Multicolour, 4 owners, Austin Racing (AR) silencer, brake and clutch hinged levers, billet fuel cap. GIA fully adjustable rear sets. This is a very clean bike. The Aprilia RSV4 has a racing designed chassis and the V4 engine has race-like qualities. The 60-degree V4 engine is a masterpiece of pure usable grunt and top end power. 177bhp wringing its way through a short, light weight chassis is a recipe for palpitations, but the engine is surprisingly tractable. It’s not just the mermaid-like wail of the V4’s exhaust note that leads you on. It’s the deliciously narrow, perfectly balanced nature of the chassis too. At the same time, you only have to look at the RSV4 to realise it is the finished article in the world of V4 superbikes. Typical Latin loveliness exudes from every alloy casting/extrusion pore. And of course it all works. The Brembo front calipers aren’t gold-finish for nothing. They are stupendous in terms of feel and stopping power. Suspension isn’t ultra-trick aftermarket branding because it doesn’t need to be when standard suspension is this good! The Aprilia RSV4 is also endowed with technology; not just in the GP-derived engine but throughout, especially in the electronics department. There’s an eight-stage traction control system that self adjusts according to tyre sizes and other variables; wheelie and launch control; quick shifter; and a dash display that can be switched between road and track use. The North West’s finest family run motorcycle dealership, £10,495 p/x
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