Aprilia in deep schtung!

[SPman]

Aprilia seem to be having a few problems according to these reports..

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2004/Apr/040427m.htm

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/27april04_apriliasale.htm

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/detail?sectionID=50677&documentID=198198

[merv]

I liked this:

Regardless, Aprilia is probably the only motorcycle manufacturer that has hit hard times due in part to the vanity of Italian women. Aprilia was, for years, a scooter-producing powerhouse in Italy, churning out neat little scooters by the millions for the European public to ride. It was very common to see untold numbers of Italian women commuting on Aprilia scooters in the mid-1990s. Then, the helmet laws changed and the new regs required all scooter pilots in Italy to wear helmets. If you know any middle-aged native women in Italy—you know they are manically concerned about their appearance, and there is little chance of them crushing their coif with a helmet on their way to work. Post-helmet-law, Aprilia's scooter sales which were once the company's bread and butter, tanked by over 65% at one point.

Read all about it here http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2004/Apr/040429a.htm

[wkid_one]

Refer other post - I posted this in Tuesday

[merv]

Refer other post - I posted this in Tuesday

Beats me where, was that on another forum as a search of your posts on Tuesday reveals no such post? On Wednesday you posted this http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=2796 which is quite different and nowhere near as funny, and the link I have posted was only put up 29/4/2004 US time i.e today for us.

[SPman]

Refer other post - I posted this in Tuesday
Ooops, sorry. I should check all the threads before starting new thread!

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