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Honda, Ducati,Suzuki and now Aprilia has confirmed there will be a road bike based on their all-new MotoGP machine.
The inside opinion is that the road version of the high-tech 220bhp MotoGP triple is unlikely to feature the complicated valve control system which is expected to keep the price down to not much more than the UK£23,000 RSV Mille SP.
Jan Witteveen, head of Aprilia’s race department said, \"We have looked and talked about how we could put the RS3 into production.\"
Pneumatically-closed valves work by using tiny bursts of compressed air to snap the valves shut instead of springs. They are opened as normal by a camshaft. Computers control the air supply, so valve timing is optimised for any rev range. Rev limits can be significantly raised without valve float becoming a problem.
As well as the concerns of the cost, pneumatic valves might prove impractical for road use because they need a pressurised air supply.
But even without these valves, the road going version, the RS3 could make 175bhp!
