Good luck to them I say. They've had a peach of an engine in the rsv4 way before even a Ducati Panigale was a thing, and they've also ran an 1100 variant in the Tuono for a good few years, again way before a Panigale V4 was even a thing. Aprilia are hardly cheating their way to power figures, they've been leading the way with V4 for ages, it's an obvious thing to do if Ducati are trying to steal their thunder in the power stakes in the superbike category. The majority of reviews and comparisons tend to say that the Rsv4 chassis is much more stable than the Panigale, some people even lapping faster on the 1000cc Rsv4 than the 1100cc Panigale, so upping the power and fine tuning electronics should at the very least keep Ducati honest.
Weird that people get hung up on displacement, I guess it’s a nostalgic thing.... Aprilia have spent money on reducing weight as the new bike is also lighter.
I likes it. Done a good job with the euro exhaust. Winglets would be a deal beaker for me, first think I'd be asking is are they easily removed?
Handy as cup holders though . Is it just me, or is it that manufacturers building these type of bikes, the v4 duc being the same, more as track bikes than to be used as road bikes?
We’ve got naked bikes for the road They are superbikes, their whole point is to go fast on track. I loved riding the Pani V4, it actually had reasonably good road manners, but still felt like a duck out of water on the road compared to a naked bike. However, lots of people are willing to compromise just because. I’ve seen the new S1000RR has a hill start feature!!
I looked a an rsv4 yesterday at Ducati Aylesbury then this caught my eye So I've been pestering members on here to see what there like debating whether to pull the trigger on it.
