Aprilia Rsv4r Aprc

Aprilia RSV4R APRC

ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES OF Aprilia’s APRC (Aprilia Performance Ride Control) package are now available on the RSV4R APRC, which is a tier down from the Factory SE edition that we recently tested (Cycle World, August, 2011). The R version was created to offer a more price-accessible version of the RSV4 superbike, and it now can be purchased with the same excellent technology suite previously available only on the Factory SE. The package includes traction control (ATC), anti-wheelie control (AWC), quick shifter (AQS) and launch control (ALC). This model first hit U.S. shores in May as a late arrival for the 2011 model year.

The R-model’s engine remains in its basic RSV4R configuration, with fixed-geometry intake runners, but it has an improved and lighter exhaust system, as well as new mapping of the “fly-by-wire” injection/ ignition system for more precise and efficient throttle response at any rpm.

The $16,999 RSV4R APRC is available in either Glam White or Aprilia Black.

—Bruno dePrato