Aprilia SL750 Shiver

[James Deuce]

Dude, the Motard version will suit you right down to the bottom of your little Unicorn powered feet.

[Hitcher]

Mrs H has a birthday coming up soon...

[James Deuce]

She may need to grow. The seat is a long way off the ground.

[99TLS]

thats a nice loking machine indeed , looks like a fun ride,

[madmal64]

One of the best write ups I have read for a long long time! Well done that man
Looking forward to seeing the Tard 750! But from your write I will have to sort a ride on this wee thing with Fergus. Im up for a new bike at some stage this year and am definelty looking for another V Twin and preferably an Aprilia.
I was thinking Tuono or RSV with maybe a KTM Super Duke but I have heard lots of good things about these beauties.
Thanks for getting the appetite for looking around back up there Jim

[limbimtimwim]

Dude, the Motard version will suit you right down to the bottom of your little Unicorn powered feet.

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?t...nnel=711881422

Interesting, a different swingarm by the looks of things. Like off the SXV.

[Kendog]

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?t...nnel=711881422

Interesting, a different swingarm by the looks of things. Like off the SXV.

Bahh, I thought you had put up some Unicorn Porn.

On a serious note, could see you riding one of these.

[McJim]

Well what a lot of Florentine history just to hype a bike.

Good write up for all that. A bike I would consider probably at some point but when it's second hand and affordable.

I like bikes where the seat is too hight - they're almost comfortable. I considered a Mionster at one point or a cagiva raptor but they just hurt my knees after an hour or so (I was too folded up).

I'm more than happy with my air cooled 53hp effort at the moment though.

[El Dopa]

To get the horsepower of the Shiver out of an Er-6 you'd be spending a LOT of money. That extra 150cc is a big mountain for the ER-6 to overcome.

Well, yes. But I wasn't talking about just the HP and all that goes with it.

Upgraded suspension/brakes, crash bungs/engine armour, various aftermarket plastic bits (seat cowls, etc), race zorst, etc. And a bucket of change left over from 17K, if your starting point is an ER6 or an SV650.

I was more commenting because you were talking about the ER6 and the SV650 in the same breath as the Shiver and the Street Triple. I'd have put them on different playing fields.

[James Deuce]

Mid-range twin cylinder bikes aren't they? The Shiver is good enough that if you rode an SV650 and Shiver back to back, you'd immediately go and get a couple of extra jobs to make up the difference.

[El Dopa]

Well, ye-e-eesss. But also, no.

I'm tending to divide bikes roughly by cost, probably because I'm looking at upgrading, and the circle of what I want is not quite squared with what I can afford.

So, stepping up from the 250/400 second-hand league, I have two cost choices - budget bikes around the $10K mark new (ER6, SV650), and the next quantum level which starts at around $15K new (street triple), and then goes to all points up (Shiver - 17K).

I'm not particularly interested in in-line 600's, so they're not on my cost radar.

[jrandom]

I'm not particularly interested in in-line 600's, so they're not on my cost radar.

Yeah, that's the thing. What's a new GSX-R600, $14K? And it'll easily outperform anything mentioned in this thread so far in terms of power or handling.

But it's boring and uncomfortable.

I think I'll take a Shiver for a ride sometime soon...

[limbimtimwim]

But it's boring and uncomfortable.

Not everyone finds them uncomfortable.

[xwhatsit]

Not everyone finds them uncomfortable.

No, but they remain boring

I'll go back and hide in Club 250 now

[SVboy]

Yeah, that's the thing. What's a new GSX-R600, $14K? And it'll easily outperform anything mentioned in this thread so far in terms of power or handling.

But it's boring and uncomfortable.

I think I'll take a Shiver for a ride sometime soon...

Boring and uncomfortable!!! You nasty man you!! Shame! I find my K7 600 VERY comfortable, esp for a sportsbike-tourings not an issue, and when I find that high revs power hit "boring", well, it will be time to check for a pulse!