05-03-2020, 10:06 AM
Speaking of Italian motorcycles, when I bought my Hawk GT back in 2007, the seller informed me that he was contemplating buying an Aprilia Shiver. I don't think that the Shiver had even hit the market yet at that time. A few years later I went to go look at one of those motorcycles for myself. To be honest, I loved the look of the bike overall (the shape of the headlight was the only real turnoff for me personally). It was a bit on the tall side for me and it weighed more than I imagined it would, but the quality of the materials used in the motorcycle's construction appeared to be top notch.
I still love the look of the Shiver. Now they are 900cc bikes instead of 750cc. I believe that the early bikes had some issues that caused their owners grief, but I can't recall what those issues were or if they might have been weeded out by now. At that point in time the smallest Monster was a better fit for me, but if it hadn't of been for the seat height, I much preferred the ergonomics of the Shiver. All that said, the biggest turnoff for me was the ride-by-wire feature.
Drive-by-wire, ride-by-wire, it doesn't matter to me, I've always tried to avoid such systems if at all possible. While many people enjoy having different driving/riding modes, I personally don't fully trust the technology. More than likely I won't adapt to it unless I am forced to. In my case that's going to be a while.
I still love the look of the Shiver. Now they are 900cc bikes instead of 750cc. I believe that the early bikes had some issues that caused their owners grief, but I can't recall what those issues were or if they might have been weeded out by now. At that point in time the smallest Monster was a better fit for me, but if it hadn't of been for the seat height, I much preferred the ergonomics of the Shiver. All that said, the biggest turnoff for me was the ride-by-wire feature.
Drive-by-wire, ride-by-wire, it doesn't matter to me, I've always tried to avoid such systems if at all possible. While many people enjoy having different driving/riding modes, I personally don't fully trust the technology. More than likely I won't adapt to it unless I am forced to. In my case that's going to be a while.