Aprilia SXV 550

soad · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Karma :

Does anyone own one of these? If so is it on the road for normal use? Are they fast? Powerful/Top Speed? Thanks.

https://www.2wf.com/images/upload/sxv-3-4_posta.jpg
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Aprilia SXV 550cc SuperMoto - Summer 07

G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

As I said on IRC:

A road one was dynod at 56hp.

That makes them not amazingly fast for on the road.

In comparison, a 2006 Honda CRF450R makes about 6 hp less in standard tune. However it also weighs about 20kg less.
This gives the Honda a slightly better 'no-rider' power to weight ratio.

The Aprilia's service intervals are 60 hours - pretty long for a comp bike, but pretty short for a road bike. (And from that I've heard, if you're using it rather than pootling, you want to reduce those as well.)

Top speed will depend on gearing, I'd expect around 110mph - but air resistance will be a big, big issue, to you and the bike.

As standard they come with a 180 tyre, which apparantly makes them relatively rather slow to turn in with the standard suspension.

If you want something really fast, try the ATC intimidator.
It's a 700cc 2 stroke. Makes 60-65 real rear wheel horse power I believe, as well as a massive amount of midrange.

However you do it, I suspect you'll still end up with an expensive bike that while it won't look like a sportsbike, will still have trouble keeping up with a similarly well ridden road bike that costs a third or less the price.

ebo · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 10 Jul 2004 Karma :

I was looking at getting one too and was saddened to see the mcn review of them it was quite poor! A good review for the bike but showed it being out matched by all of its rivals in some areas.

Wanted one since i first layed eyes on them but not im not so sure.
Heard the seat was a "torture" device as well. 56bhp and 110mph were the stats i found in most places for the bike.
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Srad 600 - 750 fitted, big carb upgrade, swona exhaust, k1 wheels, k2 usd's & triangle swing arm, 45t rear sprocket, k1 tail end, K1 clocks, r1 throttle mod. Future plans include a turbo and k8 speedo, stubby levers and a radial mc.

colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

look nice tho

maybe have one as a garden ornament
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soad · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Karma :

Hi,

Are you sure the review was the SXV and not the RSV? As i can't seem to find the review on the MSN site.

In the article you quoted that it was beaten by rivals... Can you tell me what the rivals were?

My impression of the bike is that its the best, powerful, fastest supermoto out there and beats the equivelent KTM easily.
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Aprilia SXV 550cc SuperMoto - Summer 07

G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

ebo · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 10 Jul 2004 Karma :

[quote="soad"]Hi,

In the article you quoted that it was beaten by rivals... Can you tell me what the rivals were?

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Hi
The new gsxr 600 was one of them i think a ktm was another and im thinking the last was a huskivanna. Im not intirley sure on these (i looked at the aprilia then flicked on) It was the one with the white turbo hiabusa on the cover. I ll have a look the now for the paper.
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Srad 600 - 750 fitted, big carb upgrade, swona exhaust, k1 wheels, k2 usd's & triangle swing arm, 45t rear sprocket, k1 tail end, K1 clocks, r1 throttle mod. Future plans include a turbo and k8 speedo, stubby levers and a radial mc.