wkid_one
13th September 2003, 17:16
An year after her dynamic presentation, Tuono celebrates a remarkable world record. In Meik Appel’s skilled hands, the stuntman that amused everyone during the AWM, Aprilia’s World Meeting, defeated stoppie ’s world record. For the neophytes we specify that “stoppie” is that weird discipline of wheeling with the rear (that we dissuade from trying unless one has all the experience of the German stuntman! ).
Meik kept the motorbike in “bascule “ on the fore for 248 meters beating the previous record of 225; the action was performed during Oschersleben’s Speedweek, on the main straight that, as Appel said “ Was a little bit too short, otherwise on a track like Hockenheim I would have run few other meters”. Meik chose, for his funny and funambulist shows (which includes also for example being hauled by the motorbike or going upside down the handle bar) the hypernaked Aprilia, because of her power, torque and ease in handling.
Out of this nice record, the Tuono in its first year has obtained many appreciations, in terms of awards, as the prestigious “ bike of the heart “, and also in terms of comparative tests, imposing itself on the market as a new, winning concept. In her racing version the motorbike ruled in the Italian naked championship, conquering all the poles and the victories in the races performed till now; moreover it almost won, in standard configuration, the open class during the speedweek in Zeltweg, getting the second place.
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The Cube and Régis made points again today,coming in
ninth. Régis made a further step forward with his personal
record by making the points zone for the 28th consecutive time
in the number one class. The MotoGP race was stopped by rain
on the 21st lap, five laps before the scheduled end. Laconi
rode as spirited a race as ever, urged on even more by the presence
of his home public.
At the end of the race, the 135,000 spectators at Le Mans roared
a spectacular "OLA" for Régis, who was called
to the podium to greet the crowd. After a rather poor start,
Laconi immediately started fighting his way past the others.
He gradually worked his way up to ninth place, 17 seconds from
Rossi, the winner, with the bes result obtained so far by the
RS Cube on a dry track. An indication of the progress being
made day by day by the project team.
55 Régis Laconi – (MS APRILIA RACING) – 9th
- 34'39.430 "The rain came during the closing stages of
the race and it was right for it to be stopped. The curbing
is used a lot on this track and when the first drops came down,
they started getting very slippery. It would have been a pity
to ruin a great race like the one today in France. I didn't
make a fast start at the green light, and let the clutch slip
too much: I was last round the first curve and it was hard work
making my way up towards the heart of the pack. On this track,
it isn't easy to get past opponents while braking, so it was
pretty tough. At the start, I felt the weight of the full tank
and sensed that this was making the front tyre less stable.
Even so, I did all I could to ride fast and aggressively. Today,
the Cube distilled the results of all the work we've done hee
at Le Mans over the past few days. The configuration's good
and it let me get the best result with the Cube so far on a
dry track. The racing on my home track, we're now off to Mugello,
another venue where I'll have to do my best: it's the track
of my second home - Italy."
55 Régis Laconi – (MS APRILIA RACING) – 9th
- 34'39.430 "The rain came during the closing stages of
the race and it was right for it to be stopped. The curbing
is used a lot on this track. Nuove tecnologie di struttura al
carbonio.--><IMG src="http://www.aprilia.com/dati/foto_mag_head_262_1062274522.jpg" !src="img/mag_fotoarticolo.jpg" !width="422" !height="197">
Meik kept the motorbike in “bascule “ on the fore for 248 meters beating the previous record of 225; the action was performed during Oschersleben’s Speedweek, on the main straight that, as Appel said “ Was a little bit too short, otherwise on a track like Hockenheim I would have run few other meters”. Meik chose, for his funny and funambulist shows (which includes also for example being hauled by the motorbike or going upside down the handle bar) the hypernaked Aprilia, because of her power, torque and ease in handling.
Out of this nice record, the Tuono in its first year has obtained many appreciations, in terms of awards, as the prestigious “ bike of the heart “, and also in terms of comparative tests, imposing itself on the market as a new, winning concept. In her racing version the motorbike ruled in the Italian naked championship, conquering all the poles and the victories in the races performed till now; moreover it almost won, in standard configuration, the open class during the speedweek in Zeltweg, getting the second place.
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The Cube and Régis made points again today,coming in
ninth. Régis made a further step forward with his personal
record by making the points zone for the 28th consecutive time
in the number one class. The MotoGP race was stopped by rain
on the 21st lap, five laps before the scheduled end. Laconi
rode as spirited a race as ever, urged on even more by the presence
of his home public.
At the end of the race, the 135,000 spectators at Le Mans roared
a spectacular "OLA" for Régis, who was called
to the podium to greet the crowd. After a rather poor start,
Laconi immediately started fighting his way past the others.
He gradually worked his way up to ninth place, 17 seconds from
Rossi, the winner, with the bes result obtained so far by the
RS Cube on a dry track. An indication of the progress being
made day by day by the project team.
55 Régis Laconi – (MS APRILIA RACING) – 9th
- 34'39.430 "The rain came during the closing stages of
the race and it was right for it to be stopped. The curbing
is used a lot on this track and when the first drops came down,
they started getting very slippery. It would have been a pity
to ruin a great race like the one today in France. I didn't
make a fast start at the green light, and let the clutch slip
too much: I was last round the first curve and it was hard work
making my way up towards the heart of the pack. On this track,
it isn't easy to get past opponents while braking, so it was
pretty tough. At the start, I felt the weight of the full tank
and sensed that this was making the front tyre less stable.
Even so, I did all I could to ride fast and aggressively. Today,
the Cube distilled the results of all the work we've done hee
at Le Mans over the past few days. The configuration's good
and it let me get the best result with the Cube so far on a
dry track. The racing on my home track, we're now off to Mugello,
another venue where I'll have to do my best: it's the track
of my second home - Italy."
55 Régis Laconi – (MS APRILIA RACING) – 9th
- 34'39.430 "The rain came during the closing stages of
the race and it was right for it to be stopped. The curbing
is used a lot on this track. Nuove tecnologie di struttura al
carbonio.--><IMG src="http://www.aprilia.com/dati/foto_mag_head_262_1062274522.jpg" !src="img/mag_fotoarticolo.jpg" !width="422" !height="197">