Motorcycle Sport

Introduced in 2015, the Aprilia “Factory Works” project offered the general public RSV4 superbikes engineered to World Superbike and Superstock specs. The motorcycles were sold-out and supported directly by Aprilia athletics, and offered the right out-of-box tool for serious athletics in ranking series, collectors, or those seeking the right Aprilia track bike.

For 2017, the Aprilia mill Works project is bigger and faster than ever. Four RSV4 FW bikes are available: FW-SSTK1, FW-SSTK2, FW-SBK, and therefore the one which will not go forgotten, the FW-GP.

The 2017 Aprilia RSV4 FW-GP’s 65-degree V4 is predicated on constant one within the RS GP-15 that was used throughout Aprilia’s come back to MotoGP in 2015. The RSV4 FW-GP is fitted with a V4 that has its bore hyperbolic to eighty one (from base model’s seventy eight bore) and gas valve temporal arrangement (metal bellows with compressed gas shut valves over ancient springs) that ought to provide some serious higher rpms. Aprilia says this combines to make “more than” 250 HP.

Aprilia RSV4 FW-GP 2017

This configuration is “similar to the one that Aprilia formally raced within the 2015 MotoGP world championship” with Alvaro Bautista and Marco Melandri.

Besides having a motorcycle with MotoGP-developed technology, Aprilia athletics offers exclusive services for a very distinctive shopping for experience–before, throughout and once the sale. As a part of this, RSV4 FW-GP consumers area unit invited to Aprilia athletics headquarters in Noale, Italy, to solidify purchase (no value reported), and receive on-track support just like that of a mill rider.

“Aprilia athletics has forever competed within the most selective world speed championships, like MotoGP, so as to amass expertise and to develop technologies that we will conjointly apply to the mill product,” says Romano Albesiano, Aprilia athletics Technical Manager.

“The RSV4 is that the best example of the shut collaboration between the athletics world and production. With the mill programme, Aprilia athletics currently offers one thing additional, one thing actually distinctive – the possibility to have a real athletics bike. totally different levels of sophistication area unit available: it starts with AN RSV4 optimized for the track, moving on to the SSTK version (exactly just like the bike that dominated the 2015 Superstock a thousand FIM Cup) all the thanks to a real Superbike.

“For 2017 we have a tendency to set to push farther, creating AN extreme RSV4 configuration accessible, fitted with AN engine that has gas valve temporal arrangement. With the FW-GP, Aprilia athletics provides its customers, not solely with the technology developed in MotoGP, however conjointly with special treatment in terms of knowledge, support and fine-tuning of the bike before, throughout and once the acquisition, similar to the riders have United Nations agency race with Aprilia athletics, so as to permit them to require most advantage of this exceptional bike’s full potential.”

When customers obtain the RSV4 FW-GP, they're flown to Noale customise their bike’s configuration supported desires and budget: “During preparation of the bike, (customers) can receive ‘live’ pictures of the arming progress and that they have a phonephone line and address accessible for the other desires, each of that stay active after so as to receive data or request support.”

If wanted, customers will acquire the RSV4 FW-GP from Noale. different emptor perks embody Aprilia athletics track leathers, a pen pass for a complete MotoGP weekend, and asking to an officer Aprilia track day wherever Aprilia athletics engineers work directly with the client on bike settings and explanations—kind of like being a mill rider for each day. Also, any time a client needs to use the RSV4 FW-GP on the track, AN Aprilia athletics engineer may be gift.

The other RSV4 FW models area unit as spectacular, and conjointly embody technical coaching and a track take a look at session with Aprilia athletics members. Following area unit the precise specs of the Superstock and World Superbike FW motorcycles (all begin as 2017 Aprilia RSV4 RRs with Race Pack):
2017 Aprilia RSV4 R FW-SSTK1

    Aprilia RSV4 with Race Pack (Öhlins suspension systems and cast wheel rims).
 normal electrical system with extremist light-weight Li battery.
 normal natural philosophy european reprogrammed in Race version, engine management and vehicle dynamics map created in Aprilia athletics.

Reprogrammed instrumentation, susceptible for lap times if combined with the V4-MP system. this is often the transmission platform with that Aprilia introduces a measuring system that has, among different things, “corner by corner” adjustment of the RSV4’s electronic settings.
Optimized and lightened braking system with ABS eliminated
Lightened mill engine, with no thermostat and secondary air circuit, with simplified cooling circuit lines. Akrapovic exhaust kit, fairings kit and complete engine optimisation.