American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 215 June 2017 | Page 32

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s World Championship
engine platforms go, the V4
1000cc Aprilia RSV4 isn’t
exactly the most common
starting point that
competitors have used down the years.
But then again, Rolf and Sjors’ carbon
fiber, patent pending suspension
system, road legal superbike is a most
uncommon motorcycle!
‘Gentleman’s Racer’ is the result of five
years of development and build. From the
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first 2D drawings to foam, then clay models
that were scanned to digitize the design,
this is just about as far “outside the box” as
we have ever seen in the ‘AMD’.
With a rear radiator homage to the
legendary John Britten, carbon fiber twill
that is similar to the mid-engined Italian
Pagani Huayra Roadster and evolved
Fior/Hossack duolever front end concept,
the brothers van Der Heide have invented a
new box!
It was a desire to improve on existing
technologies that drove the brothers to
start the project in the first place. Rolf has a
background that includes Dutch supercar
maker Spyk