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RE: [ST] Dead ST - New model in sight ???
- Subject: RE: [ST] Dead ST - New model in sight ???
- From: "Heyer, Matthew A." <mheyer@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 10:43:06 -0500
According to all the press, the Futura is in the sport tourer class bike
from Aprilia. I don't whole-heartedly disagree, but I don't think it is in
the same niche as the ST. The Falco is more like the RS. A half-faired
(beautifully, I might add) bike, with ever so slightly more aggressive ergos
than the ST. It does not come with hard luggage, but you can get nice soft
luggage (again, this sounds a lot like the Sprint ST). My gripe with the
Futura (aside from it being so damned ugly) is that it is a lot more
"tourer" than the ST,- it tends to lean more towards an FJ or honda ST. So
a more comparable bike to the Sprint to me is the Falco.
Matt
'01 Sprint ST
- -----Original Message-----
From: David W. Funk [mailto:david.funk@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 10:29 AM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ST] Dead ST - New model in sight ???
I don't understand. Why the Aprilia Falco? I would think that the Aprilia
Futura
was a much closer replacement for the Sprint ST then the Falco.
David W. Funk
'00 Triumph Sprint ST
Pleasanton, CA
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 20:27:10 -0800 (PST), John Cooper wrote:
>Matt, I HAD to give up the Sprint so here's my 2 cents. I posted that
>my 01
BRG Sprint was stolen a few weeks ago (found-crashed, waiting to settle
with Progressive). In the meantime I've been using my friend's VFR every
day. It's a great bike with a high fun factor. It's more flickable and
loves to
lean. But it's got more vibration, less wind protection and IMHO is not as
good a high speed tourer as the Sprint. Popular bike though - seems like I
see a couple of VFRs every day. Then I rode a Falco and decided to go for
it. It's as exclusive as a Sprint, plenty of fun, good ergos, great engine,
etc. I
still love the Sprint but I'll wait till 2005-06 to see what happens.
>
>John Cooper
>BRG 01 Sprint St (ex)
>supecoop@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 07:37:25 -0500
>From: "Heyer, Matthew A."
>Subject: RE: [ST] Dead ST - New model in sight ???
>
>Just my thought on the matter: if I HAD to give up the Sprint, I would
>get an Aprilia Falco. Good looks and great engine. Similar ergonomics.
>The rest of the bikes in this class/niche are crappy.
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