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RIDE REVIEW I 2021 APRILIA RSV4/RSV4 FACTORY
win Aprilia a couple of WorldSBK
crowns. It now appears Aprilia is
listening to riders of taller stature,
as at six feet tall I found the new
machine to be an almost ideal fit.
Taking this into account makes
the RSV4 a much more enjoy-
able street bike. It's not uncom-
fortable, not overly nice, either,
which is about as good as you
can hope for these days on a
superbike. The lower pegs are a
welcome addition, and I punched
out two full twos in the saddle
and didn't feel too broken, only a
little. Having cruise control helps,
but Aprilia's lack of a fuel gauge
is uber frustrating. On that note,
we got 37 mpg out of the Aprilia
RSV4 Factory on our road test,
which is not bad at all consider-
ing the motor's historic love of
guzzling gasoline.
But you can take those little
gripes and put them to one side
because the RSV4 and the up-
spec RSV4 Factory are utterly
superb superbikes. The aurora
an RSV4 has is undeniable, a bit
like a Maserati versus a Ferrari
An RSV4 on the winding
Big Bear roads. Life
doesn't get much better.
