I’m seriously impressed
with the suspension
and it’s made one of our
favourite sporty road
bikes even more capable
TUONO FACTORY
Hilarious fun; great chassis;
stunning motor
Nothing
You’re probably more than a little interested
to know what the semi-active suspension is
like. Until this point I’d been riding with the bike
in active track mode, so I took a session with
the bike in manual track mode. The difference
was huge. The bike felt less stable and took
longer to settle into a turn and generally felt
‘wobbly’. To get the best out of the bike I had to
be relatively gentle with it to stop it bouncing
mid-corner – due to not enough damping. It
wasn’t ‘bad’ but it certainly needed the settings
playing with like the non-active Tuono does for
track use. As soon as I selected active mode
again the bike became taut and composed
once again. In fact, with the bike in active mode
there wasn’t anything I wanted to change with
the suspension – it just worked exactly how I
wanted it to, without me needing to fiddle
with it.
The beauty of Aprilia’s ASC implementation of
Ohlins’ semi-active suspension is that an owner
could have the suspension in active sport mode
for the road, then turn up at a track day and
select active track and have an absolute ball,
without the need to turn a single spanner or
clicker adjustment. I’m seriously impressed
with the suspension and it’s made one of our
favourite sporty road bikes even more capable.
This is a seriously good bit of kit. Go ride one,
you won’t be disappointed.
KIWI RIDER 53