Thinking Nekkid

[anthonyk]

Originally Posted by Porkchop

Getting too big again. I would LOVE to have one, but I want to stay middleweight for a little while longer. The new Tuono is just sex.

Both the Shiver and Dorsoduro 750 look like fun middleweights, if Aprilia floats your boat.

[Tmall]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Not an Sx... The Sx has dirtbike style bars - crossbar across the top... and hand guards.

And it looks like this emblem:

But, they all look the same, the only difference is the letters after the 12.

I really want to figure it out though. It's not an s, they stopped making them long before they went to the black engines and forks. It's not an ss, the frame pucks and swingarm are different. It also has different frame geometry.

So, what's left?

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by HurricaneHeather

I had a Honda 599 for a while. I give it an enthusiastic "meh"

I wanted naked because I liked the look, but found out pretty quick that it was too top heavy for me. I have weak girlie arms though, so that probably made a difference.

Plus I had financed it so I was nervous about crashing. And I bought it on a whim. I will never do either again.

So maybe I'm the wrong person to be talking about the bike itself.

Did you have the same opinion of the brakes as I did?

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by Tmall

Stay away from Buell. Parts are increasingly hard to come by. I'd own another in a heartbeat if I had any confidence in their parts supply.

ASB has done good by me so far.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by Tmall

But, they all look the same, the only difference is the letters after the 12.

I really want to figure it out though. It's not an s, they stopped making them long before they went to the black engines and forks. It's not an ss, the frame pucks and swingarm are different. It also has different frame geometry.

So, what's left?

There are regular S's with black engines and forks.

[Porkchop]

OSP and Tmall, I am almost certain that it is a Scg model. From what I remember the seat got really deep and you had it sit down "in" it versus "on" it. Exactly like the Scg picture OSP posted. Thats why I had such a problem fitting in the seat. No other pictures of that specific bike.

Originally Posted by anthonyk

Both the Shiver and Dorsoduro 750 look like fun middleweights, if Aprilia floats your boat.

Not a big fan of the Dorsoduro/hypermotard look. The Shiver is nice though. Never seen one in person though.

[Tmall]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

There are regular S's with black engines and forks.

Black engines and forks came out in either 09-10. They stopped making the S in 07 or 08.

[Tmall]

Originally Posted by Porkchop

OSP and Tmall, I am almost certain that it is a Scg model. From what I remember the seat got really deep and you had it sit down "in" it versus "on" it. Exactly like the Scg picture OSP posted. Thats why I had such a problem fitting in the seat. No other pictures of that specific bike.



Not a big fan of the Dorsoduro/hypermotard look. The Shiver is nice though. Never seen one in person though.

I'd have to agree.

[Rangerscott]

Originally Posted by Porkchop

Lol, look who I found on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhO_X_UhSOU

I don't know who that could be.

[Porkchop]

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

I don't know who that could be.

So what do you think of it now that you've had it for awhile??? Anything you overly like or dont like??? I'm hearing the Gladius is almost all of the editor's picks between the two. But they are saying the Er is a smoother ride, is sprung for a heavier rider, and doesnt start scraping things as early as the Gladius.