New V4 mugello test pics

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Aprilia RXV 2009

New for 2009:

• New aluminium swingarm with cast body and hydroformed members. The new swingarm is significantly lighter and more flexible, giving clear benefits in improved traction and better stability over rough ground (ruts/ridges).
• Lighter and more compact rear brake caliper.
• New lateral exhaust system homologated to FIM 2009 regulations.
• Fuel system with stepper motor throttle body control and new ECU. This development makes starting easier under all conditions and reduces weight significantly too. Power delivery is also smoother and easier to control.
• Simplified, lighter rear frame for a reduced seat height and a more comfortable seating position for riders of “all sizes”.
• Lower seat height (-5 mm).
• New 2009 graphics and new seat.
• Reduced weight (-2 Kg).
• Black wheels

RXV debuts in the Total Pharaons Rally 2008

An unoffical Italian Team will enter the Total Pharaons Rally with 2 Aprilia RXV 450's. The rally is going to be held from October 5th till October 11th in Egypt.

The Team Aprilia Gabrielli-Giofil, directed by Filippo Assirelli, normally races the bicylindrical RXV in the Italian Rallies, and they are now ready for a new challenge: The Total Pharaons International Cross Country Rally.

The RXV 450's will be ridden by the official pilots of the Team, Paul Ceci and Alex Zanotti. The third bike will be ridden by Barbiero Angel, a pilot/journalist who already participated with the Aprilia Team in the Sardinia Race Rally, opening test of the World-wide Cross Country season. There will also be 3 other RXV's ridden by private riders.

Aprilia News will be reporting on a daily basis about this rally when it starts in the beginning of October.

Lazzarini wins Italian Supermoto Championship

An Italian rider and an Italian motorcycle took home the prizes during the final round of the S1 Italian Supermoto Championship; both the International and Italian titles. Ivan Lazzarini and the Aprilia SXV 4.5 of Team DRC Supermoto entered into the annals of history with this important double victory that followed a season's worth of victories in all the classifying rounds and heats of the 2008 Italian Championships. Presenting himself with a large advantage at the start of the race in Busca (Cuneo, Italy), Lazzarini managed the S1 race and closed out the first fraction in 4th place. The result allowed him to mathematically conquer the Italian S1 Supermoto Championship title with one heat still remaining. The international title arrived at the end of the second heat when he crossed the finish line behind teammate Thierry Van Den Bosch. It was the Frenchman, the official DRC Aprilia Off Road rider, who found no equals in Busca and marked the pole positions and victories of both S1 fractions, making for an irrefutable Aprilia Off Road double.

This fantastic success followed a black Friday. During the free trials at Busca, Massimo Beltrami (Aprilia SXV 5.5/Team DRC Supermoto) took a nasty fall while landing a jump, fracturing the radius and ulna of his left arm. He immediately underwent surgery to reset the fracture at the hospital in Cuneo and was fitted for a cast (which he will wear for 40 days). The entire Team Aprilia decided their success in the S1 to the unlucky the rider from Bologna, who was battling for a spot on the S2 podium at the time of the fall.

RSVR4 release imminent

The RSV-4 will be presented on sunday 21 september at a big Aprilia party at the Piazza del Popolo in Rome.

More info (italian)

Aprilia V4 at Mugello...what a sound

Max Biaggi Aprilia WSBK rumours

Like we reported some time ago Max Biaggi has been talking to Aprilia about their new WSBK adventure on the RSV4. But now the rumours are getting bigger. Strong rumours where going around at the motogp paddock at misano that Biaggi is signing with Aprilia. But rumours are also going around that Biaggi will sign with the factory Ducati Xerox team. So nothing is certain yet. But we will keep our eye on the matter.