PARISIAN STYLE SHOWER CURTAIN

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I recently decorated a Paris style bedroom for a teen and had to look for some Parisian style shower curtains to use in the tiny adjoining bathroom. Decorating the small space was going to be a challenge. And the way it opened into the girl's Paris theme bedroom was going to give a full view of whatever style shower curtain we chose.

At one point I made the suggestion that an extra set of sheets that matched her Eiffel Tower bedding set be bought specifically to make a fabric shower curtain using my discontinued Butterick #0514 shower curtain pattern. To be sure that this was a good decorating idea, I had the teenage girl and her mother hold the flat sheet up so I could get a good look only to find that the print of the fabric was too bland. From the bedroom, it just looked dull.

We decided to mix it up a bit and used one of the vintage shower curtains with Paris themes that I had used in a shabby chic Parisian influenced bedroom a while back. I had not realized how truly versatile this Paris style shower curtain truly was until I took a second look. It had already proven its worth in the shabby chic Parisian apartment bathroom and now seemed the best choice to go with this bedroom without the first picture of the Eiffel Tower!

In fact, I bought two extras while I could get my hands on them. The fabric shower curtain featured vintage fashion models, high heels and purses that I had somehow neglected to remember. This unique Parisian style shower curtain has excellent possibilities for decorating a high heel and purses style of decor and I can't wait to try it out. But first, we have to see if it will fit in this small bathroom.

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HOLIDAY BEDDING - What to Buy and When

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It’s so much fun to decorate your entire home for Christmas. Christmas holiday bedding decorating the bedrooms and special guest towels and soaps displayed in the bathrooms really kick off the season in style.

WHEN TO BUY

The time to get the best holiday bedding sets at deep discounts is right after Christmas. The selections might be slightly picked over, but there are still some cute collections to be found if you know where to shop. It takes discipline to spend money on decorations that won’t be used for another year. But the year will pass in a flash and you will be pleasantly rewarded when December rolls around like clockwork and you have a box full of new decorations to use in your holiday decor.

WHAT TO BUY

If you are careful in your selection of holiday bedding, there is no need to pack it away immediately after Christmas. If the comforter set that you purchased is covered in cheerful pictures of Santa Claus and his reindeer, it’s recommended that you will need to pack the collection away with the rest of your Christmas decorations until next December. There’s something unappealing about Santa and his elves hanging around after New Year’s day if you know what I mean. However, there is something just as sad about giving up those soft, snuggly flannel sheets when we still have several months of winter weather coming our way.


The key to holiday bedding that is festive enough to brighten your teenage girl’s bedroom and fill it with cheerful images that reflect the season and still be appropriate long after the stockings have been emptied is to buy holiday bedding sets with winter themes that leave Santa out of the design. For that reason, I recommend snowflake bedding and comforter sets or snowman bedding, comforters and flannel sheet sets with any design that you might associate with winter. Basically, any kind of holiday bedding other than that with pictures of the jolly old elf and friends will be useful for the entire winter season rather than a few weeks.

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Dog Comforter Set - Bedding and Decorating Ideas for Puppy Dog Decor

DOONA DOG COVER SET


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Most kids love dogs so dog comforter sets featuring every breed known to man are popping up all over the place in all shapes, colors and sizes. Duck hunters love blankets printed with pictures of Labradors, future firemen prefer Dalmatian bedding sets and the list goes on and on.

I can’t tell you how many teenage girls tell me that they plan to pursue a degree in veterinary medicine. If the young lady who is asking for a bedroom makeover in your home is an animal lover, perhaps the best style of decor that will celebrate her career choice might be one that showcases puppy dogs.

If your little diva is a girly girl, a more feminine style of dog comforter set like a French poodle style of bedding and decor will be called for. Imagine what Paris Hilton or the latest celebrity seen carrying a dog about town in a special outfit or carrier might have in her bedroom and that is more than likely the set that will make this preteen or tween very happy.

However, for most girls any puppy will do. So long as you purchase a dog comforter set decorated with pictures of cute puppies across the top of the flat sheet, on the comforter and the pillow shams your dog themed teenage girls bedding set will be a huge success.

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RED BEDDING SETS for TEENAGE GIRLS

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Red is an eye catching, stimulating color. Teenage girls are big fans of red bedding for those reasons. Young ladies tend to lean toward bedroom color schemes that bump the senses into high gear. However, most moms are slightly reticent about their teen girls’ rooms being decorated in such a bold fashion.

When the young girl in your house drifts in one afternoon after school and makes the announcement that she wants a red bedroom the first image that flashes through your mind may be of shocking red satin sheets, shams and comforters. The purpose of this article is to acquaint your with nice bedding in red that’s not so mature in nature so that you can reach a compromise with your daughter (or your mother) that is satisfactory to both parties involved.

RED CHECK BEDDING

Red and white gingham check is a perfect example of red bedding for a girl that is cute and as innocent as a flower in spring. In fact, red girls bedding doesn’t come any sweeter especially when combined with white eyelet or lace trim. No matter how many red bedroom decorations you bring in there’s very little chance that the room will be too sophisticated. Red and white checks are the perfect idea for preteen or tween girls that want a splash of red in their bedroom décor.

RED TOILE BEDDING

If checks are too cutesy, elegant red toile might be an option. This red bedding can be used in a vintage bedroom with dark, stained furniture or combined with black, painted furniture with clean, contemporary lines for a more modern look. This is not the toile that your grandmother used in her formal parlor; the red toile comforter sets of today might be part of a set that combines a bold red and white stripe bed skirt with a red and white polka dot border to perk up the toile and make it fun.

RED ZEBRA BEDDING

Slightly more sexy than our other two suggestions, this option in
red bedding has a more dramatic look that might be off putting to parents of young girls. Red and black, even in oriental bedding sets, has an exotic and mysterious quality that is best left to girls of college age or the bedrooms of adults.

It is entirely possible to decorate a teenage girl’s bedroom with red bedding and decorative accessories that is light and cheerful. Our suggestions should help you to understand that there is no reason to be concerned if your preteen wants a bedroom decorated in red. She is not trying to grow up too fast; she just loves the color red. And couldn’t we all use the warmth and excitement that the color red brings into our homes?

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CHOOSING the BEST MONKEY LAMP

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A monkey lamp is a whimsical and fun way to shed a little light on many styles of room decor. You may have a preconceived notion that decorating with monkeys is reserved for rooms that are occupied by kids. While this can be the truth, you may be surprised to know that these creatures are now showing up in dining rooms and formal living areas of modern homes.
It’s not unusual to see a brass monkey table lamp decorating an elegant side table in formal rooms just as often as you might find one in a child’s bedroom.

There’s nothing stiff or formal about monkey floor and table lamps that are used in kids’ bedroom decorating projects. Ideas for what particular kind of monkey that might be considered appropriate for your space will depend on the room’s color scheme or room theme if one is in place.

There are several styles of monkey bedding sets that are popular with teenage girls that are hopping with color and lively designs. Lamps featuring a base decorated with monkeys dressed as bellhops, organ grinder’s monkeys and circus performers will fit perfectly in this kind of informal and fun style of monkey bedroom decor. To customize your monkey lamp, stencil polka dots on the lamp shade or trim a plain white shade with pom pom fringe, feathers or colorful beads.

If your little lady wants a funky, bohemian room design take advantage of the opportunity to bring your vintage sock monkey lava lamp out of the closet and enjoy watching the bubbles flow for a lovely trip down memory lane.

Remember that monkey lamps and teenage girls' monkey bedding sets are not just for kids. Adult bedrooms can benefit from replicas of antique, cast bronze monkey lamps or those carved from exotic wood even if there are no other jungle style room decorations in sight. For rooms where color match is an issue, a burnished brass monkey with a neutral antique ivory or cream color lamp shade might be the best choice.

For the room that is lacking personality or that special item with pizzazz, I hope that you will consider one of the stylish monkey table lamps on the market. To light a large area, there are buffet lamps that come in sets that you could locate on each end of a table or dresser and if you want to mix it up, monkey candle holders and sconces.

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Aprilia in 2009 AMA Daytona Sportbike class

Aprilia USA, the North American importer and distributor of Aprilia sport bikes, announces the debut of an all-new factory-sponsored road racing team in the new 2009 AMA Daytona SportBike class, part of the 2009 AMA Superbike Championship series. The Factory Aprilia Millennium Technologies team will be managed exclusively by KWS Motorsports and will compete on the Aprilia RSV 1000R. The 12-race Daytona SportBike class premieres at the historic, first-ever night-time running of the Daytona 200 at Daytona International Speedway, March 6.

With the debut of Italy’s Max Biaggi and Shinya Nakano onboard Aprilia’s much anticipated new RSV4 superbike in the 2009 World Superbike series, Aprilia USA is considering its rookie season on the Daytona SportBike circuit as an important American circuit test bed for 2010.

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Tuscon Superleggera finished

Tucson has beaten its goal of creating a 100kg, 550cc Aprilia v-twin-powered sportsbike. In an independent weigh-in conducted by French magazine Moto Journal, using a calibrated scale, the Tucson BT550 came in at just 97kg (214lbs). That figure includes oil in the engine and water in the radiator, but not fuel. For some perspective, the road-going two-stroke Aprilia RS250 weighed 141kg (dry). Had Tucson decided to use the Strawber solid carbon fiber wheels that it had originally planned, instead of these forged aluminum items, it reckons that weight would be 2.5kg less. But this isn't the end for project BT550.

The French custom firm now plans to have the engine converted to run on E85 and to have body panels produced from organic (rather than carbon) fiber. Both should combine to reduce the BT550's impact on the environment when it's raced next year. That E85 should bring another benefit: more power. Already rated at 70bhp, Tucson's engine uses a custom cam for more peak power, while the E85 fuel should increase that figure by a further 10%.

We're seriously impressed by the end result of this project. Check out the size of the BT550 as it sits in front of its creators, Bako and Jeff; bikes of this size simply aren't produced any more. In fact, we'd like to see a picture of it next to a 125GP racer to see which is smaller. Using that 70bhp figure, it achieves a power to weight ratio of .7:1, in comparison, a CBR600RR is around .6:1.

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DRAMATIC DRAGON COMFORTER to TICKLE YOUR TEENAGE GIRLS FANCY

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Behold, the most alluring lime green silk dragon comforter that I have seen in quite some time and possibly ever in my decorating career. What a perfect example of how the bedding fabric sets the tone for the rest of the bedroom. In this case, the embroidered, gold dragons breathing fire and writhing their way across the top of the bedding will lead the way to an equally attractive layout for the rest of the bedroom that is striking and dramatic in an interesting color scheme.

I can imagine this oriental dragon comforter on a bed with a black lacquer headboard with the bedside tables and bedroom furniture following suit. Furnishings inlaid with mother of pearl with aged brass hardware and lamps with rice paper shades will complete the Asian inspired décor and allow the dragon comforter and bedding set to be the shining medallion or centerpiece of the bedroom’s design.

The luscious, lime green
dragon bedding
set needs no assistance provided from bright accent pieces. It would be a shame for a comforter of this kind to have to compete for dominance. The black, painted furniture that I suggested is not for the purpose of toning down the brightly colored fabrics. To the contrary, the dark colors are to lift this piece up so that it gets the attention that it so richly deserves.

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BABY PHAT COMFORTERS - ORIENTAL BEDDING MEETS URBAN CHIC

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We are all familiar with clothing with the embroidered Baby Phat kitty logo in the background. A
Baby Phat comforter
or bedding set might be the perfect landing spot for your little kitten to rest her jeans and heels at the end of a long, tiring day.

When it comes to funky style, this designer has it down pat. Their Asian inspired bedding sets in black, gold and oriental red brocade don’t come any sweeter. Or if
Asian bedding
is not your bag, perhaps white mink will be to your taste.

Or go wild with a wonderful combination of the two. That’s the beauty of a Baby Phat comforter; the freedom to explore and be creative. Blend the oriental bedding with black velvet and brocade fabric with the snowy white Baby Phat comforter that is the epitome of urban chic and prepare to be amazed at the stylish and unique look of your bedroom’s design. How could you possibly improve on the unique look and feel of luxurious black velvet and sumptuous white mink all in the same bedroom?

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MAKE YOUR STRIPED COMFORTER SETS FUNKY!

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Striped comforter sets have become one of the most popular designs in bedding on the market today. It seems that every designer has at least one collection that features stripes. And why wouldn’t they? Stripes are so elegant and so chic it would be completely amiss of a marketing team worth their demographic charts to ignore the purchasing public’s love of this classic design.

Once the trend was in place,
striped comforter sets
became available in both upscale home and garden stores as well as discount stores. Your thread count and the number of decorative accessories and window treatments that were offered depended on how much you wanted to spend.

If you buy your striped bedding set as a bed in a bag, there will be every item of bedding included necessary to fully and completely make your bed ready to hop in for a long nap.

The flat and fitted sheets and pillowcases that are included in the collection may be a coordinating solid color or have stripes of a slightly wider or narrower in width to give some contrast and add interest to the set. You will certainly be safe in using the entire set and guaranteed a perfect match. But if you feel the need to spice things up a bit and be more adventurous I have a few ideas for decorating a teenage girls’ bedroom that will take that boring bed in a bag to a whole new level.

Toss a few of the matching accessories into the linen closet to use another time. Bring in something bold and funky. A striped comforter with polka dots is one option. Another is to accent your bedding’s stripes with bright flowers or geometric designs.

Don’t forget texture while you are in the throes of your decorating frenzy. Faux fur, metallic finishes, rhinestones and feathers in complimentary colors do a lot for giving your teenage girls bedroom a professionally decorated look.

NAUTICA BEDDING and COMFORTER SETS

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There’s very little that might be perceived as frivolous or funky about classic
Nautica bedding
and comforters. My advice would be to consult with your teenage girl or boy before jumping into designing a bedroom using this style of quilt and shams.

That’s not to say that their bedding collections are without a fashionable and attractive appearance. To the contrary, I find their fabrics to be high quality and more substantial than many other more expensive brands. The sophisticated color combinations and fabric prints are right up my alley as well. But, the reason for this is that I am (sadly) not a teenage girl any longer.

PRICE

Nautica bedding and comforters are in the mid-range when it comes to bed linens even at full retail prices. If you are a savvy shopper and not in a pinch for time, you may be able to find a comforter for less than $50 which is a huge discount. If you have been in the stores lately you know this is a very inexpensive price for fabrics with reasonably high thread count.

COLORS AND DESIGNS

Nautica bedding has primarily been associated with vacation cottages at the ocean and nautical bedroom decor where stars and ship’s flags or beach style decorations are the norm. Bright, out of this world color schemes and designs tend to jangle my nerves rather than to calm me into a serene state of mind which as I get a little older tends to be necessary to lull me into sleep. For this reason classic stripes and plaids that have made the Nautica brand famous are just fine with me but your preteen or teen might want more variety.

This company didn’t get where they are in the marketplace today by ignoring bedroom decorating trends. This is evidenced by their move to branch off from the sailing side of ocean decor and into bright and colorful beach style ocean comforter sets. Nautica comforters in patchwork with Hawaiian print fabrics will appeal to a younger crowd with a penchant for tropical bedding rather than more formal Nautical bedding and decor.

BOTTOM LINE

The good news is that it’s hard to go wrong with Nautica bedding and comforter sets so far as quality is concerned. And you can enjoy those high standards with Nautica comfort sets in pink and green, paisley and tropical prints for your teenage girls bedding.

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GIRLS BUTTERFLY BEDDING ENSEMBLES

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There are as many styles of girls butterfly bedding as there are species of butterflies themselves. And the colors that these bedding ensembles come in are as delectable as can be when it comes to decorating a bedroom for a teenage girl or a nature lover of any age or sex.

FUNKY BUTTERFLIES

Hippies in the psychedelic days of flower power and acid trips were prone to gilding the lily when it came to butterflies. They liked their insects in giant sizes and in wild, funky colors like turquoise blue, lime green, hot pink and purple. This is not to say that you would be unable to find and identify these elegant insects sporting these colors. But it would be ever so doubtful to find an unfortunate species with wings that were covered in a hodgepodge mix all at once.

Such is not the case with teenage girls butterfly bedding and comforter sets in turquoise blue and lime green. Bright butterfly bedding sets in this color combination are not considered unseemly or weird. In fact, pumpkin orange might be added to the color scheme by some decorators just for giggles.

NATURAL BUTTERFLY BEDDING SETS

Not every teenage girl (or her concerned mother) prefers butterfly bedding sets designed with graphics and images out of some drugged out stoner’s bad trip. There are many that enjoy the designs that naturally occur on the wings of these delicate creatures in nature. For these sensitive young ladies there are comforters with pastel fabric prints showcasing butterflies that are light as air. Floating over backgrounds in whatever color you wish, you will find the stately monarch flitting happily in scenery that depicts perpetual spring of the year and ready to be the focal point of a girl’s garden bedroom.

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BLACK and WHITE DRAWINGS of LADYBUGS

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For the little lady who has moved beyond less mature art, perhaps black and white drawings of ladybugs will be a more appealing option for filling the need of a lucky ladybug or two in her bedroom. Pencil or cartoon drawings of our favorite insects are more creative than photographs and a world beyond the fanciful pictures that are commonly used to decorate the nurseries and bedrooms of much younger girls.

If you are artistic, you may want to exercise your creative talents and make your own ladybug drawings. The advantages to picking up a pencil or a piece of charcoal and art paper and taking a do it yourself approach to your subject is that you can use your imagination, enjoy the process and have a virtual guarantee that the results will match your bedroom’s decor.
Speaking of appropriate spaces for posters, pictures or black and white drawings of ladybugs; a teenage girl’s bedroom with a black and white polka dot comforter with splashes of red elsewhere in the room as an accent color would be perfect.

Black and white drawings of ladybugs rarely clash with any color scheme. So color is not an issue. However, if you make your own artwork, you can feature your black and white ladybugs engaged amusing activities that reflect your own personal interests and hobbies or surround them with any background of your choosing.

As an example, one big ladybug in the center of a single piece of paper is a graphic that will make a bold, modern statement that will be perfect for the walls of a contemporary style room. For a softer, natural look you might draw your ladybug lounging on a leaf or a blade of grass in a garden.

Whether your ladybug drawings are simply a practice session or to decorate a particular room in your home, I’m sure they will bring you joy and hopefully luck in the bargain.

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TEENAGE GIRLS PINK and GREEN BEDROOMS

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Pink and green bedrooms for teens. There fore, teenage girls green and pink bedding sets, quilts and comforters are at the top of many a birthday or Christmas wish list. Stripes, polka dots and floral fabrics with funky pom pom trim all figure into this fashionable teen bedroom decorating trend.

One decorating mistake that I see most often in pink and green bedrooms for teens is the lack of a third all important color. It is my opinion that pink and green bedrooms are not shown to full advantage without an accent color to set the combination off.

You might be wondering what color would best pull off this magical decorating feat. To answer your question, there is no definite answer. Some like to bounce some perky, white daisies in the decor that allow the other shades to dominate and others prefer an accent color like purple that will stand out in a bold manner. And then who says you can’t have your cake and eat it too with purple daisies?

Throw in an eye catching hot pink area rug and some faux fur throw pillows to layer over the pillow shams and there you will have a pink and green bedroom that is worthy of a spread in a teen girls decorating magazine.

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EIFFEL TOWER WALL STICKERS

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So what if you don’t have a room with a view. Eiffel Tower wall stickers can take the place of a picture window looking down on the cherry blossoms of Paris in springtime until you can book a flight and enjoy the real thing.

Large, easy to use vinyl decals are the perfect option for creating inexpensive bedroom decor to compliment your Eiffel Tower bedding set if you are renting, decorating while temporarily stuck in a college dorm room or if you like to update your room on a regular basis. If you find yourself feeling a little too crowded stuck in a small space with a giant national Parisian landmark on the wall by your bed simply peel the appliques and clings off the wall and roll them up for storage. That’s the beauty of peel and stick; easy on and easy off.

So long as you store your removable, vinyl Eiffel Tower wall stickers in a safe place they will be ready and waiting for the day that you want a touch of gay Paris in your bedroom décor once again. Another useful application for your decals would be as additional decorations for an Eiffel Tower Party . Your Eiffel Tower wall decals will go a long way towards setting the stage at a prom dance, graduation party or even a Parisian baby shower. You can bring them out of storage and use your reusable clings to decorate and when the party is over, roll them up and put them away until their services are necessary once again.

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Eiffel Tower Bedding

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Some teenage girls might balk at the idea of
Eiffel Tower bedding a the leading and that has anything less than a sophisticated color scheme. Without a doubt, black and white may be the way to go, but what colors should be used as accents? What colors are associated with all things Parisian?

Pictures of the Eiffel Tower are very popular elements in Pink poodle and Eiffel Tower bedding for Paris baby girl nursery themes. For that reason, you might expect your young lady to dismiss your teen bedroom decorating ideas that include your beloved poodle dog, FiFi, with her fur dyed a tasty pastel pink as an acceptable style of Paris decor for her room.

As we mentioned previously, black and white Eiffel Tower bedding would be ideal and very easily accessorized in the bargain. The monochromatic fabric will make your job of picking decorations for the rest of the room extremely easy. Lipstick red, electric blue or even lime green will work with the scenery of the most famous landmark of Paris in the background.

If the room begins to take on a look that you feel is too mature for a young girl, fluff things up a bit. Nothing says tween or preteen like a bright red faux fur area rug on the floor and funky, fur accent pillows for the bed.

The key to successful Parisian decor using Eiffel Tower bedding as a focal point is to keep the color scheme simple. Choose three main colors and make a solemn vow not to venture beyond those restrictions. Your teenage girl will be delighted at the level of sophistication that you have allowed her to enjoy in her bedroom.

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V2 Racing Dorsoduro RR

V2 Racing is an Italian Company that specializes in tuning in modifying Aprilia's. They have their own Supermoto team and next year they will be competing with this Dorsoduro RR in the new FIM Hypermoto class that will be racing next to the FIM Supermoto. This Dorsoduro is heavily modified and has lots of trick parts. For more info about this bike check out Supermoto Central

FROG BEDDING for YOUR PRINCESS, PRINCE or BALLERINA

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Girls have gone wild for new frog bedding sets. I know you are thinking that frogs are for boys. To those decorators that are a step behind in kids’ bedroom decor, it’s practically a tradition that froggy falls into the same category as snips and snails and puppy dog tails.


That school of thought was before froggies became fairy princesses and ballerinas. Not to say that they can’t still be seen in boy’s bedrooms dressed up as royal princes as well as the plain old garden variety green frog. The message is that whatever style of boy or girls bedroom decoration that you desire, it’s perfectly acceptable to dress an amphibian up to play a part in the design.

Frog bedding and comforter sets are not only free to feature frogs in tableaus taking active part in roles that they are not naturally suited for; they don’t have to be green. Decorators and manufacturers have joined forces and are taking liberties with pond frog’s activities as well as their natural complexions.

It seems that they will do anything to get the color scheme that they want. Therefore we see pink and purple frog bedding sets with gold and silver frog pillows on the bed that match the crowns that are common to the prince and princess frogs that are so popular.

It’s my opinion that a green frog looks fantastic in a ballerina tutu and the number of baby frog bedding sets for the nursery that are being sold would indicate that I am not alone. And we have all read the stories about the frog prince and the princess who kissed him. But who would have ever dreamed that someone would invent a female counterpart?

Would you like to take a guess as to what age the kids are that are buying frog bedding? Would you say that baby frog or toddler bedding would be the extent of it? If those are your guesses, you would be wrong because queen size frog bedding is as much in demand as twin size comforters.

Those little froggies are now a part of any kid’s castle or little girl’s ballet. Children of all ages now have an opportunity to enjoy a bedroom filled with frog decorations and accessories from top to bottom.

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RUSTIC BEDDING - LOG CABIN AND MOUNTAIN LODGE DECOR

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It’s true that rustic bedding sets are always stylish in certain types of home decor such as log cabins and mountain hideaways. However, fall weather or the sighting of the first flake of snow expands their popularity far beyond their normal realm. Toasty warm, wool blankets with pictures of moose in print or woven into the very fabric make facing the hardships of winter seem much more manageable than they may have been with less attractive means of preserving warmth.

RUSTIC BEDDING CHARACTERISTICS

Many believe the term rustic to mean rough and indeed that may be an acceptable definition in every application other than log cabin or lodge style bedding and comforter sets. In this style of decor soft flannels, patchwork quilts and heavy wool blankets rule the roost. Contrary to popular opinion high end wool is not scratchy. Unless you have sensitivity to this natural fiber, modern wool fabrics should not irritate your sensitive skin except in the case of log cabin or rustic bedding for a baby's moose, bear or hunting nursery theme.

COLORS

Deep forest green and red buffalo plaid blankets are favorite layering options in the overall scheme of rustic bedding as are worn, homemade patchwork quilts. If you have no special affinity for plaid prints,
rustic bedding with snowflakes, moose silhouettes, outlines of bears and bear paw prints will work equally as well with log cabin or lodge style decorations.

Rustic cabin bedding has come a long way from the skins of wild animals or whatever insulating material a mountaineer might have at hand. Rustic bedding, like humanity it seems, has gone soft. Even fashion designers like Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan have jumped on board with their own lines of hunting lodge style comforters and bedding for girls. I’m not sure if there is such a thing as a pure, rustic bedding collection on the market these days, but the comforters and bedding that are labeled as rustic will be right at home in most any bedroom.

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Times of the last day at the Kyalami WSBK test

Today Biaggi and Nakano dedicated their testing to the development RSV4 engine, trying different configurations and parts. Max Biaggi has totaled 49 turns and with his best time of 1 ' 40” 768 he secured eighth place in today's ranking. Shinya Nakano has realized 32 laps with a best time of 1 ' 40” 968, which was good for the 9th place in the rankings.

" These three days helped us a lot - Biaggi has declared - we have worked a lot and collected a lot of information. The problem of the vibrations at the entry of the corner remains, now in this period of pause we will work hard to find a solution to this problem. They are the typical problems for a new V4 engine like this, it's nothing big but we will have to tuck up the sleeves and work on it, I really trust in the abilities of the Aprilia technicians “.

“I am satisfied about the three days of testing - Nakano has said - we learned a lot and where also able to set good times . These tests where very valuable, I have studied this circuit from top to bottom and the feeling with the RSV4 has grown. Too bad today we had a small technical problem that has forced us to spend to much time the box”.

1. Michel Fabrizio Ducati Xerox 1min 39.714secs
2. Ben Spies Yamaha Italia 1min 39.978secs
3. Noriyuki Haga Ducati Xerox1min 39.984secs
4. Jonathan Rea Ten Kate Honda 1min 40.035secs
5. Carlos Checa Ten Kate Honda 1min 40.170secs
6. Max Neukirchner Alstare Suzuki 1min 40.394secs
7. Yukio Kagayama Alstare Suzuki 1min 40.675secs
8. Max Biaggi Aprilia 1min 40.768secs
9. Shinya Nakano Aprilia 1min 40.968secs
10. Ryuichi Kiyonari Ten Kate Honda 1min 41.067secs
11. Troy Corser BMW 1min 41.102secs
12. Tom Sykes Yamaha Italia 1min 41.562secs
13. Ruben Xaus BMW 1min 41.996secs

TEENAGE GIRLS PINK and BLACK BEDDING

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Hot pink and black bedding
for teenage girls alone might benefit from a little bit of lightening and brightening from time to time. This feat can be managed with a little bit of pretty powder or pastel pink and plain old fashioned white. A three color arrangement is almost always more interesting than two contrasting colors alone. An excellent example of this would be hot pink zebra print bedding and comforters.


The key is to layer the bold colors one on top of the other using the pastel or neutral shades as a background. By using fabric with black and pink patterns that bring in light colors as well as darker colors as accents, your teenage girls bedding set can lay a foundation for many decorating opportunities as well create a bedroom design that is cute and cheerful.

ACCENT COLORS for PINK AND BLACK BEDDING SETS

Bedding in pink and black alone without even a hint of another color can be rather limiting as far as what can be used in the way of accent pieces. I would advise against the use of more of the same colors that are found on the comforter and go for contrast. Depending on the balance of color found in your hot pink and black bedding set, I would experiment with contrasts of stark white or accessories with just a hint of pink.

FLOOR COVERING

Area rugs are perhaps the only area of this style of teenage girls’ bedroom décor where I would go dark. Fluffy, black faux fur rugs or hot pink flokati will keep your toes from getting an unwanted eye opener on frosty mornings while searching for your slippers while carrying the colors in your pink and black bedding and comforter set to other areas of the room.


Play with a contrasting color scheme in your throw pillows and decorative accessories on wall shelves to see what works best. But be sure to have at least one or two items in the room that reflect the exact shades found in the fabric of your comforter and pillow shams so that the décor will have a cohesive and flowing appearance.

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TINKERBELL COMFORTERS AND ACCESSORIES

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Ask preteens their favorite in bedroom decor right now and
Tinkerbell comforters
and accessories will be the top answer nine times out of ten. From daybed bedding sets to queen and (hard to find) king size comforters, this little pixie is flying off the silver screen and into the hearts and bedrooms all over the world.

Large pictures of Tink in her emerald green dress with fairy wings flying in the breeze are emblazoned across the tops of Tinkerbell comforters and duvet covers with matching sheets and pillow cases in popular colors. For girls who consider themselves too mature for pink and green there are sets that offer opportunities to decorate in a blue or even a green color scheme.

Pick up a Tinkerbell lamp, area rug and life size Tinkerbell fairy wall stickers, decals and wallies and step back to see the fantastic effects that this particular kind of fairy dust can have on a young girl’s bedroom.
To take the fantasy even further, sprinkle some glow in the dark stickers and decorative items in the bedroom so that when the lights go out your little girl can enjoy the show until the sandman pays her a visit.

What is amazing is how this fairy’s star quality has sky rocketed seemingly overnight. After all, Peter Pan has been around for quite some time and has been enjoyed for more than one generation of kids. His heroic efforts in overcoming the wicked Captain Hook are legend. Peter Pan is cute and he may be the main character in the storybook, but Tinkerbell comforters, bedding and accessories are probably outpacing him in product sales.

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HORSE HOME DECORATIONS for the BEDROOM and BATHROOM

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Many stylish horse home decorations would be right at home in the barn. In fact, the stable is a great place to score some pieces to use inside. Vintage feed signs and personalized wooden horse stable signs with sayings or announcements that “We have horses for sale” have made their move into rustic dens and bedrooms where they fall right in line with leather furniture, horse collars and saddle blankets.

Distressed wall shelves and cast iron wall hooks with horse silhouette signs can be used to successfully decorate the walls of your home and add an authentic look and feel to the less anchored horse home decorations. By less anchored I am referring to throws or lap blankets, accent pillows and area rugs that can be picked up and replaced or moved to various locations in your home with little effort on the part of the decorator.

HORSE HOME DECORATIONS FOR THE BATH

Horse decorations for the bathroom can carry the running horses seen in your bedroom seamlessly into the bath. Horse shower curtains, waste baskets and even horse toilet seats with bath mats come as complete sets featuring your favorite breed including mustangs, pintos or paints running free as the wind with breathtaking western pictures in the background.

HORSE DECORATIONS FOR THE KITCHEN

An eclectic wall display of rustic horse signs or plates with pictures of horses will fill wide expanses of wall or that hard to decorate space under the kitchen cabinets at an affordable price and with much less fuss than wall paper. For new construction, you might consider a more permanent style of horse home decorations that will give your home an expensive, custom look. Here’s a decorating idea that’s a favorite with decorators. Include some hand painted, ceramic tiles with a head shot of your favorite mount in the tile work of the kitchen or the bath. You will be amazed at the way it takes your room from ordinary to fantastic for just a few dollars more.

THE BEDROOM

Horse comforters are horse home and bedroom decorations with the largest foot print (or would that be hoof print?) but don’t make the mistake of leaving the rest of the room without similar decorative touches. As the bedding set will make a big statement in the overall design, small touches like fan pulls or appropriately placed horseshoes and leather tack on the walls and shelves will be in keeping without making the room seem too busy with the inclusion of too many equestrian images.

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HOT PINK ZEBRA PRINT BEDDING SETS and BEDROOM DECORATING IDEAS

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Hey Baby! It's cold outside. Cold enough that hot pink zebra print bedding sets are taking the world of teenage girls bedrooms and decor by storm. If visions of jungle safaris and African landscapes are leaping into your mind. Cast them to the side because fluffy faux fur, fancy shoes and satin purses make the very best decorative accessories for the diva who is lucky enough to find the perfect hot pink zebra print comforter set for her room.

Some prefer pink with zebra trim bedding, keeping the focus on pink and playing down the wildlife look, if you please. Others like the versatility that the monochromatic color scheme gives them. When time comes for a makeover all that's necessary is to pick up the accent pillows, area rugs and art and replace them with the fashionable color of the day.

For those who feel that hot pink is a shade or so too hot, there's always the option of pastel pink. The lighter color is not as bold, but keeps you in the ballpark as far as color is concerned.

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Hot Pink and Zebra Decorations

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Teenage girls are clamoring for hot pink and zebra decorations and bedding sets this season. The black and white animal print comforter sets give their bedrooms that sophisticated edged and the pink warms things up. And yes, it makes them cute.

Zebra print blends with most any funky color a girl could throw at it, but there are not many young ladies that dig chartreuse green nail polish or lipstick. So, the popular integration of deep red and hot pink was born.

Zebra wall art reflects the trend by slapping black and white zebra stripes on purses, lipsticks and high heel shoes with accents in the most desirable accent colors. Add some fluffy, black feathers to give your
hot pink and zebra
decorations a 3D effect. And VOILA! Zebra bedroom decor that your daughter will adore.

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Succesful first day for Aprilia at WSBK Kyalami test

Ahead of what is anticipated to be an incredibly close season of racing, three different manufacturers filled the top three positions, while newcomers Aprilia and BMW showed they will be a force to be reckoned with as they kept up with the pace.

Behind Fabrizio, hotly tipped rookie Ben Spies was an impressive second best on the Yamaha, the American edging out Max Neukirchner on the Suzuki, even if he was some three tenths down on Fabrizio's best.

Neukirchner's team-mate Yukio Kagayama led the way early on, but while he eventually slipped to fifth, Suzuki will be encouraged with the strong early pace of their K9 GSX-R1000.

Aprilia's Shinya Nakano was also one of the day's stars as he belied his lack of Superbike knowledge in an excellent sixth place. Given how new the RSV-4 still is, the team will be pleased to see Nakano getting to within half a second of Fabrizio's leading pace.

Team-mate Max Biaggi, who missed much of the day after a series of problems with his flight, was just behind in seventh, albeit six tenths off Nakano, but ahead of Ryuichi Kiyonari, who led Ten Kate Honda's fairly quiet challenge. Team-mates Carlos Checa and Jonathan Rea, who collided with Haga early on, were 11th and 12th respectively, but completed just 26 laps between them.

WSBK - Kyalami - First day Pirelli test

01 Fabrizio (Ita-Ducati) 1′41″204 (66 giri)
02 Spies (Usa-Yamaha) 1′41″599 (46)
03 Neukirchner (Ger-Suzuki) 1′41″713 (69)
04 Haga (Jap-Ducati) 1′41″730 (31)
05 Kagayama (Jap-Suzuki) 1′41″755 (39)
06 Nakano (Jap-Aprilia) 1′41″846 (51)
07 Biaggi (Ita-Aprilia) 1′42″446 (29)
08 Kiyonari (Jap-Honda) 1′42″744 (62)
09 Corser (Aus-Bmw) 1′42″975 (33)
10 Xaus (Spa-Bmw) 1′43″274 (41)
11 Checa (Spa-Honda) 1′43″418 (10)
12 Rea (GB-Honda) 1′44″496 (16)
13 Sykes (GB-Yamaha) 1′46″780 (16).

FUNKY BLACK and WHITE COMFORTERS for TEENAGE GIRLS

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At first glance, black and white comforters might not catch your eye. But when you realize all the cool stuff that you can do with them, SNAP; the ingenious decorating ideas for a teenage girl’s bedroom come flooding into your mind like a massive mudslide straight through the urban streets of Manhattan.

Comparing a teen’s bedroom decorating project to an improbably natural disaster may be a pretty dramatic analogy. Yet, once you see the possibilities for coordinating fabric colors, patterns and prints you will realize the lame attempt at correlating a flood with the rush of inspiration was quite appropriate and more than a little inspired if you will allow me the luxury of overexcitement.


Black and white comforter sets
are possibly one of the more versatile (and affordable if you can find a bed in a bag set that you like) and interesting options for a sophisticated style of decor. Combined with hot pink your full, queen or twin size comforter can compete with the funkiest of the funky bed comforters on the market, bring in bold red and things just got serious or toss in some electric purple and the atmosphere goes sexy and supercharged.

If jewel tones are not your bag, black and white comforter and bedding sets with a precious puppy print comforter and sheets or perhaps kitty cat print fabrics backed in powder pink will keep the bedroom cute and innocent enough so that it’s suitable for a tween or preteen’s bedroom design.

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LOVELY LAVENDER and LIME GREEN COMFORTERS and BEDDING SETS

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Lavender and lime green comforters with crisp white iron linens, curtains and an iron bed are an excellent way to keep a girls bedroom airy and light no matter if the light is artificial or natural. Northern exposure is never a problem when the color scheme is right.

A light purple or lavender bed comforter with white accessories alone may need a little jazzing up and that’s where lime green comes into play. The colors play off each other to create a kind of perfection that a mother can love as well as her hard to please seventeen year old daughter.

Girls bedding sets that include lavender and lime green comforters often are offered in inexpensive bed in a bag sets that even at full retail are comparable to the deepest of discounts. For decorators who thrive on the development of innovative and creative decorating ideas, cheap prices mean that they will not have to wait as long between complete bedroom makeovers to have fun.

Deep purple and green can be too dark and mature for a tween or preteen’s bedroom decor. Lavender and lime green bedding will give teenage girls a taste of purple without going overboard.

DECORATING IDEAS

Make the most use of the natural sunlight streaming in through the bedroom windows by picking up the touches of white from the fabric of the comforter. Hang floor length, white cotton curtain panels with embroidered vines and flowers, lace curtains or a valance used in coordination with blinds or a decorative window shade. This style of window treatment will give privacy when necessary and make the room bright and cheerful in the daytime.

FLOOR COVERINGS

A bedroom with lavender and lime green comforters and bedding set is the perfect place for polished hardwood floors decorated with a fluffy faux fur or lavender flokati area rug. The idea is to combine decorations that will keep things cute, not formal.

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SNOWFLAKE BEDDING, COMFORTERS and SHEET SETS

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Unlike other styles of Christmas bedding that’s only good through the holidays,
snowflake bedding
sets will be appropriate and appreciated so long as the cold winds of winter continue to blow. So long as you avoid the colors of red and green that are reflections of the time frame that extends from the day after Thanksgiving to the 25th day of the month of December, your comforter and flannel snowflake bed sheets will serve to give the bedding a ski lodge or log cabin style of bedroom decor.

Trendy eco friendly bedding in soft 100% cotton could be used all year in the mountains where the term snowflake holiday bedding would seem rather unusual as Fair Isle sweaters and jackets are stylish in the spring, winter and fall. The nighttime temperatures at these high altitudes can be chilly even during the summer months making a bed with a set of snowflake bedding and toasty flannel sheets seem rather inviting.


CHRISTMAS SNOWFLAKE BEDDING


Snowflakes are stylish in some areas no matter the season. But in southern climates your friends would think it odd to decorate your bedroom in ice crystals when the mercury in the thermometer is threatening to blow sky high. In warm climates, snowflake comforters are reserved strictly for use during the holidays. At the very most you may see beds made with snowflake duvet covers and sheet sets in the months of December and January.

COLORS

If you are among those who get to enjoy your snowflake bedding set during the Christmas season, red and green will blend your holiday bedroom decorations with those found in the rest of the home. If those colors don’t tickle your teenage girls taste in bedding, blue and white snowflakes with touches of red might get her approval.

MIX and MATCH YOUR HOLIDAY MOTIFS

If the idea of being surrounded by nothing but snowflakes leaves you feeling like you are struggling to survive a blizzard, bring in a snowman or a snow girl or two or some cheerful red birds or cardinals to warm up your Christmas color scheme. Snowflake bedding is very easy to coordinate with various holiday decorations so long as you don’t get too wild with your mixture.

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LIME GREEN and PURPLE GIRLS BEDDING

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At first glance, psychedelic lime green and purple girls bedding might strike the average mom and dad as too strong a reminder of the days when they themselves were a bit more Bohemian in their lifestyle than their parents might have liked. If they had known how deeply entrenched the Boho way of life was in their kids they probably would have forbidden them to ever leave their rooms much less to decorate it with wild and funky purple girls bedding with designs right out of a bad acid trip. For this reason teenage girls might have to exert a little rebellious independence in their attitude if purple and lime tie dye bedding is their idea of ideal bedroom decor.

In today's political climate we see more demand for teen and tween girl's bedroom decorations that reach back to the "Flower Power" free wheeling days of the 1960s and early 1970s. Those kids experimented with far too many illegal drugs during those days when the motto was Peace, Love and Rock and Roll and unfortunately many paid the consequences with at worst the loss of their life or at least damaging effects to their health that may have not become obvious until much later.

Today's kids have heard all the stories, seen pictures of the hippies and listened to the music that was played in the background by artists that sadly didn't live long enough to reach their potential. The good news is that teens of today are wise to the evil of street drugs and the carnage they leave in their wake. They just want to experience the good parts of that era like the fabrics and wall decorations.

Relax mom, a set of lime green and purple girls bedding in a Bohemian style is not going to send your little girl down the path to destruction. Take a deep breath, let her decorate the bedroom with whatever hippie style decorating ideas that she may have on her mind and use this time together to start a conversation about how wild colors are cool but alcohol, cigarettes and drugs are anything but.


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SNOWMAN BEDDING and COMFORTER SETS

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Take the nip right out of winter and kick Jack Frost to the curb with snuggly snowman bedding. A cute snowman comforter set or snowman flannel sheets will make your bed even more inviting after a long day playing in the snow.

Tweens and teenage girls who may consider holly green and berry red comforters with Santa Claus and his reindeer galloping across the top too immature for their taste. But snowmen are ageless in their appeal and the blustery sky blue and white backgrounds really make their black top hats, neck scarves and carrot noses pop!

Snowman bedding gives testimony that all snowflakes have to be cold nor must they melt when you bring them inside the family home. For moms who like for all rooms in their house to be decorated for the holidays, we would like to recommend that you set one bedroom aside for Christmas snowman bedding. Or if your teen prefers; snow girls.

DECORATING IDEAS

The comforter or quilt set will set the tone, but I don’t recommend that you leave it to shoulder the load of the holiday bedroom decor all alone. Mr. and Mrs. Frosty the Snowman may need a little assistance in bringing true Christmas spirit into your daughter’s room.


There’s no need to rush out and buy expensive decorations. A snowman glitter lamp and a bedside snowman rug to keep the chilly floor from giving her rosy toes frostbite on cold, winter mornings will do the trick.

If your teenage girls are lucky enough to have an adjoining bathroom, pinch a few collectible snowman figurines from your stash of ornaments to coordinate the bath with your snowman bedding set. Color coordination shouldn’t be a problem. After all how difficult can it be when the primary color in your snowman bedding and comforter set is snowy white?

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ORIENTAL DRAGON BEDDING for your BEDROOM DECOR

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Whether you prefer your
dragon bedding
sets to be of the fire breathing sort or to be more elegant and understated, there is no way to deny that comforters with pictures of dragons, oriental symbols and medieval motifs are one of the most dramatic styles of bedding on the market today.

Popular colors can range from emerald green, black and gold to a more warm color palette of Chinese red and ebony black with metallic gold accents painted on the fabric. Dragon bedding in medieval baby nursery themes might take a more pastel and fanciful approach taken out of the pages of a storybook devoted to the rescue of royal damsels in distress rather than scary flying lizards in ominous, twisting poses.

Many decorators consider dragon bedding to be Asian personified. However, I have a different opinion in that it is my belief that the two styles can be combined for a unique look or each can successfully stand separately without relying on the other for support.

It is true that many dragons appear to be oriental in origin, but there are others that appear to be more Western in origin. Teenage girls and boys who are fans of popular video games prefer their dragons to breathe colorful flames out of their flaring nostrils and want their bedding sets and dragon art posters to follow suit and reflect the colors and designs that are displayed across the wide expanse that forms the top of their dragon comforter sets or duvet covers.

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More MCN news about the RSV4

More news about the RSV4 from MCN. This time its the street version they talk about. They also talk about the upcoming RSV4 naked and there is talk about future Aprilia models like a V4 Supermoto,V4 Adventure bike and other models.

Very interesting read! Go check it out here

thanks to Henrik Faber-Madsen

MCN RSV4 video

MCN disects the RSV4

More RSV4 news. MCN did a writeup on the RSV4 WSBK version and it's also viewable online. Very interesting read.

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Very cool RSV4 video

Found this great video about the RSV4, it even shows some of the technical details of the bike like the shower injectors.

Simoncelli tests RSV4

Marco Simoncelli was given a special reward for winning this year's 250cc World Championship, when he rode Aprilia's new RSV4 World Superbike machine at Valencia on Tuesday.

Simoncelli clinched his first world title riding for Gilera - which, like Aprilia, is owned by Piaggio - allowing the Italian to try the 1000cc four-stroke which Max Biaggi and Shinya Nakano will race in WSBK next season.

Marco completed 37 laps was a best time of 1min 36.3sec, which was one second slower than Nakano (69 laps) but one second faster than Aprilia test rider - and former MotoGP racer - Alex Hofmann (50 laps).

"It was great fun. The motorcycle is much bigger than I am used to, but I was able to lap quite quickly and therefore I am happy," said Simoncelli. "The RSV4 has a lot of power, which I could really feel during acceleration."

Simoncelli will remain in 250cc to defend his title next season, and is then expected to make the move to MotoGP in 2010. Simoncelli has already been linked with Yamaha and Ducati.

Aprilia's 125 and 250cc teams have been testing alongside the marque's WSBK squad at Valencia this week.

Nakano: "The RSV4 feels just like a MotoGP bike"

Shinya Nakano got his first taste of the Aprilia RSV4 he will campaign in next years World Superbike Championship at Valencia yesterday.

Nakano will use the test to get the base setting of the bike set-up before heading to the first official top teams test which takes place in Kylami, South Africa during the second week of December.

Shinya Nakano was testing with Alex Hofmann, Nakano did an 1'36.3 which is not bad at all for a first ride on the bike. The fastest Valencia WSBK time was a 1'34.9 during free practice this year.

After the fast lap Nakano told technical director Gigi Dall'Igna that driving the RSV4 isn't that much different from riding a MotoGP bike and that was a nice compliment for the Italian technician.

Aprilia RSW 500 V2's for sale

Direct from the Aprilia Racing Department, an opportunity not to be missed for all enthusiasts.

For the first time, collectors can acquire an Aprilia RSW 500 V2.

… these are the original bikes which took part in the 500 cc World Championships during 1999 and 2000 with Tetsuya Harada and Jeremy McWilliams.

Only a very limited number are available:

- n° 2 RSW 500 V2 model Harada 1999

- n° 2 RSW 500 V2 model Harada 2000

- n° 2 RSW 500 V2 model Mc Williams 2000

RXV550 vs KTM300exc

After all the RSV4 news it's time for some offroad news. Motociclismo.it compared the 2009 RXV to the KTM 300 EXC. Kind of a weird comparison a twin four stroke 550 to a 300cc two-stroke but they must have had their reasons. The review features a nice gallery with plenty of beautiful pics.

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RSV4 WSBK in new colors

Spotted at the Aprilia factory is a RSV4 WSBK with new red decals. It's not sure if these will be the colors of the Aprilia WSBK in 2009 but I think these colors will be used in the valencia test next week. Aprilia still hasn't announced a big sponsor for their team but I must say I really like this version with the red and carbon.

More pics at MCN

Source: Omnimoto

Aprilia owner interview: Rene's Dorsoduro

Which Aprilia model do you own?

I own a 2008 Dorsoduro

Did you add any mods to your bike?

No there are no modifications yet, the Dorso is 460 Km old.

Why did you buy an Aprilia and what do you like so much about it?

The looks of the Dorsosurso made me decied to make a test drive, but after the test drive i know it for sure There has to be a DD.

And what don’t you like about your bike?

After 460 Km its hard to say .... nothing so far.

If you could ask Aprilia to design a new model what would it be?

I will ask for a big bore high power one cilinder supermotard that is good to drive on the normal roads.

And finally do you have any motorcycling tips for the readers of Aprilia News?

Yes i have, please drive safe.