RE: [ST] My opinion about the Aprillia Futura

["jay levine" <levine98@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This thread happens at a point when I'm struggling with the whole issue of 
what bike to buy next, so I thought I share my pain and see what you all 
think.

I happen to like the styling and performance of the Mille R--way more 
exciting then the 916 and much more comfortable as knee dragging sport bikes 
go. But since I'm a touring-sport kind of rider, I have to admit to myself 
that it is a bad fit for the type of riding I do most of the time and 
therefore put off the Mille R in favor of another year on my trusty Sprint 
ST (32k miles so far, another 10k this year fer sure).

When they annouced the Futura, I got real excited, at last, an Italian 
Sprint ST! After catching a glimpse of the beast however I came to the same 
conclusion as most of you, butt ugly and then some.  Bottom line: leaves me 
cold and I know in a year the Futura will look really tacky and dated (some 
have called the Sprint ST bland, I prefer to think of it as timeless appeal 
based on traditional lines).

They only other bike I am seriously considering right now is the Duc ST4s, 
but it is not imported into this county yet.  I was a big fan of the Duc 
ST2, test rode one before buying the Sprint ST.  Had the ST2 had a stronger 
engine, it would have been a real tough decision.  With the Duc ST4s coming 
out in October....

Jay

- - -----Original Message-----
From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jesse
Rosenblum


<snip>

To be honest, the only Italian bikes that were designed after the 916 that 
have appealed to me at all were the MV Agusta F4 and the Benelli Tornado. 
Everything else is either comical, bizarre, or just plain frugly.  I think 
the much vaunted design chops of the Italians are on the wane...

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