2007 Aprilia RXV 550 reviews

• Aprilia's beast tamed (Wheels24.co.za)

  

  Model(s) covered: 2007 Aprilia RXV 450, 2007 Aprilia RXV 550

  When Paul Walker from Aprilia called me to see if I was interested in a rendezvous with the brutal V-twin RXV enduro models I had to say yes. The first time I rode these bikes was at the world launch in Sicily earlier in 2006.
  
  This time I put them to the test around a castle in the English countryside.
  
  It was bitterly cold and windy one early morning in November. When I arrived at Eastnor Castle in the West Midlands, England I was already cold from the ride down.

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• 2007 Aprilia RXV/SXV - First Ride (Motorcycle-usa.com)

  

  Model(s) covered: 2007 Aprilia RXV 450, 2007 Aprilia RXV 550, 2007 Aprilia SXV 450, 2007 Aprilia SXV 550

  Every so often there comes a bike that has the potential to help revolutionize motorcycling. Bikes that were developed out of forward thinking, innovation and creative design. It's the nature of motorcycle enthusiasts to find a way to do something different or better, which is the cornerstone of evolution in our sport.
  Off-road motorcycles have seen huge advancements over the past five decades: Yamaha's affordable and reliable DT1; the first monoshock on the 1975 YZ250; water-cooled engines; Honda's aluminum-framed CR250 in '97; and the now-rampant 4-stroke revolution of 1998 and beyond.

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• Mud, glorious mud (Telegraph.co.uk)

  Model(s) covered: 2007 Aprilia RXV 450, 2007 Aprilia RXV 550

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