Italian motorcycle is as quick as the Space Shuttle [Video]

What can Aprilia's flagship superbike do better than the Space Shuttle? Stoplight races. The company's 180-hp RSV4 gets from zero to 60 mph two seconds quicker than it takes NASA's soon-to-be-retired spaceamino to do the same. Hey, rocket scientists, put that in your slide rules and perform a range of analog mathematical computations with it. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/jalopnik/full/~3/HRHWFjZ6sH8/italian-motorcycle-is-as-quick-as-the-space-shuttle

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