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Hey guys, I’m looking into buying the Aprilia Tuono V4 Factory. Is it worth the extra money compared to the normal version?

I attended an Aprilia Demo day last weekend with the intention of mainly riding the Tuono V4 as a near future replacement for my Street Triple R, and also the Tuono 660 Factory just for shits and giggles. Been riding 19 years and owned 11 bikes. First of all, the Aprilia and Piaggio people were fantastic to deal with. Super cool guys with a crazy amount of racing experience between them.

Not sure if it’s one of those “meeting your hero” scenarios, as I’ve wanted to ride the V4 Tuono for over 10 years. But I stepped off the gorgeous scorpion yellow V4 a bit bewildered and confused. First of all, sure it is unrelentingly fast and exhilarating. And that’s coming from somebody whose daily ride is a fully tuned Connie 1400. The character and the experience is where I struggled a bit. In some ways, it had less character than I was expecting. Sure it had a stock exhaust and an aftermarket would help a lot. The engine characteristics were a lot more polished and weren’t quite as raw as I was expecting. But in contrast was the transmission. It seemed extremely loud, very clunky, and agricultural. The quickshifter hit a half false neutral at WOT before eventually moving itself into second without my intervention and spooking me a bit. Could the transmission be a bit beat on as a demo unit? Potentially. I just stepped off the thing totally confused on what I thought about it. I expected to be a lot more wowed.

I decided to ride the Tuono 660 Factory since I was there but I went into the ride not having high hopes. HOLY CRAP. That thing is a total riot. I had so much fun riding that little bike. Outside of some really vibey handlebars, I was really impressed. The engine was characterful and torquey. The transmission seemed less clunky and loud. The front end feel was wonderful. I’m not sure if it’s a big enough upgrade over my current Street Triple R to spend that kind of money on a new bike, but I could definitely see myself picking one of these up used down the road.

I know this is an Aprilia group so the answer is probably a resounding no, but did anybody else struggle a bit after riding the v4???

Been thinking about the Aprilia lineup overall, was originally looking at RS 660 vs RSV4. My background has been on a 2004 Yamaha R6, riding a friends pre cross plane R1 and Ninja 636 and 650r. I would mainly be riding street, with an interest in track, but reality is, I wouldn't frequent the track enough to consider it a main use factor. I have a short 29/30" inseam as well, 5'7 which makes moving bikes a challenge, so ergos really matter since I'm mostly on the street.

Sat on the RS 660 and I could get the balls of my feet down, but the tank felt really wide, especially at the top when resting my arms (assuming a tucked position). The RSV4 had me really on the big toe of either foot for point of contact at best, so I felt the least comfortable, which worries me from emergency stopping or cross wind/navigating short radius turns/backing up at a stop and dropping the bike. I randomly sat on a Yamaha R7 which felt even more comfortable and narrower width when compared to the 660 and the Ninja ZX4rr which is the smallest and most comfy. (just for comparison sake)

They also had a leftover 2024 Tuono V4 base for $5k off at $12k, I know there were changes to the 25/26 models, but would the savings make up for the price?

- How would you compare traditional inline 4s of the Japanese variety to the parallel twin engine?

- I'm 99% sure the RS 660 would be more than enough bike for me and my needs, but the V4 engine just sounds so amazing. I can't help but feel I would regret not having it; but are liter bikes truly overkill/unusable on the street? I see so many nowadays compared to 600's so what gives or are they mostly stop light to stop light owners who never expose the chicken strips?

- If I were to go the RSV4 route, are suspension changes truly ruining the bikes riding ability if I just wanted to lower maybe another inch to at least get more surface area of my foot to touch down for low speed maneuvers?

- I know the handle bars are more upright, but is the overall character of the Tuono still a sport bike? I am confused with the more upright positioning vs the race sport bike with low clip ons and full fairings; does this mean more ppl who ride street should be on naked bikes that can perform well and provide additional comfort vs the amount of ppl who ride full fairing sport bikes who should be doing more track to fully exploit their race heritage bikes?

For context, I started riding on a Ninja 500 and have gotten used to it. Although, I’ve really been thinking of upgrading to a bigger bike so I recently rented out a ZX6R to try out the position but I really feel uncomfortable with the supersport rider position. Ive always looked at the RS660 as a possibility for upgrade, but trying out a supersport made me sort of fear if the RS660 will be similarly as uncomfortable. Any thoughts on the comfort of the RS660?

I'm looking to get a radiator guard for my 23 Tuono V4 but I'm curious how difficult the installation is. Has anyone installed one? Would you recommend one brand over another? How easy or hard was it to install?

Thanks!

Hello recently purchased a 2026 (US) aprilia tuono v4 factory and some people told me it comes with cast aluminum wheels and some say it comes with forged aluminum wheels, was wondering which it actually came with because if it’s cast wheels I would want to buy aftermarket ones, and if it is cast wheels any recommendations on which ones to get? Thank you