Aprilia SRV 850
Piaggio is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of scooters and motorcycles and is the best known scooter producer with its Piaggio and Vespa
brand names. Aprilia and Gilera are also under the Piaggio umbrella,
and the SRV 850 is a concept developed through the Euro-only Gilera GP
800 maxi scooter. The 839cc V90 isn’t the first in the Aprilia range,
though, as the Mana 850 also features this engine and CVT transmission.
The Gilera GP 800 never turned out to be the
success Piaggio had hoped for, so that model has been laid all but dead.
The 2012 Aprilia SRV 850 is in essence a repackaged and re branded GP
800. Aprilia is definitely a better home for this scooter bruiser, as a
76-horsepower vehicle has always belonged to the motorcycle categories
and you do need a full license to ride one. The SRV 850 is very much a scooter, though, and only the performance
of the engine and stability at speed resembles a motorcycle of the same
capacity. The crossover effect is quite strong, but at the end of the
day I’ll say this straight away, the Mana 850 is a much more exciting
concept whilst also being a proper motorcycle.
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