RSV4,

[Kimbo]

Dave Ward at Moto Italia can now sell 2015 RSV4's direct at a great price. Just a heads up for anybody looking for one. Marshy , delete this if this causes any probs

[Marshy]

No problems Kimbo! Except now that I have a competitive advantage, I'd kinda like to keep it that way So nobody who I'm racing against buy one, ok?!

[Jakels]

So what's "a great price"?

[Kimbo]

$22500, without rego

[Button699]

Not too sure about Dave ward... Everyone raves on about him being so good ... And everytimr I go in there .. I end up spending almost double what I've been told it will cost me..
22500 without rego.. And prob every single other fee that he'd hit u up with .. Prob end up more like 30k with him

[Kimbo]

Gee, Sorry to hear that Button. My 3 Aprilias go to him. Been using him since 2010 when I got my first RSV4. Had a problem with my 10 model at PI. Fitted me in the day after I got home and fixed it, no charge , Helped me when I had problems with my 15 model in Darwin . Dealer wanted to charge me $35 for a Caponord oil filter, and $96 for a clutch lever . Got them way cheaper of Dave. Was out there the other day picking up new Aprilia Aust[ Cruciata ]fairings that he ordered for me. had 6 other RSV4's there being serviced. So I have found the opposite

[Button699]

I just got a few parts.. Which he said would be $100.. Then he said $130..
Then by they time they reached my house he'd charged out $176 to my card... This was only a few days ago... Parts were a race sump gasket.. (Which af1 sell for $35) and an oil hose .. Which for $130 was a stretch ... I shoulda just bout a hose from Pirtek or so where.. That was this week.. And the 2 other times I've been there it's sadly been much the same story ... He has always been helpful and seems to kno his stuff tho .. But I'll b getting into cbm( aprilia dealer in gong) for parts now I think... Sick of being ripped off

[Kimbo]

Yep , I understand. I get lots of stuff from AF1. extremely happy with them , though if the costs are close , I use Dave. Some of the prices Ape Oz charge are stupid , but others are close, A mate has just purchased an RSV4 from a northside dealer for the same price no rego, I tried when I got my 15 model to get it delivered to Dave , but had to go through a dealer. He can now sell them and that's the total cost .

[Marshy]

I highly recommend Thomas and Carl at Road and Circuit. They are an Aprilia service centre, so can get any parts etc. And they do great dyno work. Even though it's a long hike for me, I still take my bikes there if they need tuning. As Kimbo says, sometimes the stuff in Oz is a squillion dollars compared to the USA, but other times it's the same or even much cheaper here. For anything significant, it's well worth asking for a price from Thomas (or Dave or whoever locally) first, as I've been blown away sometimes by how cheap stuff is here. Other times it's worth getting it from overseas.

[Button699]

Whereis road and circuit marshy??

[Marshy]

Whereis road and circuit marshy??

Moorebank. http://www.roadandcircuit.com.au

I'm not affiliated in any way, I just am impressed by their service. I helped out Thomas Bryden (the front-of-shop guy, who races in FX in 600s) with some R6 parts when he had a big off. In turn, they looked after me tuning my R6, and anytime I need Aprilia parts or access to the Aprilia workshop computer.

[Little Mick]

+1 for Thomas. Upstanding guy. Had a bit to do with him at the track and a few of the boys I know take their bikes to him to get Jizzed.