28-02-17, 08:12 PM
Well I admire the grip and upper body strength of those saying they want 200bhp naked bikes, I needed to put some money into maintaining my poor old SL Mercedes so I had to sell my Aprilia Tuono V4 which was only a paltry 167 bhp, the newer 1100 is 175 bhp. I'm only 5' 11" and with the stock, ie non existent, screen you needed to be like Arnie to hang on to the thing for any length of time at speed. An MRA screen made it much more usable at high speed and on trunk roads for any distance, not sure how it would have been with another 35 bhp pushing it along though. In real world everyday riding I never felt that I needed that extra power but each to their own as they say. 