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Wild 1.1 litre superbike will set you back more than £21k. Tuono 1100 with Ohlins EC semi-active suspension is £17k The good guys at Aprilia UK have been hard at it with the abacuses and the VisiCalc spreadsheet and come up with a price list for its sweet-looking 2019 range.
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WHILE we were quite rightly amazed by the Ducati Panigale V4S launched earlier this year, we did quibble a bit at the capacity increase. In a litre bike test, the V4 had a load more power, partly because it has a 1,103cc motor. How long before someone else joined them?
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We knew Aprilia were going to do something awesome with the epic RSV4, in terms of a track-only machine, but we honestly didn’t know just how special it would be… What was once the preserve of race teams can now be bought by anyone, thanks to Aprilia, and it seems
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European testing for WSB 2015 is over, and now the grid packs up and heads out for their final test in Australia, before the opening round at Phillip Island. Well, all but Troy Corser’s BMW squad including Toni Elias and Ayrton Badavini who will join the circus in Europe. Anyway,
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Yup, you read right. The 2013 Sportsbike of the Year test is just around the corner, and to whet your appetite, we thought we drag out some scenes from the past. This is the definitive sportsbike test, the one all the manufacturers want to win and it carries with it
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As the title suggests, the two-time Fast Bikes’ Sportsbike of the Year gets ABS for 2013. But there’s more to the updated RSV4’s arsenal than meets the eye.
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Rejoice – 2013 will see a new Aprilia RSV4. The current holder of the Fast Bikes SBOTY crown is an absolute peach, and minor revisions are hoped to let the Aprilia take on the advances made by BMW and its new HP4.
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Looking to buy one of the 2010 superbikes on the secondhand market? This is what we said about them in our 1000cc group test when they were new…
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Andy and Alastair getting to grips with the diminutive Aprilia RSV4 Factory…
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Fagan aboard the Aprilia RSV4 Factory APRC…
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Yes, it’s that time again – the annual ten bike test-fest that is Sportsbike of the Year. Without any doubt at all it was the most hard-fought and close shootout in the test’s nine-year history, too.
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The waiting is almost over, and now that Aprilia has released its first pictures of the Tuono V4 R, the drooling can begin. Not only is the bike a feast for the eyes, but thanks to the most impressive spec sheet ever seen on a naked machine, it promises to
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Alastair Fagan at Jerez for the launch of the new RSV4 Factory A-PRC SE.
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I’ve now finished caning the new RSV4 A-PRC SE around Jerez – and let’s just say I’m mighty impressed. The already track-focused RSV4 Factory gets even more gadgetry with traction control, launch control, anti-wheelie and a nifty quickshifter.
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Hello everyone, I’m out at Jerez today testing the new RSV4 Factory A-PRC Special Edition. It should be mint, with its full traction control, adjustable wheelie control and ‘racing launch control’. Just about to go out on track – so I’ll let you know first impressions later, but at £16,999
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