Comments on: 2011 Aprilia Dorsoduro 1200 Official Photo (Bike Reports) (News)

By: Reck wee

Reck wee — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:06:51 +0000

I will replace my capo for this the min they ship to singapore. Don’t get me wrong. I love my capo. But I missed out on the dorso 750 when it was first launch and I am not going to miss this one

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By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:34:24 +0000

I like it. Liquid cooling, great power, nice design, etc.. Hopefully Aprilia will offer a tail-rack for a Givi bag. Now, if I can just get the checkbook away from the wife…

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By: DORSOFAN

DORSOFAN — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 07:37:17 +0000

Dorso 1200 rocks..

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By: mxs

mxs — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:28:21 +0000

So the 750 was not enough, eh …?

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By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:57:21 +0000

Maybe it weighs what it weighs because it’s ruggedly built. I’d rather have a machine that isn’t paired down to the last gram of weight. This is great for supersport bikes, but a road going machine needs some extra reserve strength built into it’s parts. If the sum of the parts weighs a little more than the competitors bike, it shouldn’t be considered a failure. That extra weight in the right place can give the bike a more substantial feel, a higher quality of finish, and a better ride. It can be a good thing when it comes to longevity too.

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By: jimbo

jimbo — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:31:19 +0000

Aprilia states “empty weight” 212kg which is 466 lbs (about 530 lbs curb weight full tank). It is reasonable to expect it will feel subjectively lighter than its actual weight, but still, that’s much higher than Ducati specs.

At some point the weight penalty and quantity/quality of dealer support is part of the buyer’s purchase decision. Overall, a potential buyer would seem to require a huge overall performance advantage before purchasing something with significantly less dealer support.

On another note: manufacturer’s seem wedded to the idea of bikes being either just below or just a little too much relative to the perfect motor displacement. I can only imagine this is purely a marketing trick. The poor buyer of the smaller motor longs for just a bit more and vice versa.

It’s the same with dirt bikes. The gap from 250 to 450 just cries out for the perfect 350. One maker (KTM) has a 350, but IIRC it’s only available as a pure race-type MX/SX machine. If the customer was truly king (rather than the marketing/profits bean counters), I’d prefer they abandon the whole load of crap and just build the best performing bike for a specific purpose rather then build to race displacement categories. The only known weakness in my argument is that racing builds better bikes. But they could and possibly should just have one race displacement category.

I can imagine all the technology going into one general motor displacement category rather than being split into multiple sizes. State of the art trail, endurdo, and MX bikes, all built within a range of of motor displacement, say 300-400cc.

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By: ROXX

ROXX — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:04:47 +0000

It looks very agile in this video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jAYrKwQPp0

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By: ROXX

ROXX — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 14:58:52 +0000

AMEN BROTHER!
I had a Futura and loved it.
It wasn’t without it’s faults, like a lack of a good stock suspension, but I have a feeling that Aprilia would fix that this time around.
Was and still is one of the most beautiful bikes ever built.

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By: PeteN95

PeteN95 — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:56:29 +0000

Nice looking bike, but the 12 more HP than my SV1000N doesn’t make up for the 60+ additional pounds. Technology should be able to make a bike lighter, like the Multistrada!

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By: DavidM

DavidM — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 03:02:16 +0000

It probably will make it this side of the Atlantic… to Canada at least. We get a lot of the ‘euro’ bikes that don’t make it to the USA

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