It was rumoured that Aprilia was to launce a completely new RSV1000 at Intermot, but that didn't happen and no further news was forthcoming. In October the word was that the NEC would see the new bike revealed to the world for the first time, but yet again nothing hapened. So where has the new bike gone?

We know Aprilia will be launching a completely new version of the RSV at some stage and it is reasonably well know that they have a well developed prototype of the next Mille that makes a quantum leap, in terms of both engine performance and handling, over the current model.

Although there is some chance that the redesigned Mille will be released mid-year, it will more likely be presented in September 2003 at Milan as a 2004 model. We will have to wait and see just what happens over the coming 12 months.

In the meantime we have sourced some photos claimed to be the new Mille R. We are not completely sure if they are what they claim to be but a family resemblance can be seen in all the shots.

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