Aprilia is an Italian
motorcycle
A motorcycle (motorbike, bike, or trike (if three-wheeled)) is a two or three-wheeled motor vehicle steered by a handlebar. Motorcycle design varies greatly to suit a range of different purposes: long-distance travel, commuting, cruising ...
manufacturer founded immediately after
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
in
Noale
Noale is a town in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy.
It is part of the Miranese district, together with the neighboring municipalities of Mirano, Santa Maria di Sala, Salzano, Scorzè, Spinea and Martellago.
The town is home to ...
, Italy, by Alberto Beggio.
The company started as a manufacturer of
bicycles
A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-powered assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A is called a cyclist, or bicyclist.
Bi ...
and moved on to manufacture
scooters and small-capacity motorcycles.
In more recent times Aprilia has produced large
sportbike
A sport bike (sports motorcycle, or sports bike) is a motorcycle designed and optimized for speed, acceleration, braking, and cornering on asphalt concrete race tracks and roads. They are mainly designed for performance at the expense of comfo ...
s such as the 1,000 cc
V-twin
A V-twin engine, also called a V2 engine, is a two-cylinder piston engine where the cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration.
Although widely associated with motorcycles (installed either transversely or longi ...
RSV Mille and the
V4 RSV4.
Aprilia has supported a strong
motorsport competition program beginning with
motocross
Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. The sport evolved from motorcycle trials competitions held in the United Kingdom.
History
Motocross first evolved in Britain from motorcycle trials competiti ...
racing and then a world championship-winning
road racing program.
The company was acquired by
Piaggio
Piaggio & C. SpA (Piaggio ) is an Italian motor vehicle manufacturer, which produces a range of two-wheeled motor vehicles and compact commercial vehicles under seven brands: Piaggio, Vespa, Gilera, Aprilia, Moto Guzzi, Derbi, and Scarabeo ...
in 2004.
History
Aprilia was founded after the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
by Cavaliere Alberto Beggio as a bicycle production factory at
Noale
Noale is a town in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy.
It is part of the Miranese district, together with the neighboring municipalities of Mirano, Santa Maria di Sala, Salzano, Scorzè, Spinea and Martellago.
The town is home to ...
,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
, in the province of
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...
. Alberto’s son,
Ivano Beggio
Ivano Beggio (31 August 1944 – 12 March 2018) was an Italian engineer and businessman who was the founder, owner and president of Aprilia
Aprilia is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded immediately after World War II in Noale, I ...
, took over the helm of the company in 1968 and constructed a 50 cc "motorcycle". The first production Aprilia
mopeds
A moped ( ) is a type of small motorcycle, generally having a less stringent licensing requirement than full motorcycles or automobiles. The term used to mean a similar vehicle except with both bicycle pedals and a motorcycle engine. Mopeds typi ...
were named Colibrì, Daniela and Packi. Aprilia later produced a
motocross
Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. The sport evolved from motorcycle trials competitions held in the United Kingdom.
History
Motocross first evolved in Britain from motorcycle trials competiti ...
bike in 1970 called the Scarabeo. Produced until the end of the 1970s, the Scarabeo came in 50 and 125 cc versions.
In 1977 Ivan Alborghetti from Milan, Italy won the Italian 125 and 250 cc motocross championships on Aprilias. In 1978 Alborghetti closed the season with two third places in individual races and sixth place in the World Championship. In the 1980s Aprilia added enduro, trials and road bikes of between 50 and 600 cc. In 1981 Aprilia introduced the TL320 trials machine. In 1983 Aprilia launched the St 125 road bike. In 1984 Aprilia launched an improved model called STX, and an enduro, called the ET 50.
In 1985, Aprilia started outsourcing engines for some models to the Austrian company
Rotax
Rotax is the brand name for a range of internal combustion engines developed and manufactured by the Austrian company BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co KG (until 2016 BRP-Powertrain GmbH & Co. KG), in turn owned by the Canadian Bombardier Recreational Produc ...
. In 1985 Aprilia launched a 125 STX and 350 STX. In 1986 Aprilia launched the AF1; a small sports model, and the Tuareg; a large tanked bike for African rallies like the
Dakar Rally
The Dakar Rally (or simply "The Dakar"; formerly known as the "Paris–Dakar Rally") is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. Most events since the inception in 1978 were staged from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal ...
. Aprilia factory rider Philippe Berlatier contended for the trials world championship reaching fifth place, and
Loris Reggiani
Loris Reggiani (born 7 October 1959 in Forlì) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who competed for the Aprilia factory racing team. His best years were in 1981, when he won two races in the 125 class, finishing the season in s ...
rode an Aprilia GP 250 with Rotax engine to sixth place in the road racing World Championship. Two seasons later, on August 30, 1987, at
San Marino Grand Prix
The San Marino Grand Prix () was a Formula One championship race which was run at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in the town of Imola, near the Apennine mountains in Italy, between 1981 and 2006. It was named after nearby S ...
in Misano Loris Reggiani's AF1 won the first World Speed Championship.
In 1990 Aprilia launched the Pegaso 600, a road bike derived from off-road mechanics. Later, in 1992 Aprilia rider
Alessandro Gramigni
Alessandro Gramigni (born 29 December 1968) is an Italian former professional motorcycle racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1990 to 1997 and in the Superbike World Championship from to .
Gramigni is notable for winning the ...
won the World 125 Road Racing Championship title. Also in 1992, Tommy Ahvala won the
World Trials Championship
The FIM Trial World Championship and FIM X-Trial World Championship are the most prestigious motorcycle trials tournaments of the world, organised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. The outdoor championship is held since 1964 and ...
on an Aprilia Climber. Since then, Aprilia has 124 times won 125 and 250 cc class Grand Prix, 15 Road Racing World Championship titles, and 16 European speed titles. Many world champions started on Aprilia such as
Biaggi,
Capirossi, Gramigni, Locatelli, Sakata and
Rossi.
Also in the 1990s, Aprilia entered the scooter market starting in 1990 with Italy’s first all-plastic scooter, the Amico. In 1992, Aprilia introduced the Amico LK and the two stroke Pegaso 125, both with
catalytic converter
A catalytic converter is an vehicle emissions control, exhaust emission control device that converts toxic gases and pollutants in exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine into less-toxic pollutants by catalysis, catalyzing a redox chemic ...
s. In 1993 Aprilia launched a large diameter wheel scooter reusing the name Scarabeo with a four-stroke, four-valve engine. Later Aprilia launched more scooters such as the Leonardo, the SR and the Gulliver.
In 1995, Aprilia commissioned
Philippe Starck
Philippe Starck (; born 18 January 1949) is a French industrial architect and designer known for his wide range of designs, including interior design, architecture, household objects, furniture, boats and other vehicles.
Life
Starck was born on ...
to design the Motò which was shown in
New York’s Modern Art Museum. Also in 1995 Aprilia launched the
two stroke
A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during one power cycle, this power cycle being completed in one revolution of t ...
RS 125 and RS 250 sports bikes. In 1998 Aprilia launched the
RSV Mille, a 1000cc
V-Twin
A V-twin engine, also called a V2 engine, is a two-cylinder piston engine where the cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration.
Although widely associated with motorcycles (installed either transversely or longi ...
Superbike, and the
Falco, a 1000cc V-Twin
sport tourer with emphasis on sport. Both bikes used a variation of a
Rotax
Rotax is the brand name for a range of internal combustion engines developed and manufactured by the Austrian company BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co KG (until 2016 BRP-Powertrain GmbH & Co. KG), in turn owned by the Canadian Bombardier Recreational Produc ...
1000cc engine.
In 1999 Aprilia entered World Superbike Championship racing with its RSV Mille, and during 2000, Aprilia acquired Moto-Guzzi and Laverda, both historic heritage Italian marques. In 2000 Aprilia launched the 50 cc DiTech (Direct Injection Technology) two stroke engine for scooters which provides high mileage and low emissions, and also the
RST Futura, a sport tourer, and the ETV 1000 Caponord; an
adventure touring
A touring motorcycle is a type of motorcycle designed for touring. Although almost any motorcycle can be used for this purpose, manufacturers have developed specific models designed to address the particular needs of these riders. Touring motorc ...
motorcycle. Both of these latter two motorcycles used a variation of the Rotax 1000 cc V-Twin.
Most recently, in 2003, Aprilia launched the
RSV Mille Tuono which was essentially an RSV Mille with motocross-style high handlebars and only a small headlight fairing. Most of the major motorcycle magazines picked it for the best bike of the year. In 2004 Aprilia was acquired by Piaggio & C. SpA, to form the world’s fourth largest motorcycle group with 1.5 billion Euro in sales, an annual production capacity of over 600,000 vehicles, and a presence in 50 countries.
With the acquisition by Piaggio, the new President of Aprilia is Roberto Colaninno (President of Piaggio & C.), and the Managing Director is Rocco Sabelli. The son of the founder, Ivano Beggio, was the Honorary President and died on 13 March 2018. On 15 August 2010, Aprilia became the most successful motorcycle racing brand in history, surpassing fellow Italian
MV Agusta with a record 276th victory.
Grand Prix World Championship
Despite being a relatively small company by global motorcycling standards, Aprilia is very active in
motorcycle sports. It contested many Road Racing formulae, including the now-defunct 125 cc, 250 cc and 500 cc
Grand Prix
Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honour
Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to:
Arts and entertainment ...
classes of the
FIM
FIM may refer to:
Organizations and companies
* Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, the International Motorcycling Federation
* Flint Institute of Music, in Michigan, United States
* Fox Interactive Media, now News Corp. Digital Media
* ...
World Championship. From 2002 to 2004 they participated in the FIM
MotoGP World Championship, and from 1999 to 2002 they participated in the FIM
Superbike World Championship
Superbike World Championship (also known as WorldSBK, SBK, World Superbike, WSB, or WSBK) is a silhouette-class road racing series based on heavily modified production motorcycles, also known as superbike racing.
The championship was founded i ...
. Aprilia has returned to World Superbike since the
2009 season and in MotoGP since the
2012 season.
Aprilia also feature in the off-road racing world, with their 450 cc V-2 motocrosser producing respectable results (including race wins) in both off-road (
Motocross
Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. The sport evolved from motorcycle trials competitions held in the United Kingdom.
History
Motocross first evolved in Britain from motorcycle trials competiti ...
) and on-road (
Supermoto) categories.
Aprilia made their international racing debut in the
Motocross World Championship
FIM Motocross World Championship is the premier championship of motocross racing, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), divided into two distinct classes: MXGP and MX2. Race duration is 30 minutes plus two laps per ...
competing in the 125cc class from
1976
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until 1981 with a best result being a fifth place in the
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...
season with rider Corrado Maddi. The firm then focused on the
Grand Prix road racing world championships in
1985
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and since then it has seen varying successes. Aprilia won their first world championship race at the
1991 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1991 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 August 1991 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czechoslovakia.
500 cc race report ...
with rider
Alessandro Gramigni
Alessandro Gramigni (born 29 December 1968) is an Italian former professional motorcycle racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1990 to 1997 and in the Superbike World Championship from to .
Gramigni is notable for winning the ...
winning the 125cc race.
In they won their first
road racing world championship with Gramigni winning the 125cc class.
They continued to be successful in the smaller displacement categories, winning numerous races and championships in the 125 cc and 250 cc
Grand Prix
Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honour
Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to:
Arts and entertainment ...
classes.
However, their 500 cc Grand Prix bikes failed to attain the same success. They began campaigning in the 500cc class in
1994
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with a 250 V twin motor enlarged to 380cc in hopes of using its lighter weight and nimble handling as an advantage against the heavier,
V4 engine
A V4 engine is a four-cylinder piston engine where the cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration.
The V4 engine is less common compared to straight-four engines. However, V4 engines have been used in automobiles ...
bikes used by the competition.
The bike eventually displaced 430cc and had its best result with a third place by rider
Doriano Romboni
Doriano Romboni (8 December 1968 in Lerici, Italy – 30 November 2013 in Latina, Italy) was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
Career
Romboni raced in 125cc and 250cc World Championship races on Hondas. In 1996 he rode for the ...
at the
1997 Dutch TT but, could never overcome power disadvantage during the starting line sprint and was withdrawn at the end of the season for further development.
Their first MotoGP effort, dubbed the
RS Cube, was technically advanced but difficult to ride and performed poorly in the championship. The Cube did, however, pioneer many advanced technologies including
ride by wire throttle and
pneumatic valve actuation systems. Aprilia left the MotoGP class at the end of and then left the lower classes when two-stroke engines were banned. Aprilia set the record for the most points earned by a manufacturer in a single season from the 125cc class with 410 points in . It was also the highest points earned by a constructor in Grand Prix motorcycle racing's history until when 420 points were won by the same bikes winning 16 out of 17 races.
The company is also notable for choosing somewhat atypical engine configurations. For example, they progressed with development of a V-2 500 cc Grand Prix bike when other teams were moving to
V-4 configurations for what some believed was better and more usable power outputs. Aprilia continued this trend, taking advantage of lighter minimum weights with the introduction of their RS Cube MotoGP bike – featuring three cylinders in an
inline triple layout, the bike had the fewest cylinders on the Grand Prix paddock.
Aprilia rejoined the MotoGP class in , taking advantage of the newly introduced ''Claiming Rule Team'' category that encouraged independent teams with lower budgets to use bikes from manufacturers not officially involved in MotoGP. Aprilia supplied
RSV4 SBK-derived bikes under the ''ART'' (Aprilia Racing Technology) name to
Aspar Team
Aspar Team (formerly Ángel Nieto Team) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racing team from Spain, competing in the Moto2, Moto3 and MotoE World Championships.
History
The team was created by former world champion Jorge Martínez in 1992, when he was s ...
,
Paul Bird Motorsport
Paul Bird Motorsport are a British motorcycle road racing, car racing and rallying organisation. The owner Paul Bird competed as a rally driver and was formerly a solo-rider in motocross. His son Frank is a car racer.
Motorcycle racing
The tea ...
and
Speed Master teams. In both the and seasons Aprilia's ART machinery stood out as the best CRT bikes.
In , Aprilia partnered with
Gresini Racing
Gresini Racing is a motorcycle racing team competing in the MotoGP World Championship under the name Gresini Racing MotoGP as a Ducati satellite team, in the Moto2 World Championship as Team Gresini Moto2, and the MotoE World Cup as Felo Gresin ...
as a factory-supported independent team. The team competed as the Aprilia Racing Team Gresini with an all-new 1000cc
V4-engined
RS-GP.
In , Aprilia entered the series as an official factory team for the first time since 2004. Their previously supported Gresini Racing team returned to a fully-independent team using
Ducati bikes. Aprilia's factory team is named Aprilia Racing.
Riders championships
Manufacturers championships
* 250 cc class
** 1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
* 125 cc class
** 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
Results
MotoGP results
By rider
By season
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Racing history
Superbike World Championship (SBK)
![Max 02](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Max_02.jpg)
Aprilia entered the Superbike World Championship in
1999
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using a homologation special version of their V-twin road bike
RSV Mille. They were third in the riders' championship in
2000
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with rider
Troy Corser
Troy Gordon Corser (born 27 November 1971) is an Australian former professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in the Superbike World Championship from 1992 to 2011 except for the 1997 season when he competed in Grand Prix motorcycle raci ...
, and third in manufacturers' points and fourth in rider points both in
2001 with Corser and in
2002 with
Noriyuki Haga
is a Japanese former professional motorcycle racer. He won 43 world championship superbike races during a 25 year racing career, making him one of the most accomplished competitors never to have won a Superbike World Championship. Haga was the r ...
. Aprilia retired from the series at the end of that season.
In February 2008, Aprilia debuted a V-4
superbike
A sport bike (sports motorcycle, or sports bike) is a motorcycle designed and optimized for speed, acceleration, braking, and cornering on asphalt concrete race tracks and roads. They are mainly designed for performance at the expense of comfor ...
, the
RSV4, for the
2009 Superbike World Championship
The 2009 Superbike World Championship was the twenty-second season of the Superbike World Championship. It was the second season in which HANNspree had been the title sponsor of the championship. The South African round returned on 15–17 May a ...
.
![Biaggi RSV4](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Biaggi_RSV4.jpg)
Aprilia won its first Superbike world championship in
2010 with
Max Biaggi
Massimiliano "Max" Biaggi (; born 26 June 1971) is an Italian former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who achieved six World Championships. With four 250 cc road race titles and two in World Superbikes, he is one of only two ri ...
, claiming both the riders and the manufacturers titles.
Riders' championships
Manufacturers' championships
*
2010,
2012
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,
2013
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,
2014
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SuperMoto World Championship
![Vdb](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Vdb.jpg)
Aprilia debuted in the FIM
Supermoto World Championship in 2004 and since then it has won many titles in both S1 and S2 classes.
Riders' championships
Manufacturers' championship
* S2 class: 2006, 2007
* S1 class: 2008, 2011
Models
;Racing motorcycles:
*
RS125R
*
RSV 250
*
RSW-2 500
*
RS Cube
*
RSV4 R
** Limited Edition 2019: RSV4 X
*
RS-GP
Aprilia models are:
;Road
*
AF1
*
RSV Mille
*
RSVR1000R
*
RSV4 Factory
*
RSV4 RR
*
RSV4 R
*
Tuono 125
*
Tuono 1000R
*
Tuono 660
*
Tuono V4 R
*
Dorsoduro 1200
*
Dorsoduro 900
*
Dorsoduro 750
*
Shiver 900
*
Shiver 750
*
Mana 850 GT
*
RS4 125
*
RS4 50
*
RS 50
*
RS 125
*
RS 250
*
RS 660
*
STX 125
;Dual-sport
*
ETX 125
*
ETX 350
*
ETX 600
*
ETV 1000
*
Caponord 1200
*
Pegaso 50
*
Pegaso 125
*
Pegaso 600
*
Pegaso 650
*
Tuareg 50 rally
*
Tuareg 125 rally
*
Tuareg 250 rally
*
Tuareg 50
*
Tuareg 125
*
Tuareg 350
*
Tuareg 600
*
Tuareg 660
;Off-road
*
SXV 4.5 – 5.5
*
RXV 4.5 – 5.5
*
MXV 4.5
*
SX 50
*
RX 50
*
SX 125
*
RX 125
*
RX 250
;Scooters
*
Amico
*
Atlantic 125/200/250/300/400/500
*
Leonardo 125/150/250/300
*
Mojito 125
*
SR
*
SXR
*
SR Max
*
Storm
A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), ...
* Area 51
*
SR Motard
*
Scarabeo 50 2T
*
Scarabeo 50 4T4V
*
Scarabeo 100 4T
*
Scarabeo 125 ie
*
Scarabeo 200 ie
*
Sportcity
Sportcity in Manchester is a multipurpose sports and leisure facility. Originally built to host the 2002 Commonwealth Games, it is in east Manchester, a mile from Manchester city centre, and was developed on former industrial land including th ...
*
SR GT
*
SRV 850
See also
*
Gilera
Gilera is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded in Arcore in 1909 by Giuseppe Gilera (1887–1971). In 1969, the company was purchased by Piaggio.
History
In 1935, Gilera acquired rights to the Rondine four-cylinder engine. It was, at th ...
– maxi-scooters made by Piaggio
*
Vespa
Vespa () is an Italian luxury brand of scooters and mopeds manufactured by Piaggio. The name means wasp in Italian. The Vespa has evolved from a single model motor scooter manufactured in 1946 by Piaggio & Co. S.p.A. of Pontedera, Italy to ...
– scooters made by Piaggio
*
List of Italian companies
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Notes
References
External links
*
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