Closer look at the Aprilia RS 457, while I await my bike's delivery

She's a looker there's no other perspective one can have. The finish also feels surprisingly well done and better than any other domestic product I have seen so far.

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I went to Express Avenue Mall in Chennai to check it out again and unlike Bengaluru, there was no crowd there. I spent a good 20 minutes talking to the ASM and showroom owner. I am number 5 on the booking order in Chennai so he said it's quite likely I'll get the first lot. I also sat on the bike and took my own sweet time navigating through the menus and all.

She's a looker there's no other perspective one can have. The finish also feels surprisingly well done and better than any other domestic product I have seen so far. The only plastic bit where I noticed some level of flex (also highlighted by Rishaad in the Autocar review) was the thin layer right adjacent to the top of the windscreen. Despite the flex, it doesn't feel cheap by any means.

Sitting on it does give you that big bike feel thanks to the way the tank is sculpted. It's a really nice cockpit view to glance at. One niggle I did feel was the switchgear quality. I have never operated any motorcycle that has a 4-way button but the tactile feedback from the switches was very weird and required a little more effort than normal to press. This was only limited to the D-Pad and I am assuming it was done to prevent accidental clicks.

They've changed some parts in the final version. The crankcase colour is slightly darker, the pillion footpegs are different and they even changed the plastics around the keyhole based on journo feedback during the first ride review. The engineer confirmed however that the brakes are the same and no changes have been made to them.

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