Aprila's rule! ,the Tuono is one of my favorite bikes of all time. The parts are so nice ,the best of everything. They really are pieces of artwork.
I would have sex with Kristie Alley (shudder) for the ohlins forks and shocks off a Tuono. My 919 is the jap version of the Tuono and you can really see the personality of the respective country's in the differences between the 2 bikes.
My 919 makes 110 HP(100 at the rear wheel)is an across the frame 4 cylinder with fuel injection. The engine was originally in the world changing CBR900RR made 130HP and was carberated. The engine was altered slightly to make more tourque(65ftpnds)
down lower in the rev range. It sounds like a serious comedown in power but it is a big improvment off the line. The engine unlike most sportbikes can be modded to make more power. The ultimate version of the same mill was in the 02 CBR954RR and made a 150HP.
The parts like exhaust ,brakes,shock and fork are very plain jane but work incredibly well. The forks are nonadjustable,and old style ,the brakes are exellent but are not radial. The exhaust is the exception it is a trick dual underseat version. Expensive aftermarket exausts are lighter but make no more power. The forks and shocks are what I really covet off the Tuono they are the first and probably only major mod I plan to make.
The Aprilla is the same bike ie naked sportsbike based on an older model of the top end repliracer but the Tuono has the best of everything. Radial brakes
upsidedown forks with a million different adjustments, wheels that are so nice I woukld hang them on my wall. Every little piece on the Tueno is the best.
Parts I plan to buy for my bike like aluminium bars ,steel braided brake lines and adjustable cnc'd rearsets are already on the Tuono.
The Tuono is a Busse with infi everything and my 919 is scrapyard with 98% the performance but half the price.
I have a poster of the Aprilla SXV 4.5 V twin supermoto bike on my wall.
It would be the bike I would buy if I lived in a big city.