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Old 02-18-2011, 08:04 AM   #1 (permalink)
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My husband is looking to get a different style bike. He's got his eyes on the Ducati Hypermotard 796 or the Aprilla Dorsoduro 750 or Shiver.

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Team Green..but is that a surprise coming from me?
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I've heard of electrical gremlins in the Aprilia shiver, which I think is the same basic bike as the Dorsduro, just different ergos (naked vs. hypermotard)

I love the look of all three of those though, and reviews of the Shiver paint it as one hell of a fun bike to ride.

Good luck with his choice, whatever it is!
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ohhh motards!!!! I would suggest staying jap unless ya'll are loaded as parts are expensive as hell.
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What would you suggest in this style?
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What would you suggest in this style?
If J is leaving the super sport-bike category - from Kawasaki there is the Ninja 1000 and Z1000 which are still very much sportbikes - but ones you can live with - and the Versys, which is a 650 and a parallel twin.

I like 4 cylinders - either inline or V4 - which is why I don't own a Versys.

I might consider a Tuono V4, but Italian is expensive and without many dealers here. Triumph has some cool stuff too.

Dunno.
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I can relate to J though, which is why I still own my ZZR600. It is a casual bike that is comfortable and doesn't cry-out for speed.

Bill's Ninja 1000 is a great compromise. It's a very nice bike that fits in a great niche.

I'd love to own an updated standard that is simple.
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My ZZR is quite fast enough for me
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lol@lauren just pushing kawi for wahtever reason.

Versy's, E6n,

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mkay .. don't really care for that one ..
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