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Kwacky wrote:£9700

That's nice and a good price.

There's a grey one and a shitty custard yellow as well.

Are you getting one, Kwacky?

I dunno. I'm tempted to take both the RS660 and the Tuono for a test ride.

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Looks good in race trim.

It's a little gaudy, but in a good way.

The OEM chain doesn't look good for 600 miles.

Looks like it's never seen Lube, but has been pressure washered plenty.?

He reckons it's had acf50 on it.

Why the yellow paint on the bolt-ends, anyone have any idea??

It's to show what work has been done.

To sell the bike at the price they do, there has to be cost savings somewhere.

They probably used the same factory as BMW, their OEM chains are made of cheese..

D41 wrote:Why the yellow paint on the bolt-ends, anyone have any idea??

Quality control markings.. on bolts it’s a check that they have the right hardware and the torque has been checked

Kwacky wrote:He reckons it's had acf50 on it.

I'm calling bullshit on that, it looks like it was pressure washed then not even lubed for winter riding.

kiwikrasher wrote:

D41 wrote:Why the yellow paint on the bolt-ends, anyone have any idea??

Quality control markings.. on bolts it’s a check that they have the right hardware and the torque has been checked

I always feel reassured when I see the yellow on the bolt lines up with the yellow on the adjacent piece.

Cav wrote:

kiwikrasher wrote:

D41 wrote:Why the yellow paint on the bolt-ends, anyone have any idea??

Quality control markings.. on bolts it’s a check that they have the right hardware and the torque has been checked

I always feel reassured when I see the yellow on the bolt lines up with the yellow on the adjacent piece.

Makes no difference to me. All it shows is the person can use a tipex pen...

The mechanic could have forgotten to torque a nut or two up and got the apprentice to mark it up who wouldn't have checked.

I picked a bike up from a dealership after a service, all marked up. Didn't show that they had split a gasket putting it back together. Covered the side of the bike and the rear tyre in oil, the saving grace was the ride was mainly motorway and 30's as I didn't notice till I got home.

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It’s my understanding it’s more of a factory assembly situation Nutz, not a local mechanic protocol. And in a factory setting it’s a QC tech that check torques and marks the bolts.

105 bhp
153kg

Built by Aprilia race team.

I LOVE that.

If I was in the market for a new track tool... this would be it.