2021 Aprilia Tuono V4 | Biking Perfection?

After a week riding the new 2021 Aprilia Tuono V4 what's its really like to live with...

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[Icemn]

You know when you are getting obsessed with bike reviews when you ride your own bike and hear the LCR intro music in your head!

[barryholden]

I've bought this bike, you have highlighted all the 'issues' i had with it. That said, its the most fun per pound of most bikes out there. Good video :)

[yorkshireRT]

I'm smitten with my 20. It's worth owning the bike for the sound alone.

[colinb]

This will probably be my next bike, …next year when they get real with the price 😉
The couple of cons you mentioned…
Quickshifter-
The clue is in the name, use it when you are going quick!..my two bikes are fitted with them
Don’t use it when the engine is still cold, …..don’t use it trundling around town, …
They work best when you’re going for it on a rising throttle, you need some rotational inertia ( speed ) in the gearbox for it to work best, not designed for crunching through the box at 2, 500 revs around towns.
Low down engine lumpiness….
It’s a Big capacity V4, ..not an in line 4, it’s just a characteristic of the V4 engine layout, V twins are pretty lumpy low down, what you’ve effectively got is two V twins running together, it’s just the power pulses your feeling low down until the engine gets into its stride a bit.
You were actually “lugging” the bike too low in the Rev range and it was protesting and telling you so.

It’s all about mechanical sympathy and learning the characteristics of the bike your riding, ..what it likes and what it doesn’t like….then you have to adjust your riding style to suit, ..listen to what the bike is telling you, work around that and you don’t have any problems any more, ..simples 🤷🏻‍♂️

[gmcrusher]

I struggle to understand why people insist on using quickshifters at very low pace and at low rpm.

They were never designed or intended to work that way. If you want an automatic, go buy a Honda DCT.

Otherwise fantastic review as usual!

[calloverpete]

I think you’d be wise to go back and try it again. I test rode a. Factory at a UK dealer on 19 July 2021 with a view to buy. Aprilia have given the dealers a new update map for the ECU to deal with all the low speed issues you identify and the engine check light issues. The bike is much improved and all the latest 2021 bikes will have this from now on. I thought it was amazing. And smooth even below 20 mph.

[lionelkirbyshire]

No bike will be perfect for everyone, I would put up with it, the bike, Is brilliant.

[CubanRider]

Anti-wheelie apart from TC, and remembering the last riding mode. The main reasons I traded in my Speed Triple 1200 for a Tuono.

[MumblesOnTheMove]

It’s nice to actually here a review which is actually critical of certain parts of the Tuono, most reviews just say how wonderful it is, and now owning one, your review is a true representation of the bike 👌

[tylerwarren]

I just bought one and your review is spot on. Lots of great information! I was a bit taken aback by the low speed manners and the engine heat but it's a small price to pay for such a fun riding experience. I've discovered the quickshifter is very smooth when used over 5000 rpms.

[RutgerSmets]

Don't make me buy a new Tuono, Chopsy! I still haven't paid off my current Tuono haha

[nigelfisher]

Another winning review vid’, Mr Chops, but one leaving me only slightly perplexed.
Clearly a superb machine which would delight any owner. I understand your explained ‘little foibles’ i.e. low rev grumpiness and imperfect shifter & blipper. I don’t think the Italian engineering mindset is to produce sterile smoothness; rather they show emotion and a few rough edges that owners become endeared with. Very fair review, however. At the risk of points on my licence, I’d definitely take the Tuono over the Triumph Speed T1200 for its presence, authenticity (made in Italy), sound and character.

[jamest]

Now that I owned my RSV4 1100 for a good while, I agree they don’t like going slow but adding a 44t rear sprocket sorted that out, made such a difference to the ride, using more gears in normal riding, which is ace because of the quick shift and blipper also sorted the slow running out in towns and tight hilly roads. Best mod I have done.

[samiam]

You’re reviews just keep getting better and better. Keep up the great work Chops!

[HRCfan]

Excellent review. I thought you’d like it a little more to be honest. I had a 2013 and loved it. Imagine the 1100 must be so much better. It’s on the list of possibilities. Love the channel. 👍🏼

[pistolpete]

Fantastic review! I had 2 valve checks on my 2016 and that’s all they had to do, the engines are very precise and reliable. My 2019 Tuono gets about 160 miles/tank of fuel but all my riding is done in the countryside, no urban riding which is why I get decent MPG figures. You’re absolutely right, engine doesn’t like slow urban riding but that’s not what this motorcycle was designed for! I never get bored riding this motorcycle, the sound is intoxicating, handling is great and it looks good too! Could stand to lose some weight but I guess we can all say that post COVID!

[moto]

Lifetime warranty, now that’s worth having provided Wheels stay in business.... having said that I had a V2 Tuono back in 2004 and it was bulletproof...

[beamdoctor]

I have a 2002 Aprilia Millie R and never had a problem with it. I don't ride it in the rain or leave outdoors. Now this review makes me want a Tuono . I put high mount Arrow full race exhaust and higher bars on the Millie.

[christopherfranks]

Just got a 2018 rr after years of watching your vids and I’m so pleased what a bike keep doing what your doing best reviews going.

[vicomtedelomagne]

Had my 2024 Tuono V4 600 mile service at Wheels Peterborough. Rode home and went through some moderate rain. Parked in my garage. 48 hrs later the chain was covered in rust. Hmmmm.