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Fri Oct 03, 2003 4:25 pm
As far as stock power, Italian bikes compete well - neither Ducati nor Aprilia make a supersport 600 - Duc's smallest is a 748cc, and I don't even know if Aprilia makes something inbetween a 250 and liter - they make killer 2-stroke 50 - 250cc bikes, and killer literbikes.. I am truly not sure if they make a midsize bike.
As far as boosting an Italian, I've never heard of it being done. Might have something to do with the ridiculous cost of the bikes - cheapest supersport Ducati is about $15,000, on up to $30,000+ for the top of the line Ducati (999R) and Aprilia (RSV-R) bikes.
FYI, most Italians are V-Twins (all Ducatis are), and dont' directly compete with the 'Busa or most Japanese bikes. The Honda RC-51 and the Suzuki SV-1000S are the only v-twin literbikes I can think of that's not Italian (I'm sure there are others, they just escape me right now).