2022 APRILIA TUAREG 660
The Italian manufacturer just open the digital gates on the upcoming Aprilia Tuareg 660, which until now was a bike nobody was sure would definitely appear.
There’s not much to go on yet besides a teaser video and a small amount of detail, but here’s what we do know about the next mid-bore banger to hit the trails.
- First teased at the 2019 EICMA show
- Parallel-twin engine delivering maximum power of 80 HP, peak torque of 70 Nm
- The engine platform is shared with the RS 660 and Tuono 660
- Four Riding Modes, two of which are customisable (one dedicated to off-road riding)
- Brembo brakes fitted
- ABS can be deactivated at both wheels or at the rear only
- APRC (Aprilia Performance Ride Control), system includes with Traction Control, Cruise Control, Engine Map and Engine Brake
- High-visibility 5″ TFT screen
- A 43 mm fork and progressive linkage monoshock, both with long 240 mm travel
- Ground clearance of over 240 mm and a seat height of less than 860 mm
- Tubular steel frame coupled with aluminium brackets connected to the engine at six points
- Dry weight of a claimed 187 kg
- 18-litre fuel tank
- 18/21-inch wheelset
- LED lighting
- The Aprilia Tuareg was originally released in 1985/86 as a 125
- The first 600cc Tuareg ‘Wind’ didn’t appear till 1988
- The 600 single is remembered as a beast of an engine by many
- An Aprilia Tuareg 4.5 has won two stages in the Dakar across 2010/2011
- A Tuareg is a member of a Berber people of the western and central Sahara
