No Sugarcoating | Aprilia RS 457 Detailed Ride Review | STRELL

No Sugarcoating | Aprilia RS 457 Detailed Ride Review | STRELL

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[farhankhan_rr]

Great Review bro! Honest and No bullshit video. Agree with you on all points. The bike has a lot of pros. But the cons cannot be ignored.

Pros
-The engine is so tractable, the power and torque delivery is superb, there's so much character and torque. There's nothing like this in class and it stands true the Aprilia DNA.
-The handling i feel is simply the best in class. It's so easy to play around anywhere. City, highway, corners can't wait to take it onto the track.
- Electronics package is too good. The dash is great.

Cons:
- Plastic quality you are right. But that's not a deal breaker for me. I can ignore it. I just hope it doesn't cost a lot if i crash it on track. 😁
- Brakes is something Aprilia needs to fix. They're going to send the race brake pad as an accessory. Will try it out and see how it goes. Currently the stock front brake pad is already brembo sintered brake pad and rear is organic (i think these were updated in production model after track reviews).. Aprilia says there's a better brake pad. We'll see how that helps. However i still feel the brake pads will not make a big difference. Because the current stock front brake pad is already a very good fully sintered Brembo brake pad. I even tried ebc brakes and it didn't help much. I completely switched the abs off and actually felt so much better without the abs intervention. So there are two issues i feel personally.
1. ABS calibration is not right. It kicks in too agressively. Pulse on the lever is too much and it increases stopping distance.
2. After lot of hard braking there's brake fade. This i didn't feel initially much in my run in period coz i didn't push very hard. But when i pushed hard, i felt the brake fade and its dangerous. I could manage those situations with engine braking. But everybody's skill level May not be the same.

Both the above issues happen intermittently. It's unpredictable and confusing. And that's dangerous.

Hope Aprilia takes this very seriously and does something soon. If they don't, i will do mods to my bike to make my bike safer.
A friend got brembo rsc15 master cylinder and the bike felt SO much better.

Things that i will try.
- Better master cylinder
- Better brake pads
- Better brake fluid. Do4 racing it Dot 5 brake fluid.

These things i will do to my motorcycle and it can be expensive. But i wouldn't mind doing it because i still love the bike for everything else apart from braking and would want the best for my motorcycle.

But it's not necessary that everybody else also would mind spending that much. Aprilia has to do something very soon about this.

I would still suggest people to go test ride the motorcycle and see how you feel. It has more lot more positives to enjoy. But the cons need a fix asap.

[Nightfury]

I have to agree on all the points. I have put around 1500kms since I got the bike in mid April*. Positives are great engine, handling and sensible UI, nothing complicated nor overdone. But there are quite a lot of cons but it also has to do with a first gen of the model and as a whole new model. The plastic quality is very poor for the price, the black plastics around the forks and cluster have started to fade. The fastening hardware have started to form rust points especially the one on clips on and engine. The biggest con must be the brakes and you are absolutely right. The off the shelf ByBre is just not adequate for this motorycycle and Aprilia have cut cost in the wrong department. Frequent brake usage in city or heavy braking scenarios just lead to brake fade rightaway and the feedback while normal is also very spongy. The racing brake pads from the accessories doesnt help either, so please dont waste your money on that accessory. A basic Brembo/Nissin setup would be a much better. Please don't push this bike inside the city and make sure you have plenty of space if you plan to hit the topspeed cause the brakes won't help you a single bit.

[suryakantsharma]

This is a futuristic bike. Aprillia knows that Indian youth is into fairings 400cc bikes and the obsession of superbikes and Affordable beginner sports bikes. RS 457 ate the market so early

[All-in-one-]

I booked Aprilia RS 457 today, same prismatic dark colour 💗

[shashankraghuvanshi]

Breaks issue is a serious downside for such bikes on Indian roads😢

[yash_kambli]

Bro plz do video on hero Maverick 440. And don't forget to pit it against the street 400
And pulsar ns400z .

[nikhilnair]

Finally an UNBIASED no nonsense review. Thanks Strell 🙌🏻

[idliman]

10:00 small correction Strell, the power is 47.6 bhp @ 9400 RPM and torque is 43.5Nm @ 6700 RPM. These are the official brochure numbers.

[idliman]

I actually did some research on the observation you made at 21:30 regarding the frame. So frames are all die-cast be it this 457 all the way up to a Paingale V4. The difference is that the Panigale uses a magnesium alloy for the frontal frame section instead of aluminium. The only outlier here is the RSV4 that uses a combination of pressed and cast sheet elements. I think you got confused with rims which are usually forged on exotic superbikes.

[YouAreOnYoutube]

This video is a bit of relief for someone like me, who can't justify the upgrade to this from a RC390 !! Beautiful machine though with ample of power, technology and that price point its definitely a bargain... I envy those who got chance to own one.

[shadow_realm]

Dayumn, One of the most awaited reviews for me :)

[VirtualTech]

Love how @Strell shows us the top speed and doesn't hold back like other reviewers

[SivaxReddy]

18:00 broooo M/C i thought MC as an another word and it sits perfectly into that sentence,
your intension is MotorCycle i get it after a sec.

[alittlehand]

Bro your videos looks amazing it was better than some mainstream channel which 📸 and 🎙️🎤 you use
Thank you in advance for replying ❤

[skenze]

4:50 this movement is what all bikers and people who love BIKES AND CARS do omg haha

[shantanubbhosale]

GT 650 and the RC 390 use the 320mm disc rotor from Brembo, those brakes are actually crazy good and they come with sintered pads as stock. If the calipers and brake pads are the same as the Aprilia what's the problem? I believe its a non brembo rotor on the Aprilia.

[saikiranj]

Good video man! You still have room to grow but that was well made, keep it up!

[akashsingh]

7:50 it's a new technology from Aprilia called RSFS(rear suspension feedback system)😂

[saraths]

It's not a "DISTRACTION" to turn our head while listening to an amazing exhaust note on roads😂.
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Its our LOVE for BIKES.❤❤
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Explaining something important, saw a straight empty road, pulled the throttle, all happy. 🏍️🏍️

[sonalchoudhary]

I appreciate ur efforts bro.. u r doing a great job, I love watching ur videos❤❤❤❤