JAMIE: This is Aprilia's superbike championship winning
machine and Wes says it's mine for the day while he goes
gallivanting off in a Porsche.
So let's go and have some real fun.
Welcome to "RideApart."
Tank full of gas and I'm leaving the freeway way
behind, heading this way for some fun.
First stop, the racetrack.
After all, the RSV4 has been designed and
developed for the racetrack.
And in the hands of Italian super hero, Max Biaggi, the
RSV4 has won the world superbike championship twice.
It's strange, it's tight, [INAUDIBLE], twisted.
A place that Max comes in the winter
months to hone his skills.
And the racetrack presents a safe environment for you to
find the limit of your motorcycle.
That's a racetrack [INAUDIBLE].
This is the weapon for a racetrack.
Traction control, launch control, and if you need it,
wheelie control.
It's got everything that you'd find on a world superbike in a
MotoGP machine.
Absolutely fantastic.
Anyway, let's go find some good roads to play on.
To find out what this weapon is like on the street, I
wanted to know is this a roadbike, or is it just a
racebike with some headlights on it?
My road of choice was Highway 138, an absolutely stunning
stretch of tarmac that ran up and over to Lake Arrowhead.
It seemed to present every type of technical, twisted,
bumpy corner, and a great place to test a motorcycle.
The RSV4 had no trouble.
It's a very precise motorcycle, allowing you to
put it exactly where you want.
But be careful, it's also a lot of power for the street.
Low down, grunt, high, screaming power.
There's not a lot of places on the road where you can really
get it going.
But if you do find that place, oh my goodness, you better be
holding on.
Wow, the RSV4, what a motorcycle.
It really has been built around the racetrack.
Adjustable engine mount, adjustable
swinging arm pivot points.
It's got three engine maps, in town, sport mode and track.
It's got wheelie control, and it's got traction control.
This is a motorcycle for the experienced rider, not a
novice-- you'll get yourself into a lot of
trouble very quickly.
Insane amounts of power come out of this 1,000 CC engine.
It's a V4, it's a slim engine that allows its
chassis to be slim.
Slim and compact, small, agile, flicks into corners
like it's on rails.
It's a very, very precise motorcycle.
Awesome stopping power to go with such a brute of an
engine, with Brembo brakes.
Max Biaggi has done an amazing job developing this on the
racetrack, and you can enjoy it on the street, too.
We've been in the canyons, we've been on the track.
I fancy a bit of a jaunt into the countryside now.
No finer place than the San Gabriel Canyon
Road, Highway 39.
It had been closed due to a recent fire in the mountains,
but reopened just days before.
And nobody seemed to know about it.
It was like my own playground.
The Aprilia goes where you want it.
But be careful, this is a lot of power for the street.
Things do happen--
and unfortunately, this time it happened to me.
OK, so I have a little problem.
I'm out of gas.
Where's the nearest gas station?
MALE SPEAKER: the nearest gas station really is in Azusa, 22
miles back, although [INAUDIBLE].
JAMIE: Do you have a payphone?
MALE SPEAKER: I can let you use my phone.
JAMIE: Oh, even better.
Yo, Wes, I'm in the middle of nowhere, dude, and the bike's
just stopped.
So can you come and get me?
I don't know, man, it just stopped.
Crystal Lake Cafe, it's about 20 miles outside of Azusa.
OK, perfect, I'll see you soon.
I'm off for a sleep.
MALE SPEAKER: you think happened to the bike?
WES: I don't know.
That dude's [INAUDIBLE].
So who knows what the hell's going on.
MALE SPEAKER: probably just crashed it.
WES: If he crashed it, then I think we're going to need more
than this Porsche to get him down the hill.
MALE SPEAKER: this have?
WES: It's got about 500 kind of horsepower.
It's really damn fast.
MALE SPEAKER: crap.
WES: It's got a top speed of about 172, and zero to 60 in
like 4.4 seconds.
MALE SPEAKER: 172 miles per hour in a truck.
WES: The nice thing is, it could also tow about 7,700
pounds which actually makes your life a lot easier if
you're trying to get bikes and quads and stuff up here.
Are you OK?
JAMIE: Good to see you.
Thank you for coming out.
WES: What have you done to my bike?
JAMIE: Dude, it just stopped, I swear.
I've been having so much fun, but it just stopped.
It just, yeah, it just nothing, just
blah, blah, and then--
I think maybe it's something electrical, man.
WES: I don't think it's electrical, Jamie.
You're such an idiot.
Did you know?
JAMIE: Gas?
WES: Yeah.
JAMIE: I kind of did.
But you're here now, I'm miles from nowhere, and you said
you'd come and get me.
And all of those times, man, all of those times.
Whoa, look at this.
This is luxury.
Wow, you guys got some room.
How much does this thing cost?
WES: About $110,000 to start.
JAMIE: What?
WES: So get your [BLEEP]
dirty feet off the silver.
JAMIE: Thanks, guys.
WES: You got gas?
JAMIE: Got gas.
WES: All right.
Screw you, Jamie.
Don't ever call me, ever again.
JAMIE: That's what friends are for.
Riding the RSV4 superbike for the day taught me one thing.
It's a lot of power for the street, and the limits can
only really be pushed on the racetrack.
But at home, my goodness, it's a lot of motorcycle.
Especially when it's only $17,000.
MALE SPEAKER: Save the shot!
Save the shot!
JAMIE: Wow, look at that pie.
Being a Brit, I love pie.
MALE SPEAKER: bread, homemade.
JAMIE: Homemade.
MALE SPEAKER: I homemade the brownie.
The best banana bread.
We make it every day.