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We wrote about the new Aprilia 660 motor and how it should end up in an adventure bike, now scroll down for the upcoming Aprilia Toureg 660.
This is a seriously cool looking mid-sized sports bike, but it’s the motor in particular that’s interesting me.
In the same way that Yamaha chopped a cylinder off the R1 to make the class-leading WR250 motor, Aprilia has chopped the front bank of cylinders off their 1184cc RSV4 1100 to make the parallel-twin 660 motor.
In New Zealand the RS660 will be LAMS compliant with the LAMS restriction being in the ECU, which in theory means once a rider has their full license the engine could be opened up to full power spec, which according to Aprilia takes things to 95HP!.
A 660 parallel twin sounds like a great size for an ADV machine, and even if it was re-tuned to 75-80hp to fatten up the bottom end and mid range to be more ADV friendly it would still be a great motor.
Check out the Aprilia RS660 website.
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The Aprilia Toureg 660 has been spotted on public roads in testing, however the ‘spy’ photos to date don’t show any real detail. The picture below however was in a recent Italian motorcycle magazine and looks like a finished model.
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