MCN used twins test

goody · Post by **goody** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:27 pm

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/ ... ct09%20(1)

steveb · Post by **steveb** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:56 pm

How dare they, the Aprillia????????????? Huh, last time I buy MCN

Stratman · Post by **Stratman** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:35 am

Who on earth is the knob doing the piece? Couldn't be bothered straining my ears after 30 secs.

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:16 am

I'm sure the Aprilia is a great bike but at near on twice the money you're paying for the FS then I think they need to get a level playing ground. For 4 grand ish you can get a 916 so what's the point 'cos that's better than the 'prillia but more money again.
Noticed they had the best colour FS though (hee hee)

warby221 · Post by **warby221** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:13 pm

Havenâ€™t even looked at it as you need to compare like with like

Just a bit back I was looking to get an RSV factory
Till I looked in to the problems they have.
You think we have it bad with iffy CCT and dodgy reg/rec

Howâ€™s about

Wiring that fryâ€™s itself
Reg/recâ€™s that fail
Swing arms that crack
Alternators windings that short
Clocks that reset themselves to zero miles
The list goâ€™s on and on
I put myself right off them

I donâ€™t mind spending a bit on my bikes but I do like to spend it when I want and not because I have to to keep it running

One m8 callâ€™s them the Italian hand granade

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:22 am

Hmmph!

Maybeee, if they hadn't used the slow dodgy yellow one and had used the cool Black one the Firestorm would have done a little better and come in first instead of second

Pete.l

Post by **sirch345** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:52 am

Like most bike tests, it's only the opinion of a few people,

Chris.

dave-sp2 · Post by **dave-sp2** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:05 pm

and if the budget was 2500 then why did't they use an sp1???? cause it would wipe the floor with anything else!!!

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:32 am

Well let's all be happy that the Firestorm wiped the floor in the "Up to 1500 ukp" division!!!!

Jbrebel · Post by **Jbrebel** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:25 pm

At the end of the day if your happy with the bike you ride who gives a hoot. At Â£2500 you should be able to pick up a top notch/brand newish condition VTR where as a Mille at that price could be a bit of a dog

Having owned 2 of those bikes I can agree with some of the testers comments-some are complete tosh.

Thats MCN for you I suppose.

Enjoy your VTR/TL/RSV or whatever you own and fook the rest

Phil-VTwin · Post by **Phil-VTwin** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:53 pm

With 30 years + of biking, it seems like i am still on my "first big bike"

tony.mon · Post by **tony.mon** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:30 pm

At least Child didn't get his girlfriend on as "guest tester" again.

steveb · Post by **steveb** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:28 pm

Pete.L wrote:Hmmph!
Maybeee, if they hadn't used the slow dodgy yellow one and had used the cool Black one the Firestorm would have done a little better and come in first instead of second

Pete.l

Here, here I 2nd that

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