The guys on the X Offroad Forum have got themselves a sneak preview of the Dorsoduro RR racing version. It’s the Aprilia model for Alessandro Tognaccini and the Hypermoto Series.

Technical specs show some impressive Dorsoduro RR performance of 100hp at only 138 kg, compared to the series model of 90kv and 168 kg. It includes a Shiver fork, Ohlins monoshock, STM clutch and Silmotor exhaust. The Marchesini wheels are combined with Galfer Tsunami brakes and superbike calipers.

The Dorsoduro street version compares quite well, but there’s something to get excited about with a racing version. The latter doesn’t appear to meet norms for general circulation, otherwise pricing and availability details for the street version will be released later this month.

Continue reading: Photo of the new Aprilia Dorsoduro RR racing

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The name Dorsoduro (literally hard back or more liberally strong spine), is already a clue as to why this Aprilia fascinates and makes you feel like a real rider. And this Dorsoduro test ride, after part one, will be an “onboard diary” from the guys at Motoblog.

The first thing to note after a couple of weeks is how fun it has been to ride, and how much attention the Dorsoduro garners. People look, the stop, they want to know how it goes and how much it costs: something which should always happen with ‘special’ two wheels.

While it isn’t extremely powerful it gives the impression that it’s been held back a little to adapt it to motorcycle on today’s roads. After a few hundred kilometres you will realise it has everything it needs: a low and long seating position, and an incredible sound.

Continue reading: Road tests: Aprilia Dorsoduro, part two

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The Noale twin-cylinder has won in the Colorado mountains in the US, in one of the toughest and most spectacular races of its kind. Aprilia won with the best time across all categories, and leaving more than 23 seonds behind even the winner in the category up to 1200cc.

Pikes Peak is a benchmark that puts man, car and bike to the test: from 2,835 metres, to more than 4,300 metres in 20 kilometres of crazy ascent up asphalt and then at the end across the legendary unsealed Devil’s Playground. It’s one of America’s highest mountains and comprises 156 corners across the edges of precipices, next to the clouds.

Continue reading: Legendary Aprilia victory in "Race to the Clouds", Pikes Peak Colorado

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