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The Aprilia Demo Tour crosses the country, visiting race venues and other events to give current and future customers a chance to sample the latest products.
The event weekend kicks off Friday, May 11th with a Texas BBQ and welcome reception at AF1 Racing.
On Saturday, AF1 Racing is offering technical seminars to demostrate to owners how to customize their setup and get the maximum out of their performance bike. And, for owners who want to check the numbers, AF1 Racing is offering dynamometer testing. Group rides through Texas' famed Hill Country and the San Antonio area will depart regularly and continue through Sunday afternoon. Sunday evening, the musical entertainment is hundreds of V-Twin motors headed to Texas World Speedway in College Station, home of Texas A&M University.
Monday is Lone Star Track Day at Texas World Speedway and participants will spend the day where Aprilia were conceived, on the track. Professional instruction, coupled with Aprilia's confidence-inspiring on-track character makes this the ideal enviroment for any enthusiast.
"The Aprilia pros at AF1 have really created a national-caliber, must-attend weekend for any motorcycle enthusiast," says Rick Panettieri, Aprilia Brand Manager, Piaggo Group Americas. "We look forward to increasing the enthusiasm for the Aprilia brand with more events like this in the future."

About AF1 Racing :
AF1 Racing has been part of the U.S. Aprilia retail team since 2006 when the Aprilia enthusiast privateer decided to share their enthusiasm for the brand with Texas by becoming an offical dealer. Today, AF1 Racing is a full service dealer of Aprilia's entire model line of street, off-road, and scooter products. The AF1 team specailizes in sport bikes, including the best selling 2007 Aprilia Tuono. They also sell Aprilia's winning lineup of new off-road bikes including the acclaimed RXV and SXV 4.5 and 5.5s with innovative V-Twin powerplants.

About Aprilia and Piaggio Group Americas :
Aprilia world headquarters are in Noale (Venice,Italy). Founded in 1962, the company designs and manufactures motorcycles in Noale, with additional production facilities in Scorze. With 32 motorcycling world championship titles (27 road and 5 off road) undewr its belt, Aprilia is the only European manufacturer to have complete on- and off-road model portfolio, ranging from sporty scooters, innovative off-road bikes tough adventure tourers to award-winning super sport bikes.

In December 2004 Aprilia became part of the Piaggio Group, Europe's leading manufacture of two wheelers and one of the worlds most recognized and respected names in motorcycle and scooter products. For more on Aprilia's complete U.S. model line visit : www.apriliausa.com

With over 6,700 employees, an annual production of more than 680,000 vehicles, 5 R&D centers, 7 production facilities in Europe and Asia, and operations in over 50
countries, the Piaggio Group has consolidated leadership in the Europeon 2 wheeler market. It's production includes scooter's, motorcycle's, and moped's in the 50cc
and 1200cc displacement range, marketed under the Piaggio, Vespa, Gilera, Derbi, Aprilia, Scarabeo, and Moto Guzzi brands.

I am sorry, at this time I do not have photo's of Aprilia motorcycles and scooters, but I will name a few just to give you an idea. I am hopeful that we will have photo's
for the June/July issue.