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RIDE REVIEW I APRILIA TUONO 660 FACTORY AND TUONO V4 1100 FACTORY
Who knew being naked
could be so
Can't Decide?
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK I PHOTOGRAPHY
B
arreling through the seemingly
never-ending sweeper that leads
into turn nine at Willow Springs,
the Aprilia Tuono V4 1100 Factory isn't
happy. The huge cracks in the surface
have pissed the Italian steed right off,
and the Ohlins suspension is working
overtime at over 100 mph just to
keep everything online and out of
the High Desert, err, desert.
The V4 is a wonderful bike but it's a
handful. It accelerates like a superbike,
necessitating the rider to be fully on
their toes as things happen very quickly,
be it speeding up or slowing down.
On the other hand, there's a bike in
the garage waiting for me that promis
-
es almost all the fun and hardly any of
the fear. Could it be that I go for a 660
over the mighty V4? Surely not…
