Aprilia Shiver

**jim g** · 17th November 2012, 10:17

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** · 17th November 2012, 10:18

Originally Posted by 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

Hitcher should be along soon....

**FJRider** · 17th November 2012, 10:31

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

**James Deuce** · 17th November 2012, 10:33

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

**Swoop** · 17th November 2012, 10:34

This thread should get interesting.

**frogfeaturesFZR** · 17th November 2012, 10:52

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

**jim g** · 17th November 2012, 11:06

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** · 17th November 2012, 14:19

Originally Posted by 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

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** · 17th November 2012, 14:53

Originally Posted by James Deuce

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** · 17th November 2012, 15:02

Originally Posted by MIXONE

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** · 17th November 2012, 15:05

Originally Posted by James Deuce

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** · 17th November 2012, 15:18

Originally Posted by MIXONE

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** · 17th November 2012, 15:30

Originally Posted by 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

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

**jim g** · 17th November 2012, 16:37

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** · 17th November 2012, 16:45

Originally Posted by jim g

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

. If you want a fairly objective review, I've done one here: http://geoffjames.blogspot.co.nz/201...revisited.html

Cheers

Geoff