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British custom house Veloce Motorcycles has unveiled its limited-production naked bike, the "Aperion." Powered by what the company calls "the world's first modern" 1,000cc X8-configuration two-stroke engine, it's an unusual machine producing 280 horsepower — an eight-cylinder two-stroke hyper naked.
An 8-cylinder two-stroke with 280hp!? I did a double-take on the spec sheet. An X8-configuration 1,000cc two-stroke -- there's no prior model to even compare it to. Putting this out in an era dominated by regulation is pure madness, and my pulse won't come down.
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It's gonna be a several-tens-of-millions-of-yen limited edition anyway. 'World first' or not, only a handful of rich people can afford it.
Bringing back two-stroke now, what about the environmental angle? This thing's gonna be billowing white smoke.
A 2-stroke 8-cylinder reminds me of those legendary old GP machines. Didn't think I'd live to see one of these.
Exactly, this is pure romance distilled. The numbers are so broken it's funny.
No way a two-stroke passes emissions these days, so it's a limited-run romance piece. Not something you can actually ride normally.
So the X8 has an 8-cylinder layout like a V8. 280hp from 1000cc is a number only a two-stroke could pull off, though it feels pretty unrealistic.
An 8-cylinder two-stroke making 280hp, the spec sheet is just completely unhinged, amazing.
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