gilera or aprilla

[andyscooter]

Never rally been a sym fan

I've had mates with them and they were nothing but trouble

Mates joyride was OK but there seat was like sitting on a wet sponge when it rained and suspension was worse looking then my Chinese 50

Another mate had a sym huskey that spent more time in bits then on the road it eventually got nicked and torched as the thieves couldn't get it to start he had even left the key in it
Probably different now but these put me off a bit

[Ferret]

gp and srv are identical same engine only thing srv offers is traction control and ABS whilst the GP doesnt have that feature.

i personally like the srv as its sporty looking and cant really go wrong with abs system on a bike and traction control feature.

No they are not Kishan there are actually quite a few changes to the parts bin as well as cosmetic and if i recall correctly its about 200 small changes according to piaggio .

[michaelphillips]

found this info, seems the engine from the mana was used ..
Not this time. The SRV 850 is a smart repositioning of the not-so-successful Gilera GP 800. In 2007, when the GP 800 was introduced, Gilera had already lost the last drop of its ancient charm and, consequently, could not adequately support the effort necessary to market what was supposed to be the most-powerful, fastest and sportiest scooter on Earth.
In SRV form, power is supplied by the sohc, eight-valve, liquid-cooled, 90-degree, 840cc V-Twin from the Aprilia Mana. The SRV also shares the Mana’s CVT-type automatic transmission. The 88.0 x 69.0mm V-Twin benefits from the evolution of the integrated injection/induction system and now produces a claimed 76 horsepower at 7750 rpm, 1 hp more than it did in Gilera form.
The chassis is the same as that of the GP 800 and rolls on 120/70-16 front and 160/60-15 rear radials. The engine is solidly harnessed in the frame, and, unlike most scooters, the swingarm is not in unit with the engine cases, greatly improving handling.
Claimed top speed is more than 124 mph, while 0-60-mph acceleration takes just 5 seconds. To counter this performance, a Brembo front-brake system—four-piston calipers and 300mm rotors—was wisely adopted. Although Aprilia’s technical team managed to extract 22 pounds from the GP 800, at 518 pounds, the SRV 850 remains substantial for a scooter.

[MrGrumpy]

found this info, seems the engine from the mana was used ..

Yes....though why the GP800/SRV never got the Mana's multi-mode/optional semi-auto gearbox is one of life's little mysteries.....the other curiosity was that a variety of power outputs were quoted for the GP800 - whilst the Mana had 75bhp, several spec sheets said the GP had only 65bhp, whilst the SRV claims to increased power by 1bhp to 76!

[Ferret]

So they call rubber bungs with a hole in solidly harnessed lol .The later srv s did get supposed sport mode button which when i rode back to back just felt like my normal mode . Another gimmick imho . I also rode the mana which i thought was a nice bike and i liked the switchable gears but overall left it in auto mode in the end .

[horobags]

ferret, which Benelli did you have?? my mate had a tre-k, what a bike!!! what a motor!!

[phantom309]

having had a few now , i'm sticking with jap bikes... an andyscoot the nc with DCT is awesome. i absolutely love mine...

[Ferret]

Horobags i have had a trek 1130 which was awesome but continually had issues ,i loved it and if i could ride it have another even with the probs .The biggest issue seams to be the inconsistency between the bikes . I have friends ( yes really ) who have benellis who have been very lucky and only had small probs . My 40 year old benelli was more reliable lol .Phantom309 I must agree the honda dct is very good and i personally think its going to be the way forward for maxi scoots in the future .

[horobags]

my mate colins tre-k had only an alternator problem which had been missed out on a service, I think it might have been brushes as part of the service, and his clocks went down every now and again. I had a go a few times and they are a fantastic bike to ride.

[Sgt Ernie Bilko]

My 2012 SRV needed forks rebuilding after 7500 miles. I'd go Jap and I did. Tmax is still the daddy.