Strengths: Stability, build quality, value for money, grin factor, reliability AND glorious red Italian exotica. Great ValueEverything you could ever want,all in a good looking package.The handling is fantastic,the power great,and with a double bubble fitted high speeds are attainable in all probably the best all round bike i have ever ownedThis is an awsome bike with great handling and an excellent engine.
The power is great, the handling amazing and unlike so many bikes that just seem to be getting smaller and smaller it actually fits a grown up!I started biking again around 3 years ago and started off with a bandit 650, which are great by the way and after a year i wanted bigger so i purchased a CB1300, stunning but heavy, then honda cb1000r, lovely bike but a bit boring, then z1000 daf, cracking bike but forever screeming, then yamaha fz1n, very underrated bike but all the while i wanted an aprilia tuono 1000r but was too afraid, high servicing cost, reliability, poor build etc etc, please ignore all of it, the tuono r will put a smile on your face so big people will think you've had a stroke, they are fantastic in every way, well 95%, they hate going slow ie filtering and thats all. Other than that, it's a great ride - every time you ride it, it puts a smile on your face. You don't need 150mph+ to be having fun. Fuel economy isn't good but thats not why I bought it!
"Sports bike performance in a naked, stinking brakes, excellent handling and an absolute v twin beast. I love the bike for performance, comfort and handling. Test drove it and wasn't impressed at all, but bought it anyway. Bauer Media Group consists of: Bauer Consumer Media Ltd, Company number: 01176085, Bauer Radio Ltd, Company Number: 1394141 Verdict?
great riding position,excellent brakes, standard equipment on the factory defies logic ohlins oz brembo and oodles of carbon the bike just makes perfect sense.power where you need it and comfort for all day or intercontinental riding.
Weaknesses: My friend has the 2006 Tuono and it eats tyres so I'm expecting mine to do the same. Let down once by a dodgy connector. I will never ever go back to a bike with clip ons again.
Even a little cubby hole in the rear seat hugger. most fun i ever had its does everything you
Starter relay really needs upgrading. I bought the 2003 racing version, after saying goodbye to my GSXR 600k5. Throaty roar and comfortable for touring though 200km will drain the tank. Cheap to insure for the performance, good lights. It goes like stink, stops and turns beautifully for such a large looking bike and is comfy on longer jaunts, thanks to high bars and a good seat. You basically have to let the bike warm up a bit first (like with the old RS50/RS125) and then turn down the idle. More a case of push starter and hope! This bike is awesome especially with Akros and 15T front sprocket its a wheelie machine ( I would imagine ) The build quality is far better than the Speed Triple I owned before. The Tuono has never missed a beat.Servicing is no more than any other bike, much cheaper and convenient than other Italian exotica such as Ducati - where there is the annual faff of changing cam belts on Monsters and others ( I have owned 3 Monsters).Equipment on the Tuono seems perfect, the soundtrack is perfect and the bike pops on the over-run, even with standard cans on. Strengths: Looks, value, engine, power delivery, handling, brakes and suspension. On the upside the Aprilia Tuono 1000 comes with motorcycle crash bungs factory fitted.2003: Aprilia Tuono 1000 Fighter and Aprilia Tuono Racing launched.2003 Aprilia Tuono 1000 Racing: An uprated version of the standard Aprilia Tuono 1000, featuring Ohlins suspension and steering damper, OZ wheels and carbon fibre body panels.Stop giggling at the back – despite the ridiculously rude name EZ Tuning’s Based on a 2003 model Aprilia Tuono 1000, the awkwardly-styled standard machine was stripped bare and rebuilt using sexier parts and a more individual look.The Aprilia’s chassis is pretty good anyway, but the F**ktory’s handling is improved further by fitting the Ohlins front and rear suspension from a later model RSV-R Factory, complete with radial Brembo brakes and the forged aluminium OZ Racing rims.The standard Aprilia calipers are boosted further with race-spec radial-pump Brembo master cylinders, and Braking Wave discs offer a performance advantage as well as looking more special.The F**ktory’s spec list or appearance doesn’t explain the potty-mouthed pun on Aprilia’s own high-spec Tuono Factory, but an EZ Tuning spokesperson shed some light: "We named it F**ktory just to see how many Italian people knew the meaning in English! And spareparts are a disaster to acquire after an occasional 'mishap'.... cough...Due to poor mileage and bad parts supply they loose value pretty quick. Tank range not the best, clocks have reset themselves a few times.Bored with sport tourers, but wanting something that offered lots of power and excitment I settled on a Tuono last May. Its really nice to ride something a little different to all the Jap inline fours around.
I have owned a Suzuki GSX-R 1000 for the last four years.
Only drawbacks are: Tyre life and if being picky could do with more tank range.It looks fantastic and the attention to detail is superb.