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defblade World Chat Champion
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Posted: 20:21 - 06 Sep 2014 Post subject: New bike - Shiver GT |
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My BMW K1200R Sport was simply too fast too much of the time... and always made me feel slightly sick at the faintest cough or noise, knowing the size of BMW bills.
I'm glad I had it as now I don't need to wonder if a really fast bike is my bag - it's not.
So, although I only got it in May and had one summer of nice weather with it, I've chopped it in for something that has, hopefully, some quality and character at speeds I do want to achieve every day.
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/defblade/Shiver%20GT/shiv001_zpsac1b2435.jpg
So, here's my new (to me, it's a '10 reg with 3700 miles on) Aprilia Shiver GT, 750cc of V-twin burble. Please ignore the top-box rack, I've just knocked that up to fill the couple of weeks before my proper rack arrives. There's a few other bits and pieces to add to make it my all-round daily but they won't take long to appear either
Handling's good; the power is sharp in sport (too sharp for town, but touring mode is fine all round); the seat is narrow at the front and broad at the rear so you can be upright and agile or lent forwards and comfy at speed; the looks are sharp Italian which is good (seems to be a hit with the girls ); and the noise and feeling make running at normal speeds an event
Noticed today on a longer run that once it's properly hot, the already short clutch doesn't disengage enough to change gear or find neutral while stationary; the Aprilia forum suggests that that's most likely to be old fluid/air on the hydraulic side, so it's booked in to the dealer to have a nose next week (which is the one advantage of buying from a decent local dealer). ____________________ Honda Varadero 125cc => Suzuki Bandit 650 33bhp => 77bhp =>
BMW K1200R Sport 163bhp => Aprilia Shiver GT 750 95bhp |
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Posted: 23:12 - 06 Sep 2014 Post subject: |
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Very nice! Same bike as the dorsuduro just with different bodywork & suspension? |
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defblade World Chat Champion
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Posted: 23:23 - 06 Sep 2014 Post subject: |
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orac wrote: | don't think that bills will get much smaller with this than the beamer - because they are most likely about the same.
if you wanted something that was going to be cheaper, should hve gone Japanese, and avoid triumph like the plaque |
Based on??
None of the Japs were calling to me at all. There's so many of them, and they're all just so .... samey.
Looking around the forums, some of Shivers had trouble with the starter motor in the early days (all seem to be fixed without quibble by Aprilia), lots of broken clutch springs about (giving the opposite of my concern, so I guess mine are OK), and occasional sensor failure and slightly dodgy electrics from time to time. Not really any worse than most makes/models of bike - someone somewhere will have had a problem and posted about every single type of bike.
The BMW K series have trouble with everything, pretty much (just off the top of my head - my bike had the ABS module replaced by previous owner, just over a grand... but that doesn't fail as often as the old served system; engines grenade when the cam chain slips - you can pay to have a jump guard fitted, mine had the later hydraulic tensioner; idle control valves fail causing revs to hold; throttle bodies can do the same and cause even more acceleration; gearboxes grenade on 2nd gear; final drives fail on a regular basis; QR tank fittings subject to "technical notice" or some such; corrosion everywhere, and not just on the K's - lots of F's too; switch gear replaced repeatedly; ESA) and BMW's usual approach seems to be "you brought a BM, you must be able to afford to have it fixed." Lots of people not only complaining about the breakages, which you could expect on such a high-powered, high strung engine; but also BMs attitude and frequent point-blank refusal to admit that there's any sort of design fault etc with their bikes, even when many people have the same problem.
I ended up taking out the BMW after market warranty (£32/month for my bike, cover up to £1000/problem)... even they won't cover the ESA past 30k miles! I went into the BMW with my eyes fairly open (which is why I bought an '07 with a lot of the previous version's problems tweaked) and I could have afforded a repair bill even without the warranty; but I didn't realise just how much the thought/knowledge of potential trouble would spoil the ride for me.
Also, I'm going to much happier either spannering the shiver myself or getting the local garage to sort it. The BMW had a full BMW service history, and, with the warranty and general complexity, I wouldn't have been happy to take it anywhere but BM, and I wasn't too keen to get stuck in myself (I did replace the horn...); so that's the hourly rate either halved or removed.
In the meantime, the Shiver is £300 a year cheaper to insure, and I'm not paying £360 a year on a warranty, so if it does break after the dealer loses some responsibility, I've got £660 in the pot to help out ____________________ Honda Varadero 125cc => Suzuki Bandit 650 33bhp => 77bhp =>
BMW K1200R Sport 163bhp => Aprilia Shiver GT 750 95bhp |
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I fancy one of these as my next bike ____________________ I once saw a bloke shagging a donkey.... in Saudi arabia. Theory Test Passed 26/10/09 Mod 1 Passed 26/4/10, Mod 2 Passed 7/6/10 Current Bikes Suzuki GSX1400 K5, Aprillia Pegaso 650, Suzuki DR350T. |
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Do want.
However the GT versions half fairing... ____________________ Please be aware that the above post may be full of complete nonsense.
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Dropped it in to the dealer today (ironically, with the clutch working OKish today; I haven't ridden it since Monday as it was really refusing to let me out of 1st and taking a hell of a shove to go around the rest of the box) - they found the clutch pressure plate was "lagging", working lopsidedly.
I told them that it was going to be broken clutch springs, as Shivers get that a lot with the OE springs, and indeed it was. 4 out of 6 broken! One was in 4 pieces... They wouldn't let me take it away again and had to get the bits in for tomorrow, so gave me a lift home.
So, hopefully a simple/common problem which should resolve once the new springs are in (the new ones from Aprilia are upgraded). For once, shows the value of buying from a (decent) dealer.
@_Iain_: beauty's in the eye of the beholder (that's what I told your Mum ) ____________________ Honda Varadero 125cc => Suzuki Bandit 650 33bhp => 77bhp =>
BMW K1200R Sport 163bhp => Aprilia Shiver GT 750 95bhp |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 9 years, 227 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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