Cuban wheels, Italian style! (Aprilia Habana 125)

Member Name: Dom

Product:	Aprilia Habana 125
Date:	03/07/00 (3082 review reads)
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Advantages: Looks, power...nuff said

Disadvantages: More plastic that appears in the photos

UPDATE-
Just thought I would post a view a bit further down the line in owning the Habana.
So far covered about 7000kms and had a couple of trips to the mechanics. First was the standard service which was £90 and covered the oil and bits and bobs. Second trip was down to the fact that the front brake was making a hideous scraping noise and became hard to actually pull the lever. Got tp the stage very quickly i.e overnight that the brake gave up altogether! Much to my annoyance I put it in for repair only to find out that Aprilia parts are like rocking horse poo. Thankfully the mechanic guy had a bit from a Speedfight bike that was virtually identical and saved me a projected 3 month wait!!!
I gathered from the chappie that Aprilias are notoriously slow and crap for spares, and that general labour costs are higher than others because they are fiddly to get even the simplest work done.
Either way I love the bike to bits and that still recommend just be slightly aware of the "extra" costs when servicing.




Having read the various reviews on the scooters that are flooding the UK I decided to chuck the train, tube and buses and fly to work on two wheels. There are masses of scooters on offer and Piaggio seem to have the majority share (see paulos comments on the 50cc Habana)
Looks are as important as functionality as they are all much of a muchness when come to the nuts and bolts.
The Aprilias are easily the most unsual and with a race pedigree of such a firm you would expect them to be nippier that their rivals. The 125 certainly has the poke you need for a grin as well as getting form A to B.

The M Coupe now has to share its stable with a hugely good looking scooter who has almost the same pulling away power it has!!

Take heed of the Aprilia insurance scheme as mentioned by another dooyoo writer....not the best deal around.

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