The company's first ground-up, in-house superbike, the Aprilia RSV4 Factory is smaller than an R6 and more powerful than an R1. "Factory" denotes the top-of-the-range model, fitted with Ohlins suspension and adjustable engine mounts. Max Biaggi is using his to…
This is the Aprilia RSV4 that could have been. Could have been if the original third-party prototype had continued through to production unaltered that is. When Aprilia first gave the RSV4 project the go ahead in 2005, they turned to…
This is what happens when you ride a barely less than thoroughbred racing machine on Manhattan's Harlem River Drive. The Aprilia RSV4 Factory got me nailed at 80 in a 50 earlier today. The officer cornered me in the…
This one comes at us from Paul Lozba at Romania's Motoflash who noticed that while all the Japanese and European competition use heavily stylized Rs in their logos, the BMW S1000RR makes do with a fairly plain, italicized font. That…
If there's a sexier livery road racing this year, we haven't seen it. The notoriously non-punctual, customer service-challenged, yet inexplicably stylish national airline of Italy, Alitalia, is sponsoring the Aprilia RSV4 in SBK this year. The best rider of all…
Turn the key to unlock the Aprilia RSV4's seat and the tiny sliver of black plastic and the little butt pad pop off. On its underside is a clip holding an 8mm allen key; there's no room to store anything…
Here's an interesting comparison, the Aprilia RSV4 and the wishes-it-was-a-V4 2009 Yamaha R1 on the same dyno on the same day. The blue line is the Aprilia, red is Yamaha, both bikes are completely stock. According to official data measured…