Aprilia RS660 Reviews

I figured they could've done better on the weight. That's with a stock lithium battery, aluminum subframe and lightweight wheels.

I just weighed my 1st Gen SV650s in street trim with a lead acid battery, a few little things adding some weight, aftermarket pipe and full tank. 412lbs

 

Gen 1 SV's were weighing in at 417lbs wet so this bike is 16lbs lighter, has all the electronics added, ABS, quick shifter hardware, and I'd be curious to see what Li battery they used and what it weighs - can't be like the Anti-Grav units that are 1.5lbs or so can it?

I'd say that's pretty dang good - it'll easily be in the 365lb range in race trim without any of the usual high dollar mods like CF wheels.

 

Lightweight wheels?
How do we have any idea what the cast aluminum wheels weigh? There's nothing special about them.

 

"the wheels are said to be lightest in class at 7.85 lbs front, 11.86 lbs rear,"

https://www.bike-urious.com/first-ride-review-2021-aprilia-rs660/

 

Need entire assembly weight (add rotors, sprocket carrier, bearings) of each wheel and compare that to SV, FZ, ER, etc.
I'm getting mine next weekend. i have no doubt they are lighter than the SV wheels, that's not exactly hard to accomplish.

 

I hope both happen, I would like to have more options. Imo, if there is a bike that generally fits the concept of a class (in this case affordable and sporty) why not include it. It makes more sense to adjust what bikes are allowed in a class proactively than reactively.

 

We weighed our wheel assemblies, not that light. Dymags on the way.

 

Sometimes wish I was retired and could run a race team. Good on you, Mike, and best of luck in the coming season.

 

I'm not retired and neither is Matt. 2 full time jobs powered by caffeine..

 

Retired from career job is more what I meant, and sorry if I was in error about that.
If you guys need some pit help out here in the west rounds, let me know. I'd love to see the Ridge.

 

https://motoamerica.com/tech-tuesday-homologating-the-2021-aprilia-rs660/

The homologation process is on going. We should know something within a week or two. Once homologation is complete, we may release some data on our initial testing.

 

I can see Yamaha making an MT-07 SP racey variant by 2022... Suzuki I doubt will ever update their SV650

 

The rumor is the updated MT07 will be here before then..

 

On the SV 650, why would they update it? It sells well as is and will be well under the price of the Aprilia et. al. It is still a better street bike than the Ninja 400.

The racer market isn't enough to have Suzuki upgrade the SV. It is still a great beginner / intermediate bike the way it is. They might add some electronics to it for "safety" but I don't see much more than that.

 

Any links to the rumors? Very surprising they’ll turn it out that quick considering they just released a refresh to the MT line

 

Without a street oriented R6, that would make sense. Try to fill that super sport gap with a twin which makes sense for street use anyways (usable torque vs high rpm power).

 

Isn’t that gap already filled by the updated MT-09 SP?

Even though it’s a triple and not a twin but it has usable torque, similar horsepower to R6, more streetable, similar price.

The MT-07 seems to fill more of the commuter/beginner bike gap for Yamaha

 

https://www.asphaltandrubber.com/rumors/yamaha-mt-07r-full-fairing-rumor/

 

https://motoamerica.com/tech-tuesday-homologation-fascination/

 

MA has all their data. It's up to them to come up with a rules package for the bike, then it's up to Aprilia to accept it and write the homologation check, or not...