My round! from a newbie looking for a falco

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Noeli0 · #1 Post by **Noeli0** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:58 am

Hi All,
I'll get the drinks in.
yes its another newbie convinced that a Falco is the future.
I've been folowing this site for a bit doing a bit of reserch on the Falco and I'm impressed with your guys knowledge fo all things Aprilia.
I've just sold my Fazer thou so I'm in the market for a Falco sharpish, hopefully while the weathers still good.
I've taken a test ride on one at a dealers and man I loved it, pity the bike was a dog (low milage but not looked after). the clutch was pretty heavy which supprised me for a hydrolic clutch is this normal?
Cheers
Noel

anzacinexile · #2 Post by **anzacinexile** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:00 am

Not the lightest but I have ridden heavier

WAFO by the way

Firestarter · #3 Post by **Firestarter** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:32 am

Welcome to the site.

Bar is ^^^^ that way, I'll have a shandy (at work)

Yes, the clutch is heavy, can't say I've had a problem apart from when I first picked the bike up and had to drive through town as there was no petrol in! You can get replacements which are generally well regarded, MPL (usually via German Ebay), or Oberon have just started doing one. Someone did post a bit of a review of the Oberon one IIRC.

D-Rider · #4 Post by **D-Rider** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:45 am

Hi and welcome - nice to have another to join us and hope you sort out a Falco soon.

If you think the clutch is heavy, then you should try Willopotomas' Triumph 6T .... that would recalibrate you

As Firestarter has said you can get aftermarket slave cylinders that reduce lever pressure by up to 30% .... though they are not cheap (though when I got mine I was very lucky on an ebay auction

)

The 3 choices tend to be:

1) Evolutione
2) MPL
3) Oberon

The order above being the order in which they appeared on the market

Cheers

Dusty · #5 Post by **Dusty** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:21 am

Welcome, Noeli0. There is a lot of knowledge on this site but you will also have noticed that we tend to repeat ourselves that we tend to repeat ourselves.
I think it's because most of us are getting on a bit!

D-Rider · #6 Post by **D-Rider** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:45 am

Dusty wrote:Welcome, Noeli0. There is a lot of knowledge on this site but you will also have noticed that we tend to repeat ourselves that we tend to repeat ourselves.
I think it's because most of us are getting on a bit!

Doh! ..... was responding to a pm just as I replied to this ... seem to have hit the post button twice.

Fixed

Aladinsaneuk · #7 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 11:28 am

welcome

HowardQ · #8 Post by **HowardQ** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:04 pm

Welcome to the forum Noel

Hope you find a Falco soon, will be intertested to hear how it compares to your previous Faser Thou, (another nice bike). Both are grouped in a similar niche but very different bikes.
Good luck with the search.

fastasfcuk · #9 Post by **fastasfcuk** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 5:20 pm

welcome and good look with the search.

DavShill · #10 Post by **DavShill** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 5:54 pm

Welcome to the fold mate. Hope you get fixed up, you will not be disappointed. The spending really starts once you've snared the beast

Falcorob · #11 Post by **Falcorob** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:53 pm

DavShill wrote:Welcome to the fold mate. Hope you get fixed up, you will not be disappointed. The spending really starts once you've snared the beast

It certainly does.

HisNibbs · #12 Post by **HisNibbs** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:20 pm

Hi and welcome Noeli0.

Good luck with the search there are still quite a few nice examples out there so no need to hurry or buy the first you come across.

And once you've bought one the fun realy starts....

Noeli0 · #13 Post by **Noeli0** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 8:21 am

Cheers Guys,
going to take a look at a couple of bikes today and Blenks has sent me photos of his (nice bike).
I'm very weary of reading this forum too much, I found myself on ebay last night looking at Mille swing arms

I can feel the credit card qwivering

Aladinsaneuk · #14 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 11:05 am

oh just wait..... we have not even shown you the good stuff - and you have not seen some of the folk's bikes.... i promise that when you see some of the mad modders work you will be reaching for the hacksaw and the credit card....