Which Swingarm suits the Falco best?

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Does the Falco Swingarm suit the Falco better or is the Mille version the Swinger it should always have been given?

I love the Falco Swingarm - it's budget design suit the bike
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18%
The Mille Swingarm is a thing of beauty whose lines flow better with the Falco's frame
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45%
I don't give a stuff - just get on and ride the thing
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26%
Oh ... not forgetting the New, Angular, Prone to Cracking, not enough clearance on a Falco RSVR Swinger (as Nooj requested)
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11%
 
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Which Swingarm suits the Falco best?

#1 Post by D-Rider » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:13 am

The Falco and Mille share a lot of parts.
Aprilia chose to fit a cheaper swinger to the Falco. Does this suit the Falco better or is the Mille arm the swinger it should always have been given?
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#2 Post by Nooj » Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:33 am

The newer shape RSVR/Tuono one is missing from the poll, add it and I'll vote for that :smt001
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#3 Post by sabestian » Tue Aug 12, 2008 12:03 pm

Hey, why can't I vote twice? That's not fair. :smt003
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#4 Post by D-Rider » Tue Aug 12, 2008 12:07 pm

sabestian wrote:Hey, why can't I vote twice? That's not fair. :smt003
Is that how all elections are done in Poland ? :smt002 :smt005
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#5 Post by Firestarter » Tue Aug 12, 2008 12:20 pm

It's not how it looks, it's how you ride the thing!

Dear me, far too much time spent spanner-wielding and not enough riding! :smt003
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#6 Post by Fausto » Tue Aug 12, 2008 12:47 pm

You can't see it as you're riding but you will be able to feel the extra weight of the bent one :smt020
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#7 Post by mangocrazy » Tue Aug 12, 2008 1:27 pm

Why can't I vote in this poll? :smt013 I can post and start threads, but not vote in polls.

Clearly a cunning ploy to keep the number of votes for the standard Falco swingarm artificially low.

Unlike the RSVR swingarm which is, of course, artificially high... :smt003
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#8 Post by D-Rider » Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:01 pm

Fausto wrote:You can't see it as you're riding but you will be able to feel the extra weight of the bent one :smt020
No extra weight - no weight saving either.

I weighed them both when I did the swap. They weigh the same as each other.
I'm guessing the Mille one may have a theoretical advantage as I think more of the weight is concentrated near the pivot - reducing the moment of inertia ... but, in practice it's sod-all and I can't feel a difference.
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#9 Post by Viffer » Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:06 pm

I'm with Mango, can't vote and agree with his comments so there.
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#10 Post by D-Rider » Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:08 pm

Dunno why you can't vote ... are you not on the electoral role, are you a serving criminal or certified insane .... or is there just some forum bogup. Tis not of my doing anyway

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Just had a thought and checked it out .... neither of you two seem to belong to the Aprilia Usergroup - you're just a couple of interlopers !
Now if you'd like to become proper bona fide Aprilia Usergroup Members, please subscribe to the Aprilia Usergroup.
(However, before you can be admitted, you must pass the swingarm preference test)
I'm not certain this will fix it but my guess is that it will.
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#11 Post by mangocrazy » Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:17 pm

OK - I've joined the Priller Usergroup. I need to be approved by a Moderator, apparently...
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#12 Post by D-Rider » Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:45 pm

mangocrazy wrote:OK - I've joined the Priller Usergroup. I need to be approved by a Moderator, apparently...
Don't think that's something I can do ... probably have to be done by Sam or Kwackerz.

Aprilia Group Moderators only have so much power .....
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#13 Post by Samray » Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:02 pm

I had left a note for Kwak before the last 3 posts. There are a few people without the usergroup approval.
Not sure if it's a hiccup or an oversight.













or a swingarm critical idiosyncracy. :smt002

Now approved btw Mango. :smt003
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#14 Post by mangocrazy » Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:12 pm

Cheers, chaps. Poll results now approaching parity...
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#15 Post by Samray » Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:35 pm

2 more approved so Viffer may not hold the deciding vote. :smt002
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