As within the automotive world, so too has the motorcycling world adopted the thought of track-ready, one-off bikes supplied to mere mortals such as you and I. These go-fast machines are normally ready-to-rock variations of a model’s avenue bikes, or one step down from the full-blown racers. All of them, nevertheless, are extraordinarily cool, though I might by no means be capable of extract the whole lot from them.
And Aprilia is the most recent producer to get in on the motion with the discharge of the RS 660 Trofeo; a track-only, limited-edition sport bike that builds on the model’s prior track-only success and a motorcycle we won’t assist however drool over.
The bike itself is predicated across the RS 660, however not like the street bike, the Trofeo is definitely constructed by the race division. Based on Aprilia, “The restricted manufacturing, which occurs between race seasons, is made immediately by the Aprilia Racing division as part of the Manufacturing facility Works program.”
With that in thoughts, Aprilia Racing and the Manufacturing facility Work program get to constructing out a greater bike. This system eliminates the ignition change meeting, together with ABS—although “the ABS management unit, nevertheless, stays on the bike and linked to take advantage of the methods of the built-in digital system—whereas the remainder of the braking system is “simplified with impartial strains.” The bike’s ECU is then reprogrammed with “mapping (all ‘full energy’) developed by Aprilia Racing.”
It is also been tuned for the SC Mission racing exhaust.
Working to maintain the whole lot degree is an up to date suspension system, with the entrance forks getting an adjustable “Misano by Andreani” inside cartridge, that works for each compression and rebound damping and preload, whereas a rear Öhlins AP948 shock “options hydraulic preload, compression, and rebound damping adjustment.”
The bike’s chassis was additionally upgraded, as Aprilia lowered the driving place “because of the racing higher steering yoke and adjustable semi-handlebars,” whereas the model made the footpegs adjustable. The model additionally dropped the dry weight—a ridiculous metric as we have mentioned up to now—to only 153 kilos.
All in all, what that totals is a limited-edition, track-only bike that’ll set you again a cool $21,500. However solely 28 RS 660 Trofeos will likely be constructed, so when you’re the type of individual that wishes to stunt on everybody at your subsequent observe day, act fast, as orders are dwell now.
