The 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 50th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Mick Doohan (pictured at Phillip Island) became the 1998 500cc world champion
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Aprilia is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded immediately after World War II in Noale, Italy, by Alberto Beggio. The company started as a manufacturer of bicycles and moved on to manufacture scooters and small-capacity motorcycles. In more recent times Aprilia has produced large sportbikes such as the 1,000 cc V-twin RSV Mille and the V4 RSV4.
Aprilia plant in Scorzè, Venice
Aprilia RSV4 Factory race bike
Max Biaggi rides the RSV4
Thierry Van Den Bosch riding the SXV 450 in 2006