Aprilia Mana GT

After discovering that the Benelli Tre-K was a dead end I had a think about what I want as a Deauville replacement. It has to fill both commuter and tourer roles; not be too heavy; be capable of carrying a full set of hard luggage; have under seat and/or cubby hole storage; be something just that little bit different.

Having looked briefly at the Aprilia Shiver GT at John Carr's I decided to check it out.  That lead me to the Aprilia Mana GT - suitably styled for both the commute and the tour it had the advantage of having a clutchless gearbox that also had multi-mode functionality and both paddle and foot change.  Guess what?  Aprilia have dropped it from their range.

So the search goes on...