Take the traditional streetfighter formula — no fairing, upright bars — and apply it to one of the fastest, most technologically advanced superbikes ever made — the Aprilia RSV4. What do you get? This Aprilia Tuono V4R. This thing is … Continued
Chris Harris has been spilling some beans on Ferrari’s treatment of the cars it supplies – or refuses – to journalists for reviews, and it makes my mild reservations about the Aprilia Tuono V4R we were given to ride around … Continued
“Handling to eat the asphalt frame and swingarm in aluminium.” The lost-in-translation list of not-quite-benefits in this official promo video for the Aprilia Tuono V4R are almost as bad as the Nickelback soundtrack. Yes, really, in the year 2010 a … Continued
Out of all the bikes at the EICMA show — including the Diavel, F3 and Triumph Tiger 800 — it’s the Aprilia Tuono V4R that really needs a closer look. Not because it’s a complicated bike — a “naked” version … Continued
Combining the SBK-spec electronics package of the 2011 Aprilia RSV4 Factory APRC SE with the suspension and other components from the cheaper Aprilia RSV4 R, this 2011 Aprilia Tuono V4R has two things neither of its fully-faired siblings do: its … Continued
This is it, the Aprilia Tuono V4, my god it’s ugly. This is all happening rather fast, so let’s make this easy: same frame and 65-degree V4 as the RSV4; 162bhp; 81lb/ft. There’s talk of APRC and the timing ring … Continued