VOLUME 59 ISSUE 32 AUGUST 9, 2022 P97
WE REVISIT
THE APRILIA
TUAREG 660 ADV
BIKE. THIS TIME
WE RIDE IT
ON FAMILIAR
TERRAIN
QUALITY
TIME ON
HOME
TURF
BY SEAN FINLEY I PHOTOGRAPHY BY
DESTRY ABBOTT AND DAN HAYAKAWA
J
esse Ziegler, my Cycle
News co-owner, spent
a day on the Italian is-
land of Sardinia at the Aprilia
Tuareg 660 world launch
last year and was impressed
with his appetizer but was
looking forward to a full-
course meal with the new
Italian middleweight ADV
bike. Now that the Tuaregs
are available in the U.S., we
got our hands on one for a
proper multi-day test, but
Jesse was on a family vaca-
tion, so I took it to my home
in Northern Arizona to spend
several days exploring paved
and unpaved roads.
I invited some friends
along for some of those
rides and had the opportu-
nity to ride it back-to-back
with some KTM 790s and
my Yamaha Tenere 700.
So, Jesse missed out on
the chance to spend more
time with Tuareg, but my
riding buddies and I spent
plenty of time answering the
questions his day in Italy
left him asking: "How will
the Tuareg 660 handle the
big country of the western
United States and how will
it compare to the alternative
bikes in the ultra-competi-
tive category?"
