This Aprilia-powered Brute is Not Your Average Shed Build

Not sure quite what you're looking at here? Neither were we when this brute caught our attention in the magazine Performance Bikes. So we dug a little deeper. Yes, it says 'Aprilia' on the tin, but it's not really an Aprilia. It just happens to be powered by a heavily reworked 998cc v-twin, taken from a crashed second generation RSV 1000 R. This is a completely bespoke, hub-center-steered special—built by a guy named Shaun, in a shed in north England. Oh, and just so that we're clear, Shaun doesn't build bikes for a living; it's his hobby. “I'd never ridden...