V-4 Tuono in development - MCN !?!

[Castaway]

I think the fairing in my first post is more attractive.  

   From the front, it looks like they styled the fairing after some cartoon monster. People complained about the 'eyes' on the Triumph 675 - for me this is worse.

[DNA]

I like it.  

I am not sure about owning a first year product - it seems like there are a lot of little issues to be worked out and the second year might be a better model to own.

Price?  With the weak US$ I guessing $15K plus.

I do plan to add a nekid hooli next spring - not sure which one through.  I bet it will cost less than1/2 for a very lightly used and well farkled S3.  

But I crave Italian.

[squeezer]

Wonder when the V4 Futura is coming to smack down the Veefalo?

Oh, now wouldn't that be sweet!

And I kind of like the fairing. It's different from the pack. It has a sort of "Alien" look to it.

[staedtler]

[R Doug]

So, how did Aprilia come out with a bike that looks no better than the long-in-the-tooth bike it's replacing?  

Don't get me wrong the Aprilia is a beautiful bike but there appears to have been zero origination with with the design of the new one.  

Here's an image of a 2008 (a better looking bike than its successor):

[Mookie]

So, how did Aprilia come out with a bike that looks no better than the long-in-the-tooth bike it's replacing?  

Don't get me wrong the Aprilia is a beautiful bike but there appears to have been zero origination with with the design of the new one.  

Here's an image of a 2008 (a better looking bike than its successor):

That bike is hideous compared to the new one IMO

[MisterSmooth]

That bike is hideous compared to the new one IMO

Yeah, the weird gold frame on the previous Tuono Factory never did it for me.  The new Tuono in black is just  

I rode my '07 yesterday and it is a righteous bike.    But I'm jonesin' for the new V4 Tuono...maybe with an Akropovic pipe...and a carbon nose fairing...and plenty of frame and fork sliders for the day I drop it in the driveway whilst wiping it down with Lemon Pledge...

Do my posts look like Larry's when I use all those periods?    

[DogBoy]

Keep mentioning the V4 and your posts will be even more similar.  

[R Doug]

That bike is hideous compared to the new one IMO

What do we know about the aesthetics of motorcycles?  We purchased a Super Duke.  

[Mookie]

What do we know about the aesthetics of motorcycles?  We purchased a Super Duke.  

Apparently a whole lot!  

[DNA]

I also never cared for the gold frame - but this one has me coming back for look after look. I like it.

I have never had Italian, but you all seem to report the maintenance woes are over rated.

[Castaway]

I also never cared for the gold frame - but this one has me coming back for look after look. I like it.

I have never had Italian, but you all seem to report the maintenance woes are over rated.

Well, Aprilias and Moto Guzzis are not Ducatis.    I read varying reports about valve adjusts on the Ducatis.


I agree that the new Tuono looks good from the side - it's the front of the fairing that's a turnoff for me.

[Dan K]

I also never cared for the gold frame - but this one has me coming back for look after look. I like it.

I have never had Italian, but you all seem to report the maintenance woes are over rated.

My Tuono was bulletproof for about 5-6k miles I put on it.  Only problem was an unexplained leak along the seam of the coolant reservoir bottle. Oil changes and that's that.

[Dan K]

Who else thinks the new V4 Tuono looks like the CB1000F?

- Dan

[keystonejenks]

Interesting.

[DNA]

My Tuono was bulletproof for about 5-6k miles I put on it.  Only problem was an unexplained leak along the seam of the coolant reservoir bottle. Oil changes and that's that.

I really should have bought your bike.

Timing was not good but I should have found a way.

[Dan K]

I really should have bought your bike.

Timing was not good but I should have found a way.

It did go to a happy buyer who loves the bike and is riding the crap out of it (MSF instructor who tours on it!).  Would have been glad to sell to you - but they are out there.  Do the jaxed.com search.  One of my moto rags identified it as a great used buy a couple months ago, so people may be asking a bit much right now, but they're out there.

- Dan

[DFH]

I like it.  

I am not sure about owning a first year product - it seems like there are a lot of little issues to be worked out and the second year might be a better model to own.

Well the Aprilia V4 is entering its third year of production so buy with confidence

[Dan K]

Oh, now wouldn't that be sweet!

And I kind of like the fairing. It's different from the pack. It has a sort of "Alien" look to it.

What was the disney movie with the robot that came alive - number 5 is alive - it had tractor treads for wheels?  That fairing looks just like that robot.

- Dan