Spending 2021 with the Aprilia RS660 | MCN

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[thabigkahoona]

I could watch Neevesy for hours. What an absolute gem he is for motorcycle enthusiasts

[motorcyclenewsdotcom]

Thanks so much to everyone that's watched so far. In relation to the oil drips mentioned, after consulting with Aprilia, the issue was resolved after a quick service and clean once it was returned to the manufacturer. A spokesperson went onto say this would be an easy quick fix at a local dealership. Hope this helps! Ride safe. Dan, MCN.

[GaryJohnWalker]

Just one criticism - given this was filmed in October, would've been useful to have at least a footnote on whether those apparent oil drips proved serious and if anything needed to be fixed.

[barryholden]

Really nice to hear some 'honest' comments about an Aprilia, they are a bike full of character. Good job guys :)

[pistolpete]

Great video review. I test rode one last weekend when I was getting my Tuono serviced and I was surprised how much I liked this motorcycle. Plenty of power for the road and was very comfortable too.

[motorcyclenewsdotcom]

Apologies for the error in bike name to start with! Corrected now. Would you take the RS660 over the new Yamaha R7? Comment below!

[craigmatthews]

This 2021 RS660 is my 4th Aprilia, they all have been extremely reliable (the 2008 RSV1000 had a cam sensor fail). I love the 660 only put 600 miles on it before I put it away for the winter. MCN review is spot on. i ride pretty hard sure hope the rubber lasts longer than 2K. it last longer than that on my 1100 Tuono factory.

[NooBiker]

These really are so so valuable to people considering new bikes! I remember watching similar when deciding on buying my Ninja 650. Hope to see more of these 👍

[zeljkomadzo]

Late to the party I know! Went to inspect and to sit on of these yesterday, the US edition and here are my thoughts.

From only looking and sitting on it (will do a test drive soon). It looks really cheap in some ways. Like a toy. That one they had as a used had only been driven 2730km, meaning barely anything and it already had rust in some places... Even behind the front brake disc on the internal components.

Might not be me used to sports bikes but you really sat very aggressive on it even though everyone says comfy for a sports bike. Pegs are too high up as well it feels even though I am 176cm tall, which is not a lot tbh. Paint looks nice, but thin and the stickers are a bit hmm so and so. A bit of a shame it looks and feels rather toyish irl. But that engine howl sounds amazing on videos at least!

For reference my current bike is a Trident 660 and it really feels like a very well built kit. Quality wise feels like a much more expensive bike even though there are cheap plastics on it as well here and there. Seat also not the best.

I sat on the new Street Triple RS as well. My oh my! If the Aprilia feels like it´s built a bit like a Dacia as a comparison (which is unfair I know). The RS looks to be built as a Bentley or something. Paint so thick and deep, the leather on the seat and the components, even the stand is very solid and looks more expensive than needed. Also felt amazing to sit on, very sporty but much more comfy obviously than aprilia which it is since naked. I will try them both incl the Tuono to see how they feel riding.

[pggp]

A lot of so called presenters could learn a lot from Neevsey. A total natural and a pleasure to listen too

[ricardotolosa]

I have one RS660, and have done 4 track days so far. Ifound that all eletronic controls changes were quite noticeable at the tracks, specially traction control.There was a 2 sec lap time difference at Estoril, from modes commute to race engine cut at lean and throttle does not responded as fast, also ABS intrudes a lot. At the streets I found only the throttle response to be clearly noticeable when changing engine maps. So, in my opinion those different set-ups serve the purpose.

[Blottski]

I was surprised Neevesy said he didn't like the sound. I suppose it makes sense if you are more traditional inline 4 kind of guy, but in comparison to the closest competitors to this bike in the 650 class I LOVE it! It's at least an almost exotic sounding twin and not a traditional lawn mower sounding parallel twin. It's all subjective of course I suppose.

[dbauernf]

Oh man, I'm absolutely loving your videos lately.

[NinjaKoalaAUTW]

The title should be "spending 2021 with the Aprilia rs660"

[_Azur]

Is it not about the rs660 I don't understand, is there a mistake in the title ?

[ragerider]

Nice review. I do really like the RS660 but now they've released the Tuono Factory, it'll be interesting to see next year when they presumably release a Factory RS if it's worth it & a genuine upgrade on this.

[earthlyng_official]

It’s kind of hard to believe that a bike with a suspension that’s been touted to feel like it’s on rails could be better with this kit… pretty awesome..

[TheRtHonJimStiffOG]

Thought Neevesy had brought his son into the video and under closer inspection realised it was Dan Dan, love you dude, always happy for you to use comments on #Ride5000

[johnjackson]

the oil leak is the nut behind the oil filter . i bet not tightened up at factory enough.

[valbrend]

I am a new viewer and at first I thought Lin Jarvis was reviewing the bike 😂 anyway love the review