Aprilia Tuono 660

I see the RS was well and truly trounced by the street triple in this weeks MCN in almost every aspect.
Still a nice looking bike.

Of course, it's a British Publication!! :D (with no apologies whatsoever to those who think that every BMW victory in a German magazine is down to bias.)
 
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Just why is it so heavy?

That was one of my first thoughts. It’s producing a healthy enough (claimed) bhp figure but the bike weighs more than a Kawasaki ZX10R or a Suzuki GSXR1000 from 2005 which was the last time I bought a sports bike.

Yes, I appreciate that back then dry weights were always given so the bike would be weighed with everything liquid removed to get the weight down but manufacturers need to stop adding junk and get back to making exciting bikes.
 
I think manufacturers are building to a price and loosing weight costs money, either in materials and manufacture or else in detail design. Fro example, Triumph’s Tiger 660 is not far off the weight of the 800, but it is cheaper. You pays your money……
 


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