Aprilia RSV4 road bike - First Pictures!

These are the first pictures of an almost fully-finished Aprilia RSV4 motorcycle in its road-going guise.
Aprilia took the wraps off the 1000cc, V-4 engined superbike it plans to race in the World Superbike Championship in the 2009 season in February. The race version of Aprilia's first ever 4-cylinder engine is claimed to make 207 horsepower. The new bike will make its road debut by the end of 2008. The compact four-cylinder 65 degree V engine produces its peak power at 13,500rpm and uses a computer controlled fly-by-wire system similar to that found in the recent R1 and R6 Yamahas for controlling power output and traction.