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APRILIA TUONO V4 1100 FACTORY

Aprilia Tuono V4 1100 Factory on track

efore the test, I thought the Aprilia would be outdone. It was updated in 2019, with new semi-active suspension from Öhlins, but it is essentially the 2015 bike (which is when it first jumped up to 1100cc capacity). On the dyno (see box out) the Aprilia recorded a true 157bhp, which isn’t bad, but down on the competition. I thought this comparatively ‘old’ model with

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