Engine: 220 hp—a number that leaves no room for debate

220 hp from 1,099 cc. That is not a marketing number. It is a statement. For comparison, a Ferrari 296 GTB produces 830 hp from 3,000 cc—the RSV4 Factory delivers more specific output per unit of displacement than almost any street-legal sports car. The fact that all of this sits on a motorcycle with two wheels and no roll cage is something worth thinking about for a moment. Then you put that thought aside, because from midrange rpm upward the engine is so flawlessly manageable on a backroad that you quickly forget juszwzhakkcyftmzznxxqjhnbxmzfmmmhth

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