Browse the motorcycle models and related articles currently published in the Superbike Vault archive for 2026.
Introduced 2020What is the Aprilia RS 660. Aprilia unveiled the RS 660 at EICMA in November 2019 and put the road bike into production in 2020.
Introduced 2009What is the Aprilia RSV4. Aprilia introduced the RSV4 in 2009, but the name has covered enough change since then that one timeless specification is asking for trouble.
Introduced 2011What is the Aprilia Tuono V4. The Aprilia Tuono V4 takes Aprilia’s compact V4 performance platform into a high-handlebar road bike, and it has done so as a model family since 2011.
Introduced 2012The Brutale 800 is MV Agusta’s aggressive naked bike with 140 hp and lightweight agility..
Introduced 2021What is the 2026 MV Agusta F3 RR. The 2026 MV Agusta F3 RR puts 108 kW (147 hp) at 13,000 rpm and 88 Nm at 10,100 rpm into a 798 cc three-cylinder supersport.
Why did Aprilia move from the RSV Mille’s 60-degree V-twin to the RSV4’s 65-degree V4? The story runs through the RSV 1000 bridge, a tighter engineering brief and a road/race programme built together.
How Ducati superbike engineering changed from the 851 to Panigale V4 through new engines, chassis ideas, electronics and distinct racing routes.
Ducati, MV Agusta and Aprilia each shaped the Italian superbike story differently. This comparison explains their separate routes through superbikes, supporting performance models, engines and reader pathways without declaring a winner.
The Aprilia RSV Mille and RSV1000R Factory sit in the same V-twin superbike story, but they do different jobs: one as the foundation, the other as the later Factory route.
The Ducati 1098 R sits in a focused road-superbike space: not a normal 1098, not a race bike with lights, and not a ranking exercise against the 916 or Panigale V4.
The Ducati 916 and 999 are often framed as a design argument. This comparison explains how they represent two different Ducati superbike moments without declaring a winner.
Ducati’s superbike identity did not begin and end with one icon. This article follows the 851, 888, 916 and 1098 R as key road and homologation points in the marque’s superbike bloodline.
How the 1992 Monster prototype became the 1993 M900, and why its stripped-back Ducati hardware helped define the sports-naked idea.
The MV Agusta F4 is not one flat model. This guide explains the main F4 family routes, from early 750 orientation to named editions and later R, RR and RC boundaries.
How the first-generation MV Agusta F4 750 brought a dormant racing name back to production — and why it mattered even without winning every test.
Four MV Agustas, two engine families: how the F3 RR, Brutale 800, Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro and original Rush differ in tune, gearing and purpose.
