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stefano

stefano

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My Rsvr tail starts wagging under heavy breaking. What do I need to do in order to stop that?
 
Slow down!

Before you start adjusting all your suspension settings is it just a case of you yanking the anchors on too hard or is it wagging under moderately hard braking?

Does the front end dive like a Venetian pearl diver or does it barely move under braking?

Reckon your best doing a search under suspension on here and seeing what it brings back. Sure Bob has just been talking about suspension set ups just recently.

Mine had crap steering feel, traced it to the forks being set too low on the clamps. Have 4 rings showing now and it feels a lot more stable.
 
less braking - only joking.

lots of posibilities. You gotta set your preload up first for the correct sag.

Once that is right if it still does it then you either have too little front compression or too little rear rebound or a combination of the 2 resulting in too much rear to front weight transfer when your braking.
 
Stefano I thought you were selling your Mille to buy some Jap IL4...?

Set your bike up. Check your tyre pressures. And stop thinking IL4's are better... they aint. I have owned ALL of them... yawn.
 
Flick said:
Stefano I thought you were selling your Mille to buy some Jap IL4...?

Set your bike up. Check your tyre pressures. And stop thinking IL4's are better... they aint. I have owned ALL of them... yawn.
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You own a Mille 02, so you should know this. They are beautilly crafted machines, with the performance of Ducati at the price of Fiats, but it seems that where the money savings did occur, is in the electrical department. Either that or the electrician must have been 8yo.
I just need a bike that does not conk out in the rain.
I know she's Italian, and probably built for their weather, surely it is not too much to ask for some wet weather reliability.
 
wet weather electric issues is not a generic Aprilia problem.

None of mine have had wet weather issues and they have been in some monsoons.
The only electrical gremlin i had was water ingress in the naff alarm i had on my last rsv. I won't have the things any more. Piles of smelly do do. Rather pay more premium but bennetts were happy with standard Aprilia immobiliser.
 
i liberally coat all my bikes electrics with damp proof spray and have not had a rain derived electrical for years.

just to piss me off my GPZ900 used to run on three after it had been raining, but only if left on side stand, turned out the stream of water running down the head collected against the cam chain cover and seeped into the "sealed" plug hole. solution was to leave it on the centre stand.

The Milles wiring looks a bit messy, compared to jap stuff, but the connectors and stuff look the same kind of quality.

Ducati and electrical problems ... now theres a can of worms, dont think aprilia saved much over the production costs of a duc there.
 
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spoonz said:
wet weather electric issues is not a generic Aprilia problem.

None of mine have had wet weather issues and they have been in some monsoons.
The only electrical gremlin i had was water ingress in the naff alarm i had on my last rsv. I won't have the things any more. Piles of smelly do do. Rather pay more premium but bennetts were happy with standard Aprilia immobiliser.
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And which alarm did you have, Spoonz?
 
If I could get my Mille-R to function in the rain, than I would not have to part with the beauty, and not think about IL4.
 
It dies. Last time it was lashing, garage said something went wrong with the alarm, and it immobilized the bike. In fairness, I was warned that Italian bikes are not the most reliable in the wet, especially the electrical department.
 
I've never had a problem with mine in the wet and i've certainly ridden through some right lash downs on it. Is the alarm wiring joined to the loom wiring on the right hand side of the bike as you sit on it?

If it is the alarm causing your problem, that is a fitment problem, not the exisiting electrics playing you up sir. Find an installer and get them to go over the installation. The one on mine was installed badly so I removed it. Big chain and padlock, far more effective than beep beep beep beeeeeeeeep :thumbup
 
I've never had a single electical or mechanical problem bar an ohlins fork seal and a battery on any of the three Aprilia RSV Mille and RSVR that i've owned in over 35,000 miles, touch wood. If water is getting to the alarm unit then it's an alarm installation problem not an Aprilia issue.

If you think Aprilia have poor electrical issues, just read some of the problems with Ducatis.

Hope you get it sorted Stefano
 
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Hey, if I can get my Mille-R to be as reliable as my Diversion, she will come off the market and stay with me. BTW: she's not exactly prized to fly out the door, is she?
 
stefano said:
Hey, if I can get my Mille-R to be as reliable as my Diversion, she will come off the market and stay with me. BTW: she's not exactly prized to fly out the door, is she?
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Maybe you could try to get the Diversion to handle/ride like the RSV:roll

Or Take the alarm off the RSV and fit it to the Yammy.

Is the Alarm aftermarket?

Disable/bypass or remove it, then see if it still dies.

I havn't had wet weather electical problems on the RSV yet either.:eatcorn
 
stefano said:
Hey, if I can get my Mille-R to be as reliable as my Diversion, she will come off the market and stay with me. BTW: she's not exactly prized to fly out the door, is she?
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Stefano, I see you are in Hastings. Why not pop along and meet up with some of us on Sunday :thumbup
 
stefano said:
It dies. Last time it was lashing, garage said something went wrong with the alarm, and it immobilized the bike. In fairness, I was warned that Italian bikes are not the most reliable in the wet, especially the electrical department.
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I think that whoever "warned" you was just talking a load of bo**ocks!! Ducati, yes, they're pants electrically whether in the wet or dry (been there, seen it, done it...) Priller is absolutely bulletproof in the electric department......Tell your "warner" that not everything Italian has Ducati or Ferrari written on the badge and that he does not know what he is talking about!!

As you are on this forum, listen to the people who really know.....US!!

I also concur with the other guys.....sounds like it is your alarm/immobiliser.......bet that wasn't made in Italy!! :dunno

Cheers, Stinky :thumbup
 

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