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Intermot show: Aprilia unveils two Tuonos – the 1100RR and the Factory versions
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Intermot show: Aprilia unveils two Tuonos – the 1100RR and the Factory versions. Aprilia has taken the wraps off two updated Tuonos that will be part of the Italian firm’s 2017 line-up; the Tuono V4 1100RR and the Tuono V4 1100 Factory. They also come with a joystick to let you toggle through the…
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Intermot show: Aprilia’s 2017 RS 125 gets even more clever and ‘junior RSV4’ for next year
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Intermot show: Aprilia’s 2017 RS 125 gets even more clever and ‘junior RSV4’ for next year. The 2017 Aprilia RS 125 gets some cosmetic updates and colours for the range. It also gets a larger storage area (it can hold a 6 inch smart phone) with a charging point and fitment for a quickshifter…
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Sam Lowes interview: ‘After Assen it’s my first ride on the Aprilia MotoGP bike!’
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Sam Lowes interview: ‘After Assen it’s my first ride on the Aprilia MotoGP bike!’ Sam Lowes has been doing the PR-bit with the powers-that-be at MotoGP and has given this interview to them about his first upcoming official test on the Aprilia RS-GP MotoGP machine that he will be riding in 2017. It makes for…
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VIDEO: Alvaro Bautista on Aprilia RSV4
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Aprilia has just released a video of its RSV4 in action. In the video Aprilia’s GP rider Alvaro Bautista rides and talks about the bike and the thrill you get from more than 200bhp. The video has a tag line ‘designed for racers, built for riders’ which pretty much sums up this V4 beast. Here’s…
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Aprilia launches updated 2016 RSV4 RR and RSV4 RF at Milan
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Engine: 1000cc V4 | Power: 200bhp + | Weight: 180kg Aprilia RSV4 is the 1000cc, V4 superbike with performance in excess of 200bhp that has won seven titles in the World SBK championship. For the new season it gets new graphics and rear suspension, as well as the V4-MP multimedia platform (which allows the rider…
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SCOOP: 2016 RSV4 with 230bhp! Picture surfaces in the States of new weapon
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This picture has appeared in America showing us the 2016 Aprilia RSV4 RF. Although there’s no tech information with the image, and we’ll have to wait until Tuesday for all the details from the factory about this bike, there is some talk stateside about the outright power of this top-flight piece of kit. According to…
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World Launch report: Aprilia’s RSV4-RF superbike
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£18,135//201bhp @ 13,000rpm//85ib-ft @ 10,500rpm//999.6cc 65 degree V-4 four-stroke, liquid cooled with DOHC Tested by: Tony Carter Photography: Aprilia This is the next generation of large Aprilia superbikes and, according to the factory itself, it’s the closest motorcycle they’ve ever made to what you see racing in World Superbikes every other Sunday of summer.…
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Aprilia V4 Multimedia platform for 2015 RSV4 and Tuono – race technology for everyday customers
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The Piaggio group have developed their Piaggio Multimedia Platform, bringing technology once confined to the racing world to everyday customers. V4-MP (V4 Multimedia Platform) brings to life the communication between your Aprilia and your smartphone allowing you to change the settings of your RSV4 PF and Tuono V4 1100 at the touch of a button.…
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Aprilia RSV4 RR | 2015 new motorcycles
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The Aprilia RSV4 RR uses the 65° V4 engine, now making 201bhp@13,000rpm, and 85lb-ft@10,500rpm. It’s got a wet weight of around 200kg, and was designed to be ‘the absolute best uncompromising superbike’. A Race Pack adds aluminium forged wheels and Öhlins suspension, while a limited-edition RF model comes with the Race Pack as standard. All…
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Aprilia Tuono V4 1100 | 2015 new motorcycles
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For 2015 the high-performance naked Aprilia Tuono V4 1100 gets a larger engine now making 175bhp@11,000rpm and 89lb-ft@9000 rpm. Two versions will be available – the RR and Factory, which both feature a more protective top fairing, comfier 15mm-lower saddle, narrower bars and a kerb weight of around 204kg. The chassis has been tweaked with…
