How many proper Italians on this site?

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by SteveP

I think you're the first person I've heard complain about the stock RSVR suspension. What was the problem? Was it an abused bike, or are you really fast?

I'm pretty light so the springs were too stiff for my weight, it did not absorb anything, yet at the same time the forks had too much brake dive (felt like they were low on oil), they seemed to have too much stiction as well, did not feel good no matter what settings I tried, and the shock felt like it had lost all of its damping due to heat exposure from the exhaust, which several other people on the Aprilia board have complained about too. At the time I also had an R6 and I liked it better so I sold the Aprilia.

[Rsv1000R]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

I'm pretty light so the springs were too stiff for my weight, it did not absorb anything, yet at the same time the forks had too much brake dive (felt like they were low on oil), they seemed to have too much stiction as well, did not feel good no matter what settings I tried, and the shock felt like it had lost all of its damping due to heat exposure from the exhaust, which several other people on the Aprilia board have complained about too. At the time I also had an R6 and I liked it better so I sold the Aprilia.

I've thought my springs were to stiff for me as well, but wasn't so sure I wanted to alter the way the bike handled.

Until I cranked it up getting on the highway, and hit an expansion bump hard on the gas at ~90, At which point I realized just how good the suspension on the bike really was, and knew I just didn't ride it hard enough for the stock springs.....

[Homeslice]

Mine was not the Factory model, so it didn't have Ohlins, OZ, etc. If I was to buy another it'd be an 06-07 because they got most of the bugs out by then.

[SteveP]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Mine was not the Factory model, so it didn't have Ohlins, OZ, etc. If I was to buy another it'd be an 06-07 because they got most of the bugs out by then.

That's a completely different model. I frequent the Apriliaforum and still haven't seen the threads of people complaining about the stock suspension on first gen Milles.

[Archren]

My baby.

[KwayZeeyT]

Originally Posted by Archren

My baby.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by SteveP

That's a completely different model. I frequent the Apriliaforum and still haven't seen the threads of people complaining about the stock suspension on first gen Milles.

I didn't own a 1st gen, I owned an 04.

[SteveP]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

I didn't own a 1st gen, I owned an 04.

ahhh, got it.