Aprilia is pushing out the Tuono 1000 twins before the V-four Tuono arrives and 2011's are going for $7500 new. That is a lot of bike for very little money.
(http://www.apriliausa.com/assets/442/6studio-tuono1000r_constraintscaled600x337.jpg)
Wow! That's a killer deal. Where did you see the advertised price? I still see MSRP @ $12,999 on aprilia website.
I have a soft spot in my heart for Aprilia and the Tuono, I just dislike the light set up, it stick out to far from the headstock, similar to the Speed triple
Quote from: Travman on January 05, 2012, 05:12:47 AM
Aprilia is pushing out the Tuono 1000 twins before the V-four Tuono arrives and 2011's are going for $7500 new. That is a lot of bike for very little money.
+1!!
Quote from: The Don on January 05, 2012, 12:23:27 PM
I have a soft spot in my heart for Aprilia and the Tuono, I just dislike the light set up, it stick out to far from the headstock, similar to the Speed triple
So true, it's probably one of the reasons it never really sold well despite great reviews and press.
The older version is tolerable. The headlights on the new one are excruciating to look at [puke]
Quote from: Pedro-bot on January 05, 2012, 06:54:38 AM
Wow! That's a killer deal. Where did you see the advertised price? I still see MSRP @ $12,999 on aprilia website.
The person who reported the deal talked with Rider's Hill which is in GA. If you are serious give your closest dealer a call. The $12,999 MSRP is not realistic. You can find brand new 2008-11 Tuonos with full warranties for much less.
Aprilia is in the same position Moto Guzzi has been in. They have a lot of marked down left-overs still at the stores which makes it impossible to find a buyer for the new bike at the full MSRP when the left over bike is just as good and thousands less.
Quote from: Goat_Herder on January 05, 2012, 07:06:32 PM
The older version is tolerable. The headlights on the new one are excruciating to look at [puke]
I agree. The V-twin models were tolerable if they didn't come with too many colors like this one,
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Aprilia_Tuono_1000R_Factory.jpg/640px-Aprilia_Tuono_1000R_Factory.jpg)
but the new V-4 Tuono is tough to stomach. :P
That thing looks like it was drawn by a first grader. [puke]
I've ridden in front of and behind Tuonos. They are VERY good motorcycles. Anything south of 10K$ is cheap.
I'd rather have dorsaduro for that price...
That's a deal, they are awesome riding bikes. Reasonably quick, handle well and astounding good tourers/long distance mounts.
'rond these parts they're still asking 10k.
http://www.leossouth.com/m_vehicledetail.asp?pov=2353453 (http://www.leossouth.com/m_vehicledetail.asp?pov=2353453)
http://www.leossouth.com/m_vehicledetail.asp?pov=2353471 (http://www.leossouth.com/m_vehicledetail.asp?pov=2353471)
Tempting.
Quote from: Travman on January 05, 2012, 07:09:52 PM
The person who reported the deal talked with Rider's Hill which is in GA. If you are serious give your closest dealer a call. The $12,999 MSRP is not realistic. You can find brand new 2008-11 Tuonos with full warranties for much less.
Rider's Hill has quite a few in stock. Some are gently used, some are brand new. I kinda want one.
I'm pretty sure the RSVs are going for good prices too.
Yup. See my previous post. $9999
The Tuono is ugly as shit, that headlight assembly always makes the bike look awful. I don't understand why a bike that otherwise looks amazing has such a shit "naked" light setup. I always liked the RSVRs, they look awesome and the Tuono is a disappointment in large part because of how good the RSVR looks.
I have a Gen1 Tuono and it really is a fantastic bike.
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i158/fmhipower/Bikes/Picture106.jpg)
I will definitely agree that the Gen2 Tuono's are pretty ugly.
Quote from: duccarlos on January 20, 2012, 11:28:39 AM
+1
Certain its nice..... but kinda looks like a transformer