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To create the Tuono, which means 'thunder' in Italian, the R&D team took the top-of-the-line RSV Mille R sportsbike and stripped the bodywork off it, retaining the same essential engine and rolling chassis package, complete with top-spec OZ wheels, Brembo brakes and fully-adjustable Öhlins suspension front and rear. | To create the Tuono, which means 'thunder' in Italian, the R&D team took the top-of-the-line RSV Mille R sportsbike and stripped the bodywork off it, retaining the same essential engine and rolling chassis package, complete with top-spec OZ wheels, Brembo brakes and fully-adjustable Öhlins suspension front and rear. | ||
This incidentally explains why the Tuono could be fast-forwarded into production so quickly. It retains the essential chassis dynamics of the RSV-R - just with the | This incidentally explains why the Tuono could be fast-forwarded into production so quickly. It retains the essential chassis dynamics of the RSV-R - just with the aluminum twin-spar frame and strutted swingarm painted gold to simulate an anodised finish, and a beefier, 70mm wider one-piece MX-style handlebar tapered down to 22mm diameter to accept a standard RSV-R twistgrip. | ||
The 'bar is mounted on a 170mm tall | The 'bar is mounted on a 170mm tall aluminum riser made from a solid billet of Ergal and bolted to the upper triple clamp, which though special to the Tuono retains the stock offset of the RSV-R, delivering 99mm of trail matched to a 25-degree head angle. | ||
This smartened-up chassis package has been clothed by Ricciuti in bodywork styling which, says Nennewitz, was deliberately uncompromising. | This smartened-up chassis package has been clothed by Ricciuti in bodywork styling which, says Nennewitz, was deliberately uncompromising. | ||