The Aprilia RS457 is one of the most eagerly awaited novelties of 2024, above all because it contains many new features for a sports bike from a Western brand: it’s a bike developed to meet the tastes and needs of many different markets (from Asia to Europe, to give just one example) and it’s particularly appealing in terms of technological refinement, which makes it extremely interesting for our regions, as well as making it a real premium product for India and other Asian countries.
A bike we’ve already seen at EICMA 2023. In December, the small sports bike from Noale – where it was developed – made its debut in India at India Bike Week 2023, and now production is starting on the subcontinent at the Piaggio Group plant in Baramati, not far from Pune.
In short, it looks like we’re very close – the Indian media are talking about deliveries in March – to being able to test the sporty A2 with a declared power-to-weight ratio at the lower end of its category.