Aprilia RSV4 1000 Biaggi Superbike Replica 2010 — Specifications

Fifty thousand euros. Take the time to reread this figure, let it resonate. This is the ticket to join the starting grid of the World Superbike Championship with a machine that carries the spirit of Max Biaggi. In 2010, when Ducati stunned the motorcycle world with the Desmosedici RR—a series MotoGP, sold to civilians—Aprilia responded on a different but equally radical terrain: a homologated replica of its factory RSV4, calibrated to score points in WSBK straight out of the truck.

The engine is the centerpiece of the package, and the 65-degree V4 of 998 cc has little in common with the version found on the road bike. At the intake, 48 mm bodies fed by two injectors per cylinder, a variable-height duct geometry, all managed by Ride by Wire. On the exhaust, a complete Akrapovic line in carbon and titanium that allows the block to breathe freely. The result of this intensive treatment: 200 horsepower measured at the rear wheel at 12500 rpm, which suggests 210 to 215 hp at the crankshaft, for 122.6 Nm of torque available at 10000 rpm. With 175 kg dry weight to move, the power-to-weight ratio places this machine in a category where series superbikes simply do not have access.

The onboard electronic arsenal is part of what justifies the price, and to be honest: we are at the level of what factory teams used in competition. Traction control, quickshifter, engine braking management, pitlane speed limiter, anti-wheelie, anti-dribble clutch, integrated data acquisition. Everything is configured from the left handlebar switch or via the Aprilia Racing software. On a Kawasaki ZX-10R or a Yamaha R1 of the same era, they were still trying to convince management to market a traction control system worthy of the name. Here, we are talking about an electronic box directly from World Superbike.

The chassis follows the same logic of surgical precision. The 43 mm inverted Öhlins fork debates over 120 mm, the rear shock is a TTX36 from the same Swedish supplier, the absolute reference on the market at the time. Brembo radial-mount calipers bite 320 mm discs at the front. Forged magnesium Marchesini rims receive Pirelli Diablo SBK slicks, a 120/75-17 front, a 190/65-17 rear: we do not deliver this motorcycle shod to go racing. The perimeter aluminum double-beam chassis is fully adjustable, steering head angle, engine position, swingarm positioning. The seat height at 880 mm reminds anyone who hasn't understood that this is not a machine for the hesitant.

What Aprilia is selling here is not a limited series with marketing vocation. It is a road-legal competition motorcycle, delivered with everything needed to register in a championship and be credible. The target audience is not the gentleman rider who does two track days a year at Magny-Cours; it is the privateer who wants to play with the big boys without going through a factory team. In this respect, the 50,000 euros are almost consistent, even if the bill remains brutal. The main drawback of this RSV4 Biaggi Replica is precisely there: its accessibility is purely financial, and its circle of legitimate users is reduced to a handful of very well-off enthusiasts. But for those who can slip into it, it represents something rare, a no-compromise machine built around a single objective, to time quickly and do it again.