Potential new bike

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robbier6 · #16 Post by **robbier6** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 8:39 pm

I know jay.....you can't get a decent one for under 3500 now...so sad

zoidberg · #17 Post by **zoidberg** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 9:04 pm

I sold one last year for 2300 with 6k miles

robbier6 · #18 Post by **robbier6** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 8:23 am

Zoid!!!! fingers in my ears shouting "la, la, la...not listening"

i'd have probably ripped yer arm off for that.

falcomunky · #19 Post by **falcomunky** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 5:46 pm

blinkey501 wrote:
falcomunky wrote:Nice looking bike Blink.
Always loved the arse on that model.
Anyone know if its a doo-able swap onto the Falco, and if so has anyone got pics/know where to look for em?...

I have seen it attempted. The battery has to be moved and the leads extended, the mille subframe has to be altered and the under tray off the mille has to be used. Although after all of this, the side panels don't line up. Maybe with a mille tank it would look ok.
Personally I thought what I had seen it looked shite!!!!!!!!

I was actually hoping there was a way to just swap the plastics and alter to fit, but I'm guessing there isn't...

blinkey501 · #20 Post by **blinkey501** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 6:13 pm

There was a mille on ebay completely dressed in falco clothing earlier this year. It does show that things are interchangeable.

falcomunky · #21 Post by **falcomunky** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:23 pm

I don't quite understand the logic there (just buy a Falco surely! lol) but I do prefer the tail unit.
I'd need to see em both side by side to compare and make sure the style/lines would be able to be matched up to the tank some how...
hmm....

D-Rider · #22 Post by **D-Rider** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:46 pm

Beauty being in the eye of the beer-holder and all that ..... bucking the trend I honestly think that the gen1 Mille is the one that Aprilia shook the ugly-stick at ..... tail section especially.

The gen 2 bikes, on the other hand look excellent.

Apologies to those that like the gen1s

blinkey501 · #23 Post by **blinkey501** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 9:25 pm

well bugger me.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2001-APRILIA- ... 20dbabaf6b

#24 Post by **mangocrazy** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 9:39 pm

Weirder and weirder - talk about blurring the lines...

D-Rider · #25 Post by **D-Rider** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 10:12 pm

What the ........ ????

Perfect Hobbit bike though. He claims the thing he dislikes about the Falco is the frame ..... and this one doesn't have a Falco frame .....

I think the real reason is that he can't touch the floor on a Falco (true fact)

fatboy · #26 Post by **fatboy** » Thu Nov 28, 2013 7:55 pm

Dont like. Looks very wrong IMO, very very wrong.
Is that a cheapest way of repairing crash damage ?
Cant see any other reason for the culture clash on display

falcomunky · #27 Post by **falcomunky** » Thu Nov 28, 2013 9:28 pm

Wish I could unsee that thing...

Firestarter · #28 Post by **Firestarter** » Thu Nov 28, 2013 9:39 pm

So it's a Mille swinger, shock, exhaust, Falco fairing, Mille frame.

So it's Andy's bike, but with a different frame?

D-Rider · #29 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Nov 28, 2013 9:51 pm

Firestarter wrote:So it's a Mille swinger, shock, exhaust, Falco fairing, Mille frame.

So it's Andy's bike, but with a different frame?

In Yellow !!!!! - what are you thinking

..... and with those crappy wheels, sachs forks, 2 pad callipers ....... oh I could go on and on ...........

TBH nearer to Pete's than mine

Aladinsaneuk · #30 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Fri Nov 29, 2013 6:23 am

erm

nope, crappy wheels, standard forks, 2 pad callipers, standard indicators etc..... near tim's mille i think....