Re: [ST] My opinion about the Aprillia Futura

[Thomas Emberson <thomas@xxxxxxx>]

Not to the same extent, but when I heard the raves about the bike
I started to wonder if I was premature in my purchase of the ST, until
I saw 

a) the price
b) performance specs (not worth the difference that is)
c) pictures

The ST is better looking, and for the price difference, better
value. The only thing that gets me is that the ST is priced very
closely to the Daytona. The only reason I can see is that what the
market will bear. In one-to-one component matching (engine, suspension
etc.) the Daytona must be a lot more than a couple of hundred
dollars more to manufacture.

Such is life,
Tom

On Thu, 31 May 2001, Jesse Rosenblum wrote:

> God damn that's one ugly, ugly bike.  Ugliest underseat exhaust I've ever
> seen.  Ugliest front fairing.  Ugliest rear fairing.  Ugliest mirrors.
> Bizarre "Knight Rider" dash.  No, I'm afraid my Sprint is safe for the
> moment.  The only thing I like on the Futura is the wheels, which are
> admittedly very nice.
> 
> I doubt it's going to be a real roof shaker in terms of performance, since
> it's using a detuned version of the Falco engine, which is itself a detuned
> version of the Mille engine.  So what's the appeal?  I don't get it.
> 
> 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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