Aprilia Dorsoduro 900 / Long-Term-Loan /

[@ExContinentalAzores]

I'm a happy owner of a Dorsoduro 900 and I totally understand your pros & cons. What a fantastic motorcycle, misunderstood by so many. Cheers from Portugal, Azores Islands.

[@الرحالالفلسطيني-ه2ن]

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[@Angel-rg9dh]

Wow im thinking buying one and import it to madeira. Not sure if she is too small for me (1.96) , and not sure if there are any in madeira, i guess so. Thanks

[@brians2873]

Love my Dorsoduro. Without a doubt, the most fun bike I’ve owned. (Getting rid of the bulky exhaust soon.)

[@neilh8707]

How has the reliability been on the Dorsoduro, wanting one but heard some bad things about reliability

[@brians2873]

@@neilh8707 It’s been great so far. I only have 1750 on the odometer due to this crazy year. As a tall rider (6’3”) it is amazing. I put Roadsitalia Power Titanium Black pipes on and it sounds incredible (my ‘19 Hypermotard SP owning brother is super envious of the exhaust note). Also put on Facduc O2 emulator and eliminated 90% of the low speed jumpiness. Hope this helps. Any other info needed, feel free to ask.

[@neilh8707]

@@brians2873 thanks, I do appreciate the feedback. I'm looking at buying a brand new one as love them and have done for ages. My worry is that I live over an hour from the dealer so any issues will be a pain, currently own a Honda. Without the emulator how does it ride at low speed, is it bad?

[@brians2873]

@@neilh8707 My bike is an ‘18 model. The surge is extremely noticeable, enough to make me feel like a bobble head. The ‘19 model I test rode didn’t seem as bad. Mine usually hit between 20-30mph in 2nd and 3rd gear. The emulator is adjustable, but I haven’t been able to ride enough to make any adjustments. I’m still getting used to this bike as well. Coming off of an ‘18 Indian Chieftain is a big transition.

[@الرحالالفلسطيني-ه2ن]

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[@jackalster77]

Just got one last month. Love it. Tank size not an issue for me as not using mine for long touring sessions. For 2 hours riding, range is good enough. Weight I don't feel as I dont offroad much with it more than dirt and gravel roads. Dont see the weight impacting anything, has ample power and I own a Tuono and Rocket 3. Worthy upgrade, apart from exhaust, is tyres (pirelli MT60RS I put) as stock dunlop are mid range spec tyres. Pirelli Angel GT 2 also a very good choice if you dont go offroad at all. A quickshifter from factory would have been nice, although there are after market products.

[@floydyoung7819]

sharp and super fast steering 🤙fun bike 🤙

[@michaelbuxton9611]

im picking up a 2020 in a couple of days. this is the last year for the doro and shiver unfortunately. great vid, i'm 5 hours from the dragon. i will test it hard.

[@alexandresimard4230]

Rode a lot in enduro an chose the DD for my first road bike. Bough the same as the one in the video. Love it, done a bit of touring (2000miles trip) with no highway. I can say I made some spirited driving. Two things, it eat it's tire as the same rate as a tuono and the tank is really small and take a lot of gas(7.7l/100km advertised). For the wind well it's a naked bike! I love it like said, great bike very versatile!

[@srhintz]

I don't think "unsprung" means what you think it means. They need an Adventure version of this.

[@johanaho]

Came here to say this.

[@dvh8543]

They dont

[@vgstb]

The reviewer doesn't seem to be the sharpest knife in the drawer.

[@dirkvandenabeeleHungary]

Having 9303 km with the original tyre, and still exiting fun, the bike before was a gs1200 adventure, and am l nearly 2meter tall, and i enjoy more the DD900 than the GSA.When riders follow me, they dont understand i do not use the breaks coming to turns, the moto engine is braking spectacular, i hardly use the breaks at all time, Its the first edition 2017, and enjoying every km with it.

[@neilh8707]

How's reliability been on your bike?

[@ludovicosestilli6654]

I love the Dorsoduro......driving "her" as a naked ,with a very little bit of decided smoothness and anticipation, can let you go veeeeery fast in turns....... :) Thanks as always MotoGeo and Jamie

[@olivejuice1012]

great review! I have and love my shiver im sure the dorso is just as good. very underrated and so good at all.

[@neilh8707]

Whats reliability been like on the 900?

[@olivejuice1012]

@@neilh8707 I currently have a 750 and its been good i have over 20k hard miles its seen trackdays and alot of mountin rd miles still kicking. Still has good compression and oil pressure. Had some of the squeez clamps get weak on some of the coolant hoses, a sticky rear caliper but other than that it's been rock solid. Its still my go to street bike despite having other bikes in the stable.

[@neilh8707]

@@olivejuice1012 that's really good to hear. I've heard so many things about reliability but good to hear from an actual owner.

[@bretteberan2550]

Nice! Didn't think this long term review was ever going to come 😅 Love my Shiver 750, but maybe l'll swap it for the Dorsoduro 🙂

[@asganaway]

great bike the shiver

[@worldhello1234]

@2:06 Yeah, but that has little to do with naked bike position. Otherwise every nakedbike had the same issue. :) @3:00 What does long-term entail in this case? Do those issues get any better long-term?

[@davidepietrobon900]

The Arrow exhaust terminals are two little cannons.

[@michealicleanpressurewashi1529]

Hey mate how do you turn off the traction control I see your wheelies look awesome but do you have to switch off something or certain mode?

[@Tabaskokaffe123]

Select ATC with the Mode button and set it to 0

[@TheAegisClaw]

How is the exhaust unsprung weight? Is it attached to the wheel?!

[@onemanmob6756]

I guess he meant it was bolted directly to the frame rather than being suspended on springs or rubbers like car exhausts are

[@albertouggeri5303]

ciao dove trovo sia l attacco e il parafanghino alto come la tua ducati scambler sei fantastico fai sempre dei bellissimi filmati sei il N°1

[@MarcosDiegos]

So the rear suspension is pretty adjustable?

[@tumbleweedlyfe]

Extension adjustable?? I think you mean preload adjustable? Other than preload is there only rebound?

[@annamassey5991]

Great review n looks like a really nice bike n fun 😃🏍️👌 north of England Uk

[@markopolo8348]

I have a feeling this review was supported by aprilia to push this baby

[@sarahdell4042]

It’s a bummer these along with the shiver, are so darn heavy. All the weight is up top too, makes things even worse. Low tank range to cap things off. :( Lovely to look at, and listen to though.

[@Schleberger]

Dry weight of 186 isn't heavy at all for a street bike though? And it will get even lighter once you do a tail tidy and a slip-on exhaust. It's not a supermoto, it's a naked bike with supermoto looks.

[@ABH313]

Totally agree with you, I have a 2013 DD 750 and it's a slow heavy pig of a bike. Thing weighs 480+ lbs and makes like 100hp if it's lucky. Tops out at 130 mph, it's not ergonomic, and has no wind protection for the highway...so yeah it's basically only good for a twisty road but like I said, the weight means it's not very flickable. My KTM Supermoto was literally twice as fun. Plan on selling the DD as soon as this lockdown is over...

[@Jajeweet]

@@ABH313 Ktm supermoto meaning the 950/990?

[@srinathsith1510]

Good than hypermotard?

[@JM-54321]

Cut the music next time, please. It makes a really good review almost unbearable.

[@andrewfletcher9559]

It's sprung weight, unsprung weight is below the forks ie wheels

[@Giudipeppe83]

Gran moto !

[@benzinschnueffler187]

Damn where are you

[@calloverpete1318]

Hey Jamie - Great work again - why not join in on Twitter with #robmacmemories giving a story from your time in BSB or any other racing? You'd be epic! Rob's already name checked you.

[@NishantDash]

Nice Hypermotard /s

[@TheKampan]

Small gas tank? Not so much fun when you need to looking for a fuel up in the middle of somewhere :( that's a no no for me. Been there and it removed all smile on your face

[@markc3206]

No matter what they do and rememeber this it will never be a nuda!!!

[@mohammedmidlaj4623]

🔥🔥👍😱

[@exothermal.sprocket]

I've never had any respect for Aprilia's L-twin engines. They've always been too soft, too underpowered for displacement, fitted into bikes that are too heavy. Never what I would call a serious powerhouse, relative to a Ducati from the same displacement.

[@christlinah]

You‘ve probably never tested the 1200 Dorsoduro in Sports Mode then, have you? ;)

[@leebrandencallaghan]

I have the 750. Ive owned a few liter bikes but have had more fun on the dorsoduro than any of my other bikes. Its not all about power. With the long travel in the front, theyre a ton of fun in the bumpy twisties like you see in this video. I guess it depends on where you ride.

[@garywalker4417]

Try an SVX 550, hardest accelerating bike I’ve ever ridden.

[@exothermal.sprocket]

@@garywalker4417 If you can keep it running long enough before breakdown.