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TLS-Moose wrote:and as for noise, I never understand the fuss about that, you couldn't really tell when mine was on track at llandow

well i had a race can on and couldn't hear mine at all over those feckers on your bike Moose

even worse when your right up ones chuff, makes my eyes and ears vibrate

aprillia rsvr mille,what a underrated bike,ive owned a sp1,916,748 and a rsv mille and for all round handling,grunt and speed the mille wins hands down and is also a lot lighter and cheaper than a sp2. for the same money you can get a rsv R that comes with ohlins suspension,oz wheels,brembo brakes all as stock and probably some akrapovic cans. definetly worth considering

My friend was looking at buying a mille recently, i couldnt believe some of the prices he was looking at for a bike with ohlins and all sorts of tricks bits, insanely cheap.

yeah true,my mate was toying with selling his rsvr,wanted 3250 for it with the genuine aprillia shotgun cans and chip too (£1300 new). as you said insanely cheap for all the bling bits fitted as standard

TLS-Moose wrote:..... and you also get the Italian parts availability with Aprilia too

not true IME.

the last part I ordered had never been ordered to that shop before (motosport Aprilia in Wareham) and it was in within 5 days



you dont want a Mille, you want a Tuono

It took 2 months for basic engine parts for my mates SXV550 to arrive .....

I'd be interested to ride an older tuono, becuase the one I rode at the Aprilia test day was very disappointing the engine felt flat at the bottom, the riding position quite peculiar with the footpegs very high and forward, and the handling felt very "tippy" at the front

I'm waiting for the 1200 Dorsoduro ...... the 750 was a blast, so a 130bhp 1200 should be a stonker

TLS-Moose wrote:It took 2 months for basic engine parts for my mates SXV550 to arrive .....

I'd be interested to ride an older tuono, becuase the one I rode at the Aprilia test day was very disappointing the engine felt flat at the bottom, the riding position quite peculiar with the footpegs very high and forward, and the handling felt very "tippy" at the front

I'm waiting for the 1200 Dorsoduro ...... the 750 was a blast, so a 130bhp 1200 should be a stonker

You just loved the wheelies and the chance to be (even more of) a hooligan!

Funky wrote:

TLS-Moose wrote:It took 2 months for basic engine parts for my mates SXV550 to arrive .....

I'd be interested to ride an older tuono, becuase the one I rode at the Aprilia test day was very disappointing the engine felt flat at the bottom, the riding position quite peculiar with the footpegs very high and forward, and the handling felt very "tippy" at the front

I'm waiting for the 1200 Dorsoduro ...... the 750 was a blast, so a 130bhp 1200 should be a stonker

You just loved the wheelies and the chance to be (even more of) a hooligan!

Not so sure about wheelies but I heard he's good at hopping