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EICMA: New Aprilia RS 660 LE gets stars and stripes livery

Dave McMahon — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 12:58:00 +0000

A year after its launch on the market, Aprilia RS 660 is already celebrating its first important sports milestone. The medium-sized Italian sport bike made this achievement in the U.S., dominating the 2021 edition of the Twins Cup, the prestigious American championship dedicated to medium engine capacity twin-cylinders within MotoAmerica. In celebration of this victory, ...

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Piaggio Group: 30 million euro EIB loan for R&D projects in Italy

Dave McMahon — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 13:35:08 +0000

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Piaggio Group have signed a seven-year, 30 million euro ($35 million) finance contract to fund the research and development projects set out in the investment plan, to be conducted at the Piaggio Group's Italian sites through 2021. The loan arranged with the EIB will support the development of ...

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Aprilia reveals LE RSV4, Tuono RR models for U.S. at Long Beach IMS

Dave McMahon — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 21:43:46 +0000

Announced with the Long Beach International Motorcycle Show, Aprilia has revealed two-limited edition models of its most celebrated motorcycle platforms. For 2020, exclusive to the U.S. market, Aprilia will release 100 individually numbered RSV4 RR and Tuono RR models. The 2020 limited edition models take note from Aprilia’s racing heritage, with a more dedicated “Misano” ...

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Aprilia takes the win at Pikes Peak Hill Climb

alarson — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 15:03:07 +0000

Following the historic run on America’s Mountain during the 97th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado Springs, the Aprilia Tuono Factory finished the 2019 run with the fastest time in the heavyweight category. With Rennie Scaysbrook riding to a 09:44:963 finish time, he broke the previous record held by Chris Fillmore of 09:49:625. Scaysbrook, in his first effort with ...

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Aprilia Racing completes training with seven dealerships

Dave McMahon — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:27:58 +0000

Aprilia Racing has completed the first of its global technical training programs, following the WSBK round at Laguna with seven North American dealerships. Throughout the race weekend, dealers were engaged with the WSBK race team, watching a stunning race series that brought the team a podium finish on Sunday. The technical training, focused on providing ...

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Piaggio announces new products across its four brands

Liz Keener — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 15:01:09 +0000

Piaggio revealed new models across all four of its product lines — Aprilia, Moto Guzzi, Piaggio and Vespa — at EICMA in Milan, Italy. Vespa Elettrica Electric mobility has never been so fascinating, stylish and elegant: Vespa Elettrica is not just an electric scooter, it is Vespa Elettrica, a contemporary work of art with a ...

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EICMA from the eyes of a rookie attendee

The Staff — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 15:00:40 +0000

Simply put, you gotta experience the Milan show to believe it My first reaction when I walked into the 2016 EICMA show was: Wow! I’m not exaggerating. I was so impressed step after step, hall after hall, hour after hour. Last month marked my first trip to the EICMA show in Milan, Italy. Due to ...

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Aprilia Racing announces Factory Works GP bike

Kate Swanson — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 15:36:37 +0000

Aprilia Racing – the Piaggio Group's most advanced development, innovation and experimentation platform – launched the "Factory Works" program last year to make the same technology developed for the world champion bike available to anyone who wants to compete in top level factory derivative championships or for those who simply want to have an RSV4 ...

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OEMs release new models, concept bikes at 2016 EICMA

Kate Swanson — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 17:54:25 +0000

The international motorcycle trade show EICMA has served as a launching ground for new bikes and concepts from several OEMs. Among the long list of debuts at EICMA were products from Aprilia, BMW, Ducati, Honda, KTM, Moto Guzzi, MV Agusta and Triumph. To view each release, click on the headline below to view what each ...

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Aprilia adds 2017 Shiver, Dorsoduro 900 models

Kate Swanson — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 15:50:41 +0000

2017 Aprilia Shiver 900 The new Aprilia Shiver 900 evolves the original project of a bike that, from its first appearance on the scene in 2007, marked a turning point as the first factory bike fitted with ride-by-wire technology to manage engine throttle valve electronics. A technological first from Aprilia derived directly from the racing ...

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