Aprilia’s Max Biaggi was present at the Suomy stand at the EICMA show and then went on to present the new Aprilia RSV4-R where the Italian took time out from signing autographs to talk to journalists about his first season with the new Aprilia Superbike team.

Biaggi took eight podiums and one win at Brno in Aprilia’s debut and finished fourth in the WSBK standings said: “I’m proud to ride for Aprilia, I’ve picked up where I left off with them, even if we haven’t reached the top yet. We constantly battled against opponents whose teams have years of experience in this championship and on these tracks. The RSV4 has grown during the year and that means that the development is going in the right direction and next year we’re looking forward to more podiums and wins.”

When asked about MotoGP, the Roman Emperor also said he wouldn’t even think of returning to that championship, and that he has other goals, and had some cutting words for the series and riders : “I find MotoGP very disappointing, I don’t like it, it isn’t exciting. In MotoGP there are certain riders who couldn’t win a race even in the Sport Production series” but had only words of esteem for 2009 WSBK Champion Ben Spies: “Spies is a talent, and has racing in his DNA, at Valencia he had a good race. He’s definitely a rider to keep an eye on, he can have excellent races.”

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Aprilia officially launched the RSV4-R during the Imola Superbike weekend. Here’s Max Biaggi endorsing the little brother and a less expensive version of his RSV4-Factory. Biaggi recommends it and if the Roman Emperor says it’s great bike, we’ve got to believe him.

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