MARK Miller crossed the line 30th in today’s Dainese Superbike TT Race – and attributed the team’s progress with the Aprilia RSV4 to the work of Mark Buckley. Miller enjoyed a solid six-lap race around the famous course on a bike which Buckley had spent several weeks working on before his tragic death at the North West 200 last month. And... [Continue reading...]
2011 Aprilia RSV4 Factory APRC Special Edition
Aprilia’s domination in the World Superbike Championship has given rise to a special edition of a motorcycle that already set new standards for the supersports street bike genre: The Aprilia RSV4 Factory APRC Special Edition is the new benchmark for the supersports segment Ultra sophisticated electronic management – The APRC pack lets... [Continue reading...]
WSBK: Camier Dogged By Problems At Magny Cours WSB Debut
Camier retires in both races due to mechanical and electrical issues It was a long testing weekend for Leon Camier making his debut appearance for the Aprilia World Superbike Team at Magny Cours. After two extremely fraught races the 23-year-old was forced to retire from both races with electrical and mechanical problems. Camier who first sat... [Continue reading...]
WSBK: Biaggi And Aprilia Take The Top Spot At Brno
Biaggi take the Aprilia RSV4 to its first victory in the Czech Republic The very first victory in 2009 to combine the names of Max Biaggi and Aprilia has arrived from the historic and prestigious Brno circuit, home to the Czech round of the Superbike world Championships. The Roman driver secured his ninth victory on this track which saw him triumphant... [Continue reading...]
WSBK: Biaggi Takes Fifth In Race One
Aprilia WSB Team struggle with technical problems in Italy Race 1 of the SBK round at Assen has arrived. It’s hot and the sky is cloudy, but the weather forecast ruled out rain. The thick crowds of spectators in the stands at this historic Dutch track were able to watch an exciting race that proved to be a struggle to the very end, as never... [Continue reading...]
WSBK: Biaggi Holds On To Fourth In 1st Losail Qualifying Session
Nakano takes the Aprilia RSV4 to tenth on slippery losail circuit It’s back to the track in Qatar for the second round of the SBK 2009 season. Unlike the other GP cousins, the production-derived bikes will race on the Losail circuit by day. In fact, the races will be held on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. local time (Qatar is two hours... [Continue reading...]
WSBK: Aprilia WSB Pedigree A Spur For RSV4 Squad
Aprilia RSV4 superbike proves strong in recent testing After a strong showing in recent testing the exquisite vee-four Aprilia RSV4 has already demonstrated some of its more obvious capabilities early in its development cycle. With riders of the calibre of Max Biaggi and Shinya Nakano already making great strides on track, the prospect of Aprilia... [Continue reading...]
Nakano Tests The Aprilia RSV4 In Wind Tunnel
Wind tunnel testing to optimise Aprilia RSV 4 for Shinya Nakano The factory Aprilia World Superbike team have conducted a number of wind tunnel tests to optimise the aerodynamics of the all new Aprilia RSV4. Japanese rider Shinya Nakano spent a day in the wind tunnel at the Department of Industrial engineering at the University of Perugia, Italy. Working... [Continue reading...]
Biaggi Impressed By Compact Aprilia RSV4
Max Biaggi happy with Aprilia RSV4 in testing In 2009 Max Biaggi will ride a factory Aprilia RSV4 his third format of WSB machine in three years. He started on a 1000cc -in-line Japanese Suzuki on 2007, then swapped that for a 1200cc Italian Ducati, and now he returns with Italian equipment, but this time on the radical 65° 1000cc, Aprilia vee-four. Although... [Continue reading...]
Marco Simoncelli To Race In 2009 WSBK With Aprilia?
Marco Simoncelli is planning to take part in the first two rounds of the World Superbike Championship next season with Aprilia. The 250cc world champion races a Gilera-badged Aprilia in the world championship. “Aprilia have asked me to run in the first two races of the Superbike championship in 2009, because they care a lot for it,”... [Continue reading...]