Aprilia Shiver (2007-current)

2009 ABS model 1000 miles so far and loved eveyone

very unreliable. In the first week from brand new Feb 2008 I noticed false neutrals and glitchy fuelling. Then the red warning light appeared and 'service' word appeared so it went back to the dealers. They improved the fuelling and fixed the fault but wouldn't touch the gearbox. Then it broke down again, not going above 3000 revs. It was recovered and the electrical fault fixed. Then two months later this recurred and it was recovered and fixed again. Two months or so later it had problems starting then stalled and wouldn't restart. I bump-started it and got it home to be recovered again. The starter button had stuck and burnt out the motor. Then the front right disc started binding, although this freed itself. Now the pillion footrest vibrates down to horizantal when the engine is running, the speedo occassionally steams up, and I am still getting false neutrals. Yesterday coming back from Paignton I got the same fault damifogg mentions below so it is going back to the dealers tomorrow. If this is the 'Italian Honda' I wish I had bought a real one. In fact I wish I had kept my Fazer, 3 years, 22000 miles and 100% reliable.

My first bike and it has been absolutely fantastic... when it's worked. I may have just been unlucky, but I've had several issues with the electrics (the digital speedo told me I was doing 140mph at a set of lights and 0mph on the motorway), and over the weekend after only 3000 miles the starter motor has managed to fall off and bugger the bike. The local dealer has been absolutely useless, a year later I'm still waiting for the free bike luggage that was meant to come with the bike, and repairs have taken a long time with 50cc scooters as replacements while it's off the road. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love this bike and think it looks amazing and handles fantastically, but I now have no confidence in the bike and will be getting shut of it as soon as I can.

My first big bike and what a fantastic machine. powerful enough to build confidence, fun through the twisties, love it. into sport mode and it wants to take off. far more fun than the hornet and 696

Just had one yesterday for a short test ride on small and meandering roads, and it was brilliant. More on my personal page at http://wolfgang.lonien.de/?p=663 cheers, wjl

Ive had the bike for a few weeks now and with the first service comes a new fuel map giving you 3 settings rain, touring and sport. Forget the other 2 the sport setting will have your arms out of their sockets. All the reviews to date will have been in run-in without the new fuel mapping and believe me this is a huge difference that if measured against the impressive Street Triple will probably match it for speed and torque. Major complaints are trivial and I gather are being rectified such as lousy pillion grips and some glitches with the display and fly by wire throttle - I have had very little problem so far. The bike is great for city or long runs and handles beautifully.