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Came across this on Flickr. It’s hideous but the Italians will love it and some of the commuters here will buy it.

I’m on the lookout now for pictures of the hard luggage that’s supposed to be available.

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Further to my last post, here is a serious (and favorable) review of the bike with very good pictures.

Aprilia Mana: Automatic for the people – Telegraph

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There have been quite a few posts on the blogosphere regarding the release in Italy of the Aprilia Mana. I haven’t had much to do with this and there is a good reason why: no-one is saying anything new! It’s like the bike suddenly appeared from nowhere. Wrong! I blogged much of what it being said now months ago on this very blog.

What we really need now is:

1. A proper long term review of ‘is it any good?’
2. A meaningful clarification of whether there are any bugs especially with that automatic gearbox.

Until then I think everyone should find something else to write about.

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Apriliamana.com has published the results of an Italian competition to customise the Mana’s paintjob. The site’s all in Italian so it’s not exactly clear to me what’s going on but here are the top three and they are all very, very sexy.

1st Valerio Schietroma

2nd Fabio Vicenti

3rd Bibimana

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This video has been doing the rounds. It shows some leery Italian airmen taking off next to a Mana and then some posing. What you also get is some disappointingly distant shots of the Mana cheesing it on a runway and yes, okay, it appears very fast.

What I would like to see however is something closer to the MP3 video which really gives a close up impression of what the machine can do.

Bottom line: try again Aprilia.

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