News – New 2015 EICMA: Aprilia RSV4 RR and RF, 201 hp for the Noale bomb! – Second hand APRILIA

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New 2015 EICMA: Aprilia RSV4 RR and RF, 201 hp for the Noale bomb !

News - New 2015 EICMA: Aprilia RSV4 RR and RF, 201 hp for the Noale bomb! - Second hand APRILIA

Despite the pronounced decline in the sports motorcycle market, manufacturers are still investing large amounts of money to promote their know-how. And 2015 will be a great vintage for fans of the genre, since the new Aprilia RSV4 RR measures in Milan the new Kawasaki Ninja H2, Ducati Panigale 1299, BMW S1000RR and Yamaha YZF-R1 ! 

Despite the pronounced decline in the sports motorcycle market, manufacturers are still investing large amounts of money to promote their know-how. And 2015 will be a great vintage for fans of the genre, since the new Aprilia RSV4 RR measures the unpublished ones in Milan, and ! 

Racing motorcycle engine …

Defined as “the most important and profound change ever made” to the RSV4 range since its, the 2015 “RR” version first exhibits new plastic, sharper on its front end. The triple headlight characteristic of Noale’s Superbike (well damped by Aprilia since it is also used on its, the Caponord and the RS4 125) adopts more modern shapes and LED position lights. 

The rear-view mirrors with integrated LED indicators are unique, while the forced air intake has been redesigned. The heart of the beast, its 4-cylinder V-shaped open at 65 °, has followed a drastic regime and a good bodybuilding treatment: Italian engine manufacturers announce it is "1.5 kg" lighter and more powerful by .. . 16 horses! That is to say 201 hp at 13,000 rpm in full for the Noale bomb, and a torque of 115 Nm at 10,500 rpm. Fouyaya !

To achieve this impressive level of performance – even a bit scary? – Aprilia has done a lot of work to reduce internal friction and improve intake. The cylinder heads and injectors are new, while the timing diagram has been refined to improve the operation of the 4 valves per cylinder, made of titanium.

The camshaft adopts a new profile and loses 500 grams in the process. To ensure optimum reliability for this highly compressed block (13.6: 1) and its super-square dimensions (78 x 52.3 mm), Aprilia has completely redesigned the lubrication circuit. The gearbox – fitted as standard with an anti-dribble clutch – has its gearbox optimized to match the new performance..

…Racing motorcycle chassis…

The cycle part retains the same level of excellence on paper as in 2014, notably with an extremely compact and light double-beam aluminum frame..

Like the previous Factory model, the RSV4 RR 2015 offers a range of chassis settings worthy of a MotoGP: it is for example possible to modify the height of the engine in the frame, the caster angle or the height of the axis of the swing arm !

To improve traction, Aprilia has lengthened said swingarm by 14 mm compared to 2014, while a recentering of the masses has been operated to maintain the formidable agility of. Thus, the engine is fixed lower in the frame than on the previous model, in order to lower the center of gravity in favor of liveliness..

… Racing Motorcycle Electronics…

The first motorcycle to receive an ultra-complete piloting aids pack as standard, in particular an anti-skid system adjustable to eight levels while riding and a new starting assistant, the RSV4 RR is refining its achievements for 2015. The type accelerator ride-by-wire – which controls three injection maps – is for example improved for better precision.

Noale engineers have also focused on smoothing the action of the traction control, ABS, shifter and anti-wheeling that make up the Aprilia Performance Ride Control (APRC) arsenal of aids. installed in series.

Finally, the Italian Superbike receives a telemetry system that runs via an application on a smartphone, a device operating thanks to the many sensors present on the motorcycle and the GPS of the phone.. 

Introduced on the latest generation of Piaggio MP3 and in a more sophisticated version on the, this system allows in particular to visualize precisely on graphs the opening of the throttle, the gear engaged or even the intervention of the traction control, turn by turn..

… And racing motorcycle price ?!

Announced for 180 kg dry, the RSV4 RR 2015 will be available in black or gray and can optionally receive the "Race Pack", a racing equipment kit including forged aluminum rims and high-end Ohlins suspensions (Sachs series). Its price has not been communicated, but it will probably be between € 15,699 and € 19,999, the respective prices of the current ones. .

To celebrate its launch and its sound, Aprilia is simultaneously launching a limited edition of 500 numbered copies in the colors of the official WSBK team, with the Race Pack installed as standard. Called RSV4 "RF", this special version will be even more efficient … but also undoubtedly more expensive !

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