RSV1000 road test
Road testing any superbike on the salty, slippery and usually damp mid-winter British roads is always a somewhat challenging experience, and to say I had reasonable weather whilst with the Aprilia is probably and understatement! I think I had 1 day where the roads were actually clear of salt, that’s only because it rained heavily on the previous day and as usual I got caught in it!
First things first, and in the case of the new Aprilia RSV Mille R it’s a totally different animal than Aprilia’s last model. The ‘04′ R model (let’s call it that to save confusion) is now the base model of the Mille, while last years R was in fact the top of the range. Confused? Well read on…
Last years R had the exotica already fitted to make it an R, Ohlins suspension, OZ race wheels etc, etc, but this years ‘04′ R has the standard Showa front and a Sachs unit at the rear; you have to go to the next step, the Mille ‘Factory’ to get the same treatment as the previous R. That model comes with all the Ohlins goodies including a top spec steering damper which the new R doesn’t get at all, and of course Brembo radial brakes. We’ll be testing a Factory in a couple of weeks, so keep coming back. Well that just about explains it, if you got lost somewhere just keep reading!
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