APRILIA RS457 - SEGMENT KILLER FROM BARAMATI | RIDE IMPRESSIONS | LIKE NO OTHER IN THE SEGMENT 

Hi bro, I didn’t wear a jacket for RS457’s ride. Just long sleeve Tshirt. But I did wear gloves for safety. Also I got used to the heat and luckily for approx 6 days around that time, hyderabad had low temperatures.

Depends, Like if you are just starting out with riding a bike, I would suggest going for a single cylinder first. Like gixxer sf 250 or CB300r or vitpilen 250. Once you feel confident riding around, you go for this.

As a experienced rider, I would not suggest any beginner to get Aprilia 457. This machine is literally for mad mans who are experienced with speed and who are able to balance the weight during cornering. That's why they call Aprilia 457 a 'Track Weapon' and 'Pocket Rocket'

As long as I was on the bike and riding it, I didn’t feel any heat bro. I rode it for like 80mins. Just once when I stopped to check my phone, I had the feeling that the fairing of the bike where my knee was in touch, became warm. Other than that, I felt heat management was good enough. Much better than GT650.

That knocking sound was becuz I was in higher gear and very low speed bro. If you notice the gear was 5th and I was trying to accelerate from 22kmph. That was way too low for the bike to gain speed in that gear. Then I was about to downshift gears. That was the tap sound that you might have heard just before the cut. Gear shifts wear a bit clicky tho not as smooth so that also contributed to the sound at that 14;57 point.

Gear shifts were actually clicky bro. Not smooth on the test ride vehicle. I actually spoke about it while riding but unfortunately my gopro died due to heat and didn’t go on record.

I felt exactly the same about the clutch when I took a test ride in Bangalore.

I felt the same bro for the gear box. It was super clunky. I talked about it while riding but unfortunately the gopro died due to summer heat and didn’t get captured on cam. and the clutch as well needed almost like a full release for the bike to get going. I got used to this while riding. The sales person said that in future, quickshifter will come as standard and it will see a price hike. I felt that clunky gearbox might be a reason for them to include it as a standard. Maybe it will either fix the clunkiness or it is like a workaround for clutch issue too. I haven’t been in touch with the owners because this bike is still fairly new, didn’t see one on the road yet. I hope to check with them soon if I get a chance.

@@SammyOnWheels that would be great information to know.. as far as I know Prakash Suraj (on RU-vid) is from Hyderabad and has taken delivery.. if you can connect with him.. it would be great..

I’ll try to check with him as well and a few other owners as well if possible. Once I have a bit more information, I’ll drop you an update.

I felt the same here in Marathalli Showroom, took ride on 16th April. Executive said it had run around 1600 km and no service done. For a new bike I felt a little weird, it felt like an old bike . Maybe just poor quality or Aprilia wants us to invest in their accessories.

140mm bro. Most of these kind of faired bikes have around 130mm or 140mm GC. 130mm needs a bit of care for example ninja 650. 140mm is fine for normal type of potholes and speed bumps. big ones can get tricky and you need just a bit of care.

I feel that from 5’8 to 5’11 this bike will suit them crazy. I actually had it on cam but couldn’t post it, where husband and wife came to showroom and when he sat on bike, his wife literally went like “dude, that suits so good on youuu!!”. I think he was 5’10 or 5’11.