Motorcycle specifications ApriliaTUONO 1000 R 2010 More grumbling

and that's certainly what happened in the design office of the new Tuono. This new model benefits from the evolutions developed for the RSV-R 1000, with the recipe for a wild, aggressive roadster with a sporty heart. As Aprilia clearly states: "The Tuono is a street fighter! The styling is even meaner, more angular, and perhaps even stranger, with a clash of colors and checkered flags running from the fender to the tank.

disturbing in style, strong in guts. The Tuono borrows everything it can from the sports bike: the aluminum perimeter frame, the banana swingarm, the Showa inverted fork with radial brake calipers, the Brembo Gold Series braking system, superb Y-spoke wheels and a steering damper housed under the fork head.

Speaking of which! A veritable insect's mouth ready to gnaw at anything that moves. Its menacing mouth houses a forced-air intake system. Widely used on sports cars, this is the first time the system has been applied to a roadster. Perfect for pumping up the Italian's magnesium twin-cylinder engine (the factory claims a 3% increase in power at high speed), which is now rated at 133 hp. A minor reworking of the mapping is required to give it a more roadster-like character and more low-end torque. That was for the 2006 model, which has already been optimized for 2007. the 6 horsepower gains enable the V60 to approach the 140-mph mark.
Lower by 15 mm, the machine has been redesigned for greater pleasure, efficiency and rider comfort. The Tuono was put through its paces in the wind tunnel. In terms of figures, the millstone has been lightened by 6 kg and gains 7 hp (while complying with Euro 3 standards).
Bye bye single-side exhaust - the 1000 RSV-R 's 2-in-1-in-2 exhaust system and half-analog, half-digital instrument panel - a real little on-board computer - are back.
With this new fighter, Europe has a fine panoply of styles. Imagine a little explanation between a Ducati S4R, a Triumph Speed Triple 1050, a KTM Superduke, an MV-Agusta 910 Brutale and this 2006 Tuono...

"The same only better?" Certainly not. It keeps its name, but it's much, much better. The performance, potential, equipment and design of the new Tuono send the old generation packing. From sidewalks to vibrators, it's going to be bleeding: all the potential of the RSV-R is there, except you're riding a roadster.

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