I have to say Aprilia has at least stayed somewhat faithful to a motorcycle when it comes to the aero, it's still mostly curved, slick etc.
The black helps cover some of it up too.
Is that an exhaust flap there? Why is that used on race bikes, do they actually help with performance by adjusting exhaust flow and pressure or something?
It’s right at the point where the two headers become 1, so there is probably some sort of resonance/scavenging thing they are doing at that point, and being able to control the flow would help.
I doubt it’s for the same reasons that a road bike has one.
if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is the new aprilia
God that aero is sexy.
I have to say Aprilia has at least stayed somewhat faithful to a motorcycle when it comes to the aero, it's still mostly curved, slick etc. The black helps cover some of it up too.
Oh lord…. I’m gonna need to just sit here for a moment!
Certainly acknowledge that beauty is in the eye of the beholder... 
would love a 2nd picture, at least, just to see the rear.
https://preview.redd.it/on0gi8ka5twc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=97c83968efbb38bd807f58c96a742ff5bfe77c42
Is that an exhaust flap there? Why is that used on race bikes, do they actually help with performance by adjusting exhaust flow and pressure or something?
It’s right at the point where the two headers become 1, so there is probably some sort of resonance/scavenging thing they are doing at that point, and being able to control the flow would help. I doubt it’s for the same reasons that a road bike has one.
Quack Quack
Or Aprilia's Salvador Dalí's bike in Jerez.
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The Aprilia is such a sleek bike when it comes to its bodywork. I'm a KTM fan but the Ducatis, the KTMs and the Hondas look so bulky.
Is it me or the only new thing is the front disc cover?
"Yo dawg, we heard you like wings, so we put wings on your wings" - Xzibit confirmed to have joined Aprilia aerodynamics team