Mana - what do you think?

Originally Posted by Baph

It also has a "pseudo manual" setting, but no gear lever at the left foot. Gear changes are done on the bars in manual mode.

Don't think I could handle that. I like to ride my bike, but it could be handy for a commuter. Aprilia have obviously got fixated on Scooters

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Originally Posted by Baph

Just to correct Fraser a little (sorry ).

The auto-box has 3 settings. Sports (supposedly beats most SS600's at the lights!), Normal (obvious), and "rain" (smoother power delivery to compensate for ham fisted throttle action).

It also has a "pseudo manual" setting, but no gear lever at the left foot. Gear changes are done on the bars in manual mode.

I stand corrected lol, I read the article awhile ago but now that you mention it...aprilla have teamed up with piaggio on this. I think over the coming few years there will be more of these bikes, we already know about honda's...I would be interested to ride one though.

Cheers Baph