Aprilia have upped the game for high-tech superbikes and supernakeds with the 2025 RSV4 and Tuono V4, rolling out corner-by-corner rider aids that blur the line between MotoGP wizardry and real-world track day action. Here’s what makes these bikes the techiest Aprilias to date:
Predictive, Corner-Specific Electronics
- First for Production: These are the world’s first production bikes to automatically adjust traction control, wheelie control, and engine braking for every individual corner using GPS data and predictive software. Once you’ve mapped the circuit with an out-lap, the bike “knows” each corner and can change its settings accordingly—no rider input needed mid-lap.
- Why It Matters: Traditional electronics react to what the bike is doing right now; Aprilia’s new system reacts to where you will be soon, adapting each setting before you even reach a tricky patch of track.
How It Works
- MIA App Integration: Configure all your corner-by-corner aids trackside through Aprilia’s MIA smartphone app—no laptops or wires required. Settings are uploaded wirelessly to the bike via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
- Revised Electronics Suite: At the core is the Magneti Marelli 11MP ECU and an advanced six-axis IMU, feeding live data to manage everything from traction and wheelie control to engine braking and slide control.
APRC Suite: The Goodies
- Eight-Level Traction Control: Adjusts automatically based on lean angle and grip, and now, track location.
- Predictive Three-Stage Wheelie Control: System “learns” from previous laps and can stop a wheelie before you know it’s starting.
- Three-Level Engine Braking: Modifies its action according to how hard and how far you’re leaned over.
- Bi-Directional Quickshifter: Smooth, clutchless upshifts and downshifts with an auto-blipper.
- Updated Slide Control: Now factors in yaw data for better lateral movement management.
Adaptive, Trackday-Smart, and User-Friendly
- Superbike “Learning”: The predictive algorithm studies your riding—when you accelerate, where you brake, your typical lean angles—and adapts its intervention strategy to suit you over time.
- Real Track Power: Assign higher traction control on slippery corners, disengage aids for powerful exits on grippy bits—the system does the heavy lifting.
- Post-Session Telemetry: Dive into throttle traces, braking data, lap times, gear usage, and what the bike’s electronics were doing at each moment—all accessible afterwards through the app, helping you fine-tune for next time.
Unlocking the Magic
- RSV4 Factory Standard, Optional Elsewhere: The GPS telemetry module comes standard on the RSV4 Factory and as an option for other versions. Without it, you still get all core APRC functions, just not the GPS-enabled, corner-specific setting wizardry.
- On-the-Fly Adjustments, Too: Even without pulling over, you can tweak most settings via the handlebar switchgear or the TFT dash, blending classic feel with cutting-edge smarts.
The Advantage
- Performance Gains: Aprilia claim their system cuts wheelie tendency by 8% and drag by 6% compared to the 2024 models, leading to faster, safer, more consistent laps—even if you’re not a racer.
- MotoGP, Your Way: This is as close as most mortals have ever gotten to MotoGP-level customization—track-specific, corner-by-corner, lap-by-lap fine tuning, now at your fingertips.
Aprilia’s 2025 RSV4 and Tuono V4 are more than just fast—they’re the smartest bikes at the track, putting pro-level rider aids in reach for anyone ready to push their limits.
