But with big scooters it’s just getting under way and BMW recently claimed a top speed of 175kmh (108mph) for the C600 Sport scooter. Not bad for a step-thru. And now Aprilia has launched its answer, the SRV850, with a claimed top speed of 200kmh, or 126mph. Forty years ago it would have been faster than any production motorcycle.
It manages this, as Aprilia were also proud to claim, by being the ‘most powerful scooter ever manufactured anywhere in the world’, if only by a whisker.
It makes 76bhp, one more than the Gilera GP800. That’s because it is a Gilera GP800, rebadged, restyled and with a few tweaks – one of which is the addition of two new oxygen sensors in the exhaust which allow the engine management system to optimise the fuel-air mixture and gain the necessary 1bhp.
Stability also seems to have benefited. The GP800 has a reputation for getting a bit of a wobble on at high speed. The SRV shows no sign of this.
But it does not, as Aprilia claims, handle like a sports bike. At least not one made during the last quarter-century.
The handling is vague. The front wheel feels far away, which it is. The suspension seems under-damped. I’m under 12stone and when I sat on the bike the handlebars descended by a good 40mm before rebounding by a couple.
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