the lethality they pose to your license, have given
rise to bikes like the KTM 790/890 Duke range,
the Yamaha MT-07/MT-09, and long-time believ-
ers Triumph with their stupendous Street Triple.
There was a huge slice of market share Aprilia
was missing out on that the Tuono 660 aims to fill.
Starting at $10,499 for the silver and black models
with a $200 premium on top for the Acid Gold color
scheme, the Aprilia squares up nicely against the
$11,999 KTM and $12,850 Triumph (although it's
a fair bit pricier than the $7599 Yamaha MT-07),
and for an extra $400 you can purchase the Aprilia
Quick Shift for clutchless up-and-down shifting,
and the Continental IMU that unlocks Cornering
ABS and bending Cornering lights.
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RIDE REVIEW I 2021 APRILIA TUONO 660
I've been saying for as long as I can remember
that sports naked bikes are the best bikes on
the road (in my humble opinion). You get pretty
much every performance aspect of a sport
bike with a far broader range of use, a fact cer-
tainly not lost on the Noale manufacturer. !
The naked bike segment is undergoing a
similar transformation to that of the adventure
bike in that smaller and lighter is, for the most
part, better. As much as we love 200 horse-
power firebreathers, they are pretty impractical.
Higher buying, insurance and
running costs, not to mention
Your three
flavors of Tuono
660. The Acid
Gold edition
(center) costs
$200 more.
GET TING
NAKED
The silver paint
scheme does funny
things to us…
