Re: [ST] 2001 CW 10 Best

[Blake Sobiloff <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric Sheley wrote:

> So, does anyone find Cycle World's choice of the best Sport Tourer for 
> 2001 a little "premature".

Hmmm. I don't subscribe, but I'm guessing they chose Aprilia's Futura?

I did pick up a copy of Motorcyclist at the airport this morning for the 
cover story on the Futura. No offense to Mark Cook (and others) but it 
seemed like a fairly gushy review of a pre-production bike. (Yes, Martin 
Fay has shown us that they are actually shipping, but I gathered from 
the Motorcyclist article that the bike they tested was pre-production.)

I really would have liked to read about the panniers, but Aprilia didn't 
have them available when Motorcyclist had the bike. And, I'm still 
curious to know if the bike has an accessory socket or heated grips, and 
what the maintenance intervals are, what's involved at each interval, 
and how much they'll cost.

The Futura certainly seems like it could be competitive with the ST, but 
until folks live with 'em for 10K miles I'm going to withhold judgment.

- -- 
Blake "Dawgbert" Sobiloff <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Burlingame, CA, USA


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