Aprilia Toureg 600

[Eddieb]

I knew Aprilia made these but I've never seen one in the flesh. One has popped up on Trade Me.

$4k ono
four valve overhead cam 562cc Rotax engine
five speed box
disk brake front and rear
upside down front forks

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-353033692.htm

[JATZ]

Cool !!
It sorta looks like a baby Elephant

Soooo EddieB, did ya ask the seller about seat height, and k's/l yet ?

[Waihou Thumper]

I had a look at the specs for this bike and it does seem that most of that era, eg, Tenere, Cagiva, Tengai etc, all had around the same HP, weight and tank range...
There is a lot of weight there, not much fuel range, 19 litres will not get that far, like the Tenere I had briefly. They are heavy, that's for sure, but bloody capable...
Love the twin headlights still, all seem to model off the Tenere or A/T will very similar features....
One thing to bear in mind as you are all well aware of, brake those plastics - with a fall, it is welding, rather than replacement....









They must be as rare as a KLR rider buying a KTM or a KTM rider buying a DR650...Whoops Strike that!
I guess it ain't that rare after all....

[thepom]

That will be a tired old engine by now,and plastica are like rocking horse poo.....I,m sure there s cheap dr650 that would be better.....

[marks]

They must be as rare as a KLR rider buying a KTM ...Whoops Strike that!

death to the infidel unbeliever...

actually you sounded a bit 'down' on ktm in your comments about monstamans 690 SM.

At least the top shock mount bolt I had to replace on the klr took less than 2 weeks to come from Japan.

[Waihou Thumper]

actually you sounded a bit 'down' on ktm

Parts and availability is all.....Service as well from some providers...

[Oscar]

Parts and availability is all.....Service as well from some providers...

I've never had any problem with KTM, in fact rather the opposite.
I had a bit of catastrophe outside of the warranty period and they came to the party to the tune of thousands of dollars. Sure the gear box and clutch parts took a while to arrive, but no longer than comparable Jap bits in my experience (and a fuck sight faster than BMW parts for my busted up 650).

Not to mention the fact that Boyds are fantastic to deal with.

[Padmei]

I've never had any problem with KTM, in fact rather the opposite.
I had a bit of catastrophe outside of the warranty period and they came to the party to the tune of thousands of dollars. Sure the gear box and clutch parts took a while to arrive, but no longer than comparable Jap bits in my experience (and a fuck sight faster than BMW parts for my busted up 650).

Not to mention the fact that Boyds are fantastic to deal with.

Still got the G/S? Hows it going?

[AllanB]

At the risk of offending Adventure types or sounding 'gay' - why do they make the bikes so darn fuggly looking? I'm sure they could be 100% practical AND look smart too.

[Waihou Thumper]

Not to mention the fact that Boyds are fantastic to deal with.

You are right there, yes.....Took me a little while to find that out, but yes.
I did say some...

[Waihou Thumper]

At the risk of offending Adventure types or sounding 'gay' - why do they make the bikes so darn fuggly looking? I'm sure they could be 100% practical AND look smart too.

You have one thing right......practical it aint. Back in the day, these bikes were ridden by folk that can ride and don't fall off as much. Well, lemme' rephrase that.
Back in the day, they fell off and could buy plastics and parts at the shop the next day.....
These days, the type of bike you see now has to be molly coddled a little, if you fall and break the plastics, then you turn it into a naked street fighter and hang out with Honda riders at the cafe shooting the shit...
Fu'ugly is in the eye of the beholder......Form follows function... Bauhaus and Walter Gropius and shit!

[warewolf]

At the risk of offending Adventure types or sounding 'gay' - why do they make the bikes so darn fuggly looking? I'm sure they could be 100% practical AND look smart too.

Fu'ugly is in the eye of the beholder......Form follows function... Bauhaus and Walter Gropius and shit!

That's it. There's two main influences in the looks of these bikes: rallye racing and that European flair for the avant-garde.

Personally, I think cruisers are an abomination yet to many people they are the pinnacle of grace & elegance.

But most importantly, adv bikes are best appreciated from the riders seat, with most of the rest of it covered in dirt & scars - every one telling the story of a great ride. Who gives a rats arse what anyone else thinks it looks like?!

[Oscar]

Still got the G/S? Hows it going?

Love it
Struggling with the idea of keeping original and mint - might have to sort out the front brake.

[Padmei]

Love it
Struggling with the idea of keeping original and mint - might have to sort out the front brake.

My engineer prob has aspare adapter for a nissin brake.

[Woodman]

That's it. There's two main influences in the looks of these bikes: rallye racing and that European flair for the avant-garde.

Personally, I think cruisers are an abomination yet to many people they are the pinnacle of grace & elegance.

But most importantly, adv bikes are best appreciated from the riders seat, with most of the rest of it covered in dirt & scars - every one telling the story of a great ride. Who gives a rats arse what anyone else thinks it looks like?!

Yup....... each scratch on the sidecover or tank, every bashed up basplate, every cabletie holding something on, every ugly homemade farkle tells a way more interesting story than a shiny piece of chrome or a blindingly shiny wax job.
Each to their own, but I would much rather spend a Sunday arvo scratching my bike up than polishing it,