Face to face road tests in MCN today. Aprilia RXV550 and Voxan street Scrambler. Want both! -- +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: | | Voxan Roadster Gilera Nordwest Yamaha WR250Z | | Gilera GFR Moto Morini 2C/375 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+
Funny you should say that. Patrick at Point de Corde in Limoges reckons he could get anything I need for the Tart to me in a few days courtesy of UPS if I email him, and Loic from French Bikes Imports was at pains to tell me that he will also be providing a parts service for us Gardette era owners in the UK (all two of us).. One does hear stories about Aprilia, but now they are owned by Piaggio aren't things better? The guy at Phantom who also does Benelli was telling me about 3X - a narrow escape for Voxan I reckon.
says... The Aprilia spares situation is shocking. The merger with Piaggio promised a better back-up operation, but in reality the spares ordering is all fucked up by the clash of two computer systems. Aprilia have a different one to Piaggio and they can't get the two to work together. Aprilia spares have always been a hit and miss affair, right back to when they were based in Stranraer. It got better when they moved to Manchester, but it's back to square one again.
