Gilera DNA.org

Saw this review of the Gilera GP800. From the photo it looks quite manageable, not the barge on wheels I originally envisaged…or maybe that man is 6′6″. I agree with them that it’s hard to categorise and anyone who wants a bike bike that size should surely get get something with gears.

Gilera GP800: Have a hoot as you commute – Telegraph

This next article illustrates why the GP 800 may however be the better bet against it’s sibling engined alternative, the Aprilia Mana. I was always suspicious that the push button gear change on the Mana was over complicated and likely to be unreliable and that indeed seems to be coming to pass. 

wish you were here : Aprilia Mana Recall

I think the Mana should just have had a regular CVT transmission like the GP 800 and it’s ancestor the Gilera DNA. This is why.