2022 Aprilia Tuono V4 NON-factory first ride - same thrills, less £££? 

Agreed. Sold my BMW’s and Ducati’s.

So basically your new bike is already a piece of shit at 5k miles. I don't care how good the engine is.

@@aluisious what a stupid comment, no bike is perfect. On the whole this one is fantastic and I've owned over 20 bikes in my life.

Chasing the noise forced me to sell my tuono 👮‍♂️ 🥲

Why did you change from the Superduke to the Tuono, did you not get on with the SDR?

@@dougie1325 No I didn't get on with it. I found it hard work. Some times it was super smooth & other times it was snatchy & annoying. It was coming up to 2 years old & it seemed a no brainer to px plus £3K for a brand new Tuono with the Akra, decat & race map all included. Better for the pillion too a my wife regularly goes on the back.

I part traded an '18 790 Duke on mine as was keeping my '20 890 Duke R but unfortunately I wrote off the 890 a month later.

Yeah, a Tuono GT or something. That'd be nice

Me too

Thanks Mark! The Tuono feels far more like a racebike, the MT10 is better suited for the road in terms of ergonomics. Both sound stupendous. For me, the Yamaha's dealer network and reliability and lower insurance costs swung it :)

Thank you for taking the time to reply. That’s very interesting as I rode the factory and found it cramped and slightly confusing riding position. Knees by my ears and hunched over like a sports bike but with straight bars🤷🏼‍♂️ but as you found out rides superb. Though this might be better bike for me to have. I’ve ridden the normal mt10 and loved it, I like to try the SP to see if the difference is worth the extra notes. I have watched your video on this also. As I go plan to go away more and would like something a bit more comfy ish than my street triple rs. Plus I find the Yamaha really comfy and love the riding position. I also agree the Yamaha dealer network spot on as I previously had a mt09.

Worth every penny and got it done for half that in the US

This is not accurate. I just had a quote for the 12,000 mile service from the Chicago dealership and they told me $1200 if valves needed adjusted, if they are within spec it would be half the cost.

So is a V Strom 1050. Just get the Aprilia man lol

It makes it much more tolerable. It deflects a fair bit of wind off your torso.

Go the 2022, I did.

I had the exact same problem, traded back for another 1290r but miss it now it’s gone ! Fickle I know

I put a Powerbronze on mine looks killer

I little bit at low speeds… and you might be right in saying that's why it nudges you to go fast!

It's been a few years since I filmed this, but I don't remember it being an issue (if it was, I would've mentioned it!)

Nope

@@timrodierides you did not reach 240f at the lights?

@@humannature3916 I don't know, I filmed this two years ago and I work in celsius ;)

I do! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-F4nxXgULbIY.html&ab_channel=TimRodieDrivesStuff

@@timrodierides Quelle surprise! Thanks, mate. Oh and I figured it was on the channel of driving stuff nonsense, but couldn't pick it out quickly.

Cause you don't really need them, more like a cars hand brake for hill take offs n slow manoeuvring for improved balance. Only use the front for fast riding.

@@DukeOfTwist Good point.

Looks good in the flesh, a bit of a sneaky sleeper.