the "inbetweener" Tuono v4

greetings and salutations simon , looking good mate

Loking fwd to the feedback on this one.

I have often thought the standard bars were a bit high.

OlafTuono said:

Loking fwd to the feedback on this one.

I have often thought the standard bars were a bit high.

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Having test ridden a standard V4 Tuono APRC recently I actually thought the bars are too low to start with - that is compared to the V2win T at least.

Now if those were on an RSV4 would probably make sense, for me anyhoos.

Look very nice as well :thumbup

Looks Good Simon, will be interested on your follow up findings

How is that set of Clip Ons working out? I want to lower my bars as well, was looking at the same ones.

They look cool enough, but for me the Tuono offered the middle ground between sports bike performance/handling and a bit of comfort (relatively speaking). If I wanted my wrists to ache, I would have just stayed on sports bikes. Of course all this depends on body shape and size... I always felt like I was stretched over the tank on bikes with low bars as I am a short arse.

I'll be interested to hear how these effect the handling, as the upright wide bars of the tuono are what, according to most reviews, give it the amazing ability to drop quickly into bends.

Not sure about these.... think B has a point that they are maybe more suited to th RSV4...

When ive sat on the T4, ive allways thought that that bars should be higher and further back, like the Gen 2.

+ if you have to lower the forks through the yokes to fit, then im guessing that you have to drop the rear to match - how does shortening the wheelbase effect handling (admittedly wont shorten much) + do you need to mod the side stand too as it will be lower... ?

Don't think we'll ever find out any more, as only 1 post since April. :dunno

felix said:

Not sure about these.... think B has a point that they are maybe more suited to th RSV4...

When ive sat on the T4, ive allways thought that that bars should be higher and further back, like the Gen 2.

+ if you have to lower the forks through the yokes to fit, then im guessing that you have to drop the rear to match - how does shortening the wheelbase effect handling (admittedly wont shorten much) + do you need to mod the side stand too as it will be lower... ?

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I enjoyed the riding position until I took it for a trip and averaged around 150 km/hor, up to 210. Wind blast was way annoying. I'm getting a windscreen, but at speed I want the bars a bit lower too. I didn't feel I had enough weight on the front wheel to exceed the 210 mark. Those pictures look like I can get a couple/3 inches of rise over standard clip ons, plus eliminate the downward angle to 4.5 degrees or 0 degrees, which in theory is exactly what I want. I ordered them today, with the Aprilia touring screen.

Hope it works for you J.... post up when youve done a few miles and let us know how it goes..

They must be **** hot, he's obviously not got off the bike since April !

Is it me or why not just buy an RSV4 ....... or am i missing something here ?????
I thought the bars are a little low on mine , compared to the V twin anyhooo

shotgun said:

Is it me or why not just buy an RSV4 ....... or am i missing something here ?????
I thought the bars are a little low on mine , compared to the V twin anyhooo

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I get that sg..... :thumbup

Bars,,,,,,,,,,,,the only thing a know aboot them is they sell apple juice by the barrel load. :clap :banana :cheers :thumbup

felix said:

Hope it works for you J.... post up when youve done a few miles and let us know how it goes..

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Well the Apex bars go on this week. In the mean time I put on the Aprilia "Touring" windscreen. I thought the Race ECU I put in , along with the PC5 and dyno tune, were the most significant improvements I could make to the bike. Well, the windscreen may be more significant. Windblast almost eliminated - wind hits head, but it does that on any bike unless you are riding a Gold Wing or some other 350 kg touring cow. Enough room to duck under the screen - i was up to 164 kph and didn't realise it. Without the screen anything over 135 and the wind blast and noise was uncomfortable. Looks ok too, I'll post pictures after the bars are on. At any rate, the Aprilia Touring screen gets my highest rating - 5 stars in my book. Except the instructions are not very precise. Wrong actually. It says a hole has to be enlarged to 9.5 mm, which is not correct, at least on my Tuono. Also gave the wrong size bolt for the bottom securing point, but fortunatey the old one fit fine. And alignment of the brackets with new threaded clips was crap. I don't know why the package included new clips, but I put them on and could not get the thread started, so I used the original clips... worked fine. I basically had to do everything two or three times, cause following the instructions didn't work.

here you go:

They work fine, I have the rise set at the maximum, 4".

I could get them even higher if I reduced the downward angle a bit....but I like them the way there are now.

And one close up:

With the windscreen added, the bike suits me much better than the bog stock Tuono. It is far more stable at speed, not to mention more comfortable and quiet. Even the front end feels more "planted". I did take a test ride on a RSV4 Factory, but the ergonomics were criminal. the bars felt like they were at my kneecaps. Also, the Factory did not have anywhere near the low end torque my Tuono does. The Factory rider noticed that too. I did put a 15-tooth sprocket on the front, which helps, plus a Race ECU, PC5, and Dyno tune. But The factory had the same sort of tuning, plus a full Akro. Having said that, the factory got a bit scary around 9000 RPM, the power at high RPMs builds quicker than anything I have ever ridden. And the suspension was unlike anything I have ridden before... sweet. But for street riding, I'll take the Tuono as I have it set up over any bike I have ridden.

shotgun said:

I thought the bars are a little low on mine , compared to the V twin anyhooo

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My mate thought it was low compared to his gen 1 and so put the bars from the Gen1/2 on his, which are a bit higher.
No cable mods, but had to drill some extra location holes for the APRC goody buttons

I like these bars. I think the stock bars are too high and wide.