Aprilia Shiver

[jim g]

Hi, l've got a suzuki gladius that has been a great first bike and after 3years l am thinking about a change. An Aprilia Shiver is one option but l do alot of touring and distance travelled on a tank of gas is important, does anyone out there have one or have any information on the Shiver, l must say l am yet to ride one.

Cheers

Jim

[yod]

Hi, l've got a suzuki gladius that has been a great first bike and after 3years l am thinking about a change. An Aprilia Shiver is one option but l do alot of touring and distance travelled on a tank of gas is important, does anyone out there have one or have any information on the Shiver, l must say l am yet to ride one.

Cheers

Jim

Hitcher should be along soon....

[FJRider]

Just look in threads Hitcher has started. One title will stand out.

[James Deuce]

Aprilia Shiver: Great bike, shame about the inability of the distributor to provide warranty or parts support. Stick with the Gladioli.

[Swoop]

This thread should get interesting.

[frogfeaturesFZR]

You can source any parts from AF1 in texas, you'll have them at your door in less than a week.

[jim g]

The Gladioli isn't too bad, l have ridden a couple of other options but nothing has lured me off it yet, the damn thing just loves corners.
Thanks for your help so far.

cheers

Jim

[James Deuce]

The Gladioli isn't too bad, l have ridden a couple of other options but nothing has lured me off it yet, the damn thing just loves corners.
Thanks for your help so far.

cheers

Jim

Rather than changing your bike, think about up-rating the suspension. It's massive fun, cheaper than changing the bike, and will get you way more performance than you would imagine.

[MIXONE]

Rather than changing your bike, think about up-rating the suspension. It's massive fun, cheaper than changing the bike, and will get you way more performance than you would imagine.

Or just buy a Ducati monster...

[James Deuce]

Or just buy a Ducati monster...

No one needs that sort of trouble. Upgrading the suspension is still going to be orders of magnitude cheaper than buying a Monster. He'll need 796 at least to match the performance of the Gladioli.

[MIXONE]

No one needs that sort of trouble. Upgrading the suspension is still going to be orders of magnitude cheaper than buying a Monster. He'll need 796 at least to match the performance of the Gladioli.

Bullshit.My old m750 would give it the learn in any conditions.

[James Deuce]

Bullshit.My old m750 would give it the learn in any conditions.

Errr, sorry would have to disagree there. Aways found air-cooled Ducatis to perform significantly less well than the press or Ducatisti would have us believe.

[Blackbird]

Hi, l've got a suzuki gladius that has been a great first bike and after 3years l am thinking about a change. An Aprilia Shiver is one option but l do alot of touring and distance travelled on a tank of gas is important, does anyone out there have one or have any information on the Shiver, l must say l am yet to ride one.

Cheers

Jim

I take that you're a V twin fan. If you're open to other configurations, consider a Street Triple. In every comparison with the Shiver, it comes out on top by a country mile. Come to think of it, it comes out on top of almost everything of similar capacity by a country mile. But there again, I'm biased :innocent:

[jim g]

I know what you mean about the suspension, don't know if l'm allowed to mention names but the local yamaha dealer has a rolling road which l took my bike to after adding a yoshimura pipe, while it was there he said your front suspension is a bit soft so he changed the fluid type and l think did something else and the handling was transformed, cost bugger all also. And the tuning using the rolling road was brilliant!
Street triple v shiver? yes l know what you mean, l'll look at those, there is also the new mv 675 brutale, l wonder if they could be a bit harsh. The old gladioli is far too user friendly.

Thanks for your help.

Cheers

Jim

[Blackbird]

Street triple v shiver? yes l know what you mean, l'll look at those,
Thanks for your help.

Cheers

Jim

Well, I've just turned 65, have owned my Triple for 3 years after 8 years on a Honda Blackbird 1100 and still love the Triple to bits. The only thing it's crap at is carrying a passenger but that's not what they're built for :yes:. If you want a fairly objective review, I've done one here: http://geoffjames.blogspot.co.nz/2010/08/triumph-street-triple-review-revisited.html

Cheers

Geoff

[Ocean1]

Rather than changing your bike...

:shutup: :shutup:

[Hitcher]

Thinking about my Shiver still makes me Shiver. Mr Aprilia has lost the plot with these in latter models. Apart from the New Zealand distributor, they're had to fault. The problems I had with mine got sorted reasonably smartly by Aprilia corporation. Remember that the 750 in these was Aprilia's first venture into building their own engines. It's a ferkin peach. Probably the best v-twin I've come across. The gearing is a bit tall but nothing that can't be got used to. Gearbox is pretty darned good. Hydraulic clutch that's nicely weighted. Great headlight on both low and high beam. Brakes are outstanding. So is the build quality and finish. Tank is 15 litres but the Shiver bops along at about 20km per litre. No shit. Rear suspension is a bit underdone. Ergonomics on the first Shivers were exceptional until Mr Aprilia got bored and decided to relocate the pegs. The seat is nice and user-friendly. I really miss the location and function of the headlight switch. Three engine modes -- gutless, pointless and just lovely thank-you. The ride-by-wire fuelling is beautifully done. The Shiver won my heart, irrespective of other things that happened during our 40,000km together.

Better bike than a Gladius? Yes. And they're not that much more expensive out of the crate. However spending the difference on the Gladius upgrading front and rear suspension would run them pretty close, as Mr Deuce has previously noted.

AF1 Racing in Texas are just brilliant to deal with. Triumph New Zealand Ltd are at the complete opposite end of the spectrum. If you're buying new, ask the dealer if they'll drop $2,000 off the price on the basis you'll forego any claims you may make under the two-year factory warranty and see what they say. Tell them it's a win for them too in the case that anything goes wrong and they have to repair in a timely manner or refund you the purchase price of the bike. Unless Triumph New Zealand has recently had a change of heart and decided that they now give a shit about what the purchasers of the bikes they import think about them and their products.