bunny,
sorry to dampen ur excitement

the aprilla 'SR' is a scooter...

while the aprilla 'RS' is the one which has the neck snaping acceleration u mentioned...

and the other models twister and sonic are scooters too.

plz correct me if im wrong..

there was a news in times of india as well i think 3-4 days back
abt Aprilia having a tie up with HERO MOTORS primarily to introduce there range of scooters For India and some Mid sized Bike (RSV - 600)and the big daddy RSV 1000
really can't wait to see these beauties in flesh
I just hope things get finalized soon so these bikes can finds their route to India

I wonder when thats gonna happen tho..

sabby , i know RS is a bike and SR is a scoot
but the SR series r also known for explosive accleration (for a scoot)
remember once OD mag had done a test drive of aprilia ditech SR50 scoot.. 50cc.. n person (of OD mag) who rode it and commented abt the accleration of the scoot.. if u have that issue,read it..

n ya,d 600 n 1000 versions of RSV r expected with in a yr with price tags exceeding 6 lakhs n 9 lakhs respectively.

silly me..

Hey bunny... Everyone seems to be talkin about the RSV 600 and Mille series coming to india... whats the source of that info buddy?

Auto Expo...[:P]

They announced it there?

Even displayed most of the models there.

Did you go for it? I wanted to but I couldnt get leave

hey doen anyone have pics of these bikes...man the indian biking segment is getting heated up..

top speed : 83.2 kmph (for a 50cc scoot!!!)
fuel avg : 39.4 kmpl (not bad)

see :

there is no question that Hero motors is going to give up its number one position in the world for motorcycle manufacture and sales without a fight.. i guess that is a bit of an understatement.. it should be more like WAR.. Hero motors, has been instrumental to the motorcycle segment in india and with more than 10 years of experience in making the country's best bikes and a huge export market, i am sure Hero motors has more expertiese than any one in this country at making bikes. take the cbz for example. for India, its a 5 year old bike, and it still beats every other bike in its segment hands down, well okay the 180dtsi might get it at straight like speed/acceleration but, with a honda suspension, on a track it is a different story. i have raced plenty of 180dtsis in traffic when it comes to agility the honda package is superior. with hero motors logistics for bike manufacture in place, the aprilia and hero package should be a stunner in the country. i think the existing machines manufactured by hh would change names and continue to hit the road, and more machines built by hero and aprilia both singly and jointly should be on the road in about 2 years. dont forget like maruti, hero has the largest after sales support network when it comes to bikes. you wont find a place to take a piss but you will find a hh or a maruti service station. even bajaj prolly doesnt haev a support network that size. these scooterettes are the first few to hit the road because the tooling time on the production line is lower and staff training required is lower. with teh life style bike market picking up i have a feeling that divali 05 should have hero motors launching something with a bang. lets hope for the best!!!