for using a 4T over a 2T anyway, unless you're trying to be retro and badass like... well... a Harley Sportster.  Everything else, from cruisers to Ninjas to MX to enduro, should be 2T.  Give me a Maico for the dirt and a 750 Kawi (inline triple 2T!) for the street and I'm set.

[Out of Order]

WOW it's about time someone (Aprilia) gets some balls and builds a twin cylinder 450. Now can we get a TZ250 engine in a YZ250 frame. Oh yea, I triple dog dare Yamaha to do this.