Ramona, California – “Not only did the Tuono Racing look stunning, it also sounded like thunder…named after the Italian word for thunder, Aprilia did something that the Japanese didn’t have the balls to do. Rather than ‘de-tune’ a sportsbike motor and stick it in a budget chassis to make an uninspiring commuter, Aprilia simply removed the fairing and fitted a pair of flat bars on their sportsbike to make a no holds barred naked. And in late 2003 they took this concept one stage further.” – Bennetts