Is the Aprilia Tuareg REALLY AS Good As They Say? | Day In The Saddle
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It's time to check out the newest entrant into the middleweight ADV category... Did Aprilia do good?
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00:00 - Intro
01:24 - RAW First Impressions
13:55 - Spec, Pros & Cons
18:30 - Can You Daily It?
24:09 - Discord Q&A
28:55 - Final Verdict - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
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If it helps at all Spite, Tuareg is pronounced like "trois"reg, but with less French. 😁 edit - ahhh, you was hamming it up a bit at the start, pronunciation is fine.
Getting those sponsors for your channel is AWESOME! I’m super stoked to see you taking off like you are!
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Glad to see AF1 letting you use their bikes for content.
Good job, Flying Eyes. You chose the right horse to back.
Great review as always, Spite. We are proud to be a sponsor of such a talented and entertaining creator. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for sponsoring this creator. He deserves the recognition. Order just placed
Thanks for sponsoring Spite. He deserves it!
Spite is the best! Glad to see he's getting the credit he deserves! I will be ordering soon!
I’ve been meaning to buy some of your glasses. Now I can support spites corner at the same time :)
Fantastic person to represent your product. Great choice!
Bro you're killing it. You got the dealership in place, and a sponsor already. Keep grinding and we'll keep watching and liking your videos!
I subbed before he was at 3k the fact he’s probably gonna get 100k before New Years is insane growth
So happy and proud to see your channel growing. Glad to see the sponsors are finally seeing what we see and supporting you.
i can't tell if 36 minutes is too much or not but he definitely puts a lot of efforts in his channel. as for me i am just interested in the bike in the first place.
Same for me, really happy for Spite
Everything Aprilia make is special. It's what they do! AF1 racing aren't just any old dealership, they're THE dealership/ parts developer for Aprilia. Incredible score for a partnership Spite. Congrats mate
AF1 Rules
Dude I'm so happy
You're the first american moto youtuber who puts data in the metric system as well. So glad I don't always have to remember how many freedoms per burger a Newtonmeter is.
Also I'm really happy that you get such great sponsors.
I just had a look and you can actually get a puig windscreen for not a lot of money so I think it could be easily fixed
Keep it up man
Freedoms per burger 😂😂😂😂😂
Yes, freedoms per burger, that’s awesome.
Big Rock Moto does that too.
The Imperial system works better for engine specifications. Horsepower and Foot pounds of torque is way better than Watts/PS or Newtonmeters. Also Human size should be measured in FEET and POUNDS. A 6 foot tall person has a 1 foot long foot, generally. So they are actually 6 feet tall. It's an easy measurement. This is how they do it in Canada, they use some imperial and some metric. But the Metric system should be used for all other things. I want to measure my engines in horses, because that's awesome.
Super glad you've hooked up with a dealer to review their inventory. That is a win win for everyone. Congratulations on getting the sponsor too. This channel is kicking butt. Great Job!!!
Nice review!
I took delivery of the first Tuareg in San Francisco, and what was quite possibly the first one delivered to a customer in California. I bought the factory baggage racks, the factory rear rack, the factory engine guard, and the factory fog lights. Since I am only 5'6" tall with a 29-inch inseam, I also bought the lower seat. My observations and experiences thus far for things you did not cover in your review:
The Aprilia baggage racks are very specific for the Aprilia aluminum cases, and are too short to mount most soft-sided bags like the Wolfman bags. I ended up designing and welding my own adapters from Home Depot mild steel square tubing to securely strap the Wolfman bags, and my adapters with bags mount on the Aprilia racks. This allows me to have the convenience of removable hard-sided bags while using soft-sided bags. The Aprilia rear rack is as good as anything else on the market, and I mounted an aftermarket $169 20-inch wide aluminum diamond plate ATV box on the back. Works great at much less cost than an official Aprilia top box. On top of the top box I mounted a RotoPax gas can, and I did not feel bad about drilling holes in a $169 top box to mount it.
To mount the $250 (per side!) Aprilia fog lights, one must purchase a $599 engine guard, and a $299 Fog Light Installation Kit. So I ended up spending $1400 just to mount Aprilia (Piaggio) fog lights that also fit Moto Guzzi and all sorts of other bikes. Ouch. Part of the problem is that both the dealer and I thought the $250 price for fog lights turned out to be ONE fog light, not both, necessitating another $250 order for the other side fog light. The expensive fog light installation kit is a Piaggio universal kit with a whole bunch of extra parts that are not used on the Tuareg. Finally, the installation instructions for the fog light mounting start by telling you to disassemble the upper fairing, remove the headlight, remove the back side of the instrument cluster, and remove the LEFT side lower fairing to access the fog light connector in the wiring harness. Bullshit. Those instructions are for a Moto Guzzi, and that is not clear in the instructions. For the Tuareg all one has to do is NOT install the engine guard yet, leave the upper fairing/headlight/instrument cluster alone, do not touch the left side lower fairing, and ONLY remove the RIGHT side lower fairing. The fog light connector in the factory harness is easily accessible on the RIGHT side, not the left. The connector also does not look anything like the connector shown in the Piaggio instructions. I ended up taking photos and warning the Aprilia Service Department that the instructions are wrong. If you want fog / driving lights, I recommend that you get aftermarket lights such as Clearwater Lights and mount them on the forks, or spring for the Aprila engine guard and mount the aftermarket lights on it. The factory kit is hideously expensive and comes with incorrect instructions that will totally confuse most dealer mechanics, possibly resulting in a complete and unecessary tear-down of your brand new fairing and instrument cluster. The instructions are also written in English by Italians, so beware.
If you have a red or yellow Tuareg, and you order the lower seat, you lose the color coordination. The lower seat only comes in black.
The single USB port on the lower left side of the instrument panel will NOT run a Garmin GPS such as the Zumo XT. The Garmin requires a 12-volt power connection, and it will not charge itself from a 5 volt USB unless it knows that it is connected to a computer. So you have to purchase the entire Garmin motorcycle install kit (another $50 to $100) with wires to go back to the motorcycle battery. This GPS install kit does not include a mount for the mounting bar on the Tuareg fairing, so you have to purchae something like the RAM ball-mount kit. Another $70. The Tuareg USB port WILL run a Garmin inReach or a phone. One or the other. I bought a motorcycle-specific Motoport double slot USB charger (off Amazon) and connected it to the Tuareg battery. This allows me to run both the phone and the inReach at the same time. The Motoport charger has an ON/OFF button so you can shut the charger off and not run your motorcycle battery down.
Be aware that there are two different recommended tire pressures for the front tire, and three for the rear tire. Depends upon on-road or off-road use, and solo versus two-up riding.
The Pirelli Scorpions are great road tires. In the twisties I can almost keep up with my riding buddies on sport bikes and sport tires. Off road they are OK, but as in Spite's review, they are OK on dirt/gravel roads but so-so in technical terrain. I have not tried the Tuareg on highly technical single track. At age 71 I am too old for that sh*t anymore.
THIS AIN'T NO LIGHTWEIGHT DIRT BIKE. Especially if you have it loaded with gear. Buy or build an emergency jack for those times when you go down.
Again, great review, Spite!
Really great to watch you in "real time" play with the settings and how they affect the ride. What is a bit frustrating as a viewer of ride reviews is the reviewer criticizing a bike's handling or suspension and never once tries any settings. Many reviewers ride bikes with adjustable suspension, criticize the handling, and never touch the clickers or mode settings etc. It doesn't take much spend a few minutes learning what is adjustable, and experimenting with ride modes, suspension adjustments etc. Thanks for that! Knocking on 100k Spite! 🙂
Love to see your channel growing. One of the reasons i watched yammie's channel is you
So great to see this channel becoming bigger and bigger. Great content as always!
Aprilia makes incredible motorcycles, they just have this magic mix I can’t explain, whoever is designing the bikes and coming up with the ideas is hitting it out of the park.
Great to see sponsors have followed the talent! I'll have to buy their product.
The Traction Control can be adjusted to zero in the menu for Off-Road mode, and it’ll save those settings in each map for future rides.
Traction control can be adjusted on the fly using + or - cruise control switch. Or turn it off by holding it down at setting 1
@@erl919 good point, it’s nice that it can be done on the fly too. Although I never find myself turning TC back on when off-road.
Spite is such a refreshing person in the motorcycle workd that I sometimes play his videos on the background even if i’m not watching just so his view count increases. Love from the Philippines, Spite!
True, he's a very kind person. No ego. I can't listen to most American review channels, and I'm American. Spite is more "English" because he's polite.
Would love to test ride this beast. I've actually never ridden an Aprilia in 20+ years of riding. Great video Spite, keep up the good work! Don't forget your cruiser boi roots!
Can't say this enough, but you are killing it in the presentation skills, and your research and recall are top notch. Cheers to more growth and staying community focused!
Awesome, I’m actually considering this bike right now. So I appreciate the review.
Also, your channel off to a flying start! Continue to get after it, you’re doing great work here.
Fantastic review. I’ve been patiently waiting for a bike to come around that ticks the boxes I want from a daily motorcycle and this one seems to hit the nail on the head. Every question I had in mind, you answered. Fantastic job and thank you for your dedication to the community!
Love this style of pure first impression video showing genuine excitement for the bike. Hope you keep growing and I look forward to seeing more.
Spite you are doing a phenomenal job! Love how your channel is growing! Keep up the good work!
Thanks for reviewing this! You are a trusted voice out there on the internet. Glad to see the channel growing!
Go Spite, another like for this great video. I got the 650 out in the shop right now just pulling the secondary throttles off, had to take a break from the fuel fumes and come watch your newest videos.
Great review Spite! It's nice to see how adjusting the bike in real time made the difference in the driving experience.
I have this bike and I love it! The brake feel gets better after breaking it in!
Great review! So happy to see your channel grow. Well deserved
Hell yeah glad you got ahold of this one! Keep up the great work. Another excellent quality video.
I just got mine a few weeks ago and love it so far. It’s funny my conclusion is the same as yours: a handful of niggles but overall a fantastic package worth the money. Quick shifter is fantastic, cruise control is a game changer, and the factory crash bars help lessen the anxiety about dropping it off road.
Do you still have the bike? Do you take it on the highway at all?
@@Ritalie it does far more highway duty than any other type of riding. I still like it.
That's awesome that you hooked up with AF1! Those guys have been super supportive with my SXV550 and my Tuono V2 when I had it.
Ive had my Tuareg since April 2022, and I absolutely love it. I use the TC in 1 offroad and have done a lot of gnarly stuff with it! Great bike. Love the reviews and videos Spite!
Spite! The editing in this video is such an amazing progress! I'm glad to see the progress and the new sponsor's! Congrats spite!! We're with you bud.
It's awesome to have videos with so much actual content and information. Almost feel like i test rode it myself. Keep up the good work
Spite! Thank you for showing the torque in Nm as well!
Been enjoying your content a lot, keep it up! Love from Europe.
Glad to see the channel growth! Great review, keep it up! 🤙🏼
Glad you’re getting lots of attention to your channel Spite. Always enjoyed you’re content and opinion. Keep up the great work. 👍
Love the music choice. Nasty guitars riffs make this content that much better. Thanks brother
Quality content Spite!
Keep posting, we will keep supporting!
love your honesty with reviews man, really enjoying your content, keep up the great work. cheers
Loving this day in the saddle series. Looking forward to more!
Great again Spite keep em coming and congrats on your sponsorship and continuing success
Production value has really gotten a lot better. You can improvements each video! Keep it up!
Great video Spite! I bought a Tuareg a few months ago and have put about 2k miles on it. I did have some fuel mapping issues but the last software update has really helped a lot. For any potential buyers; don’t let this being a relatively new bike scare you away. Aprilia seem to be putting in the work to make this a class leading bike. Also, props to AF1. They’re an amazing resource with lots of factory add-ons in stock and ready to ship which is waaaaaay more than my local dealer can deliver. Excellent to see you connecting with some solid partners. I couldn’t be happier for you big man. Keep it up!
Congratulations on the sponsorship! Aprilia definitely did a very awesome job with the Tuareg. A lot of bike for the price.
Woah great review! So happy to see you already have sponsors 🙏
BIG CONGRATS ON THE SPONSORSHIP BUDDY!!!
Excellent!!! So glad u figured out a way to get access to more bikes!!! Brilliant move!!!
Thanks. I'm excited too. I've been driving the Tuareg for a year and I'm having a lot of fun with it. Best regards from Germany.
Damn, spite! Eagerly waiting for more bike reviews. Awesome stuff. Thanks for your hard work!
I got to say, I think you doing your own thing was a huge blessing in disguise. I really liked this video. Keep up the good work.
Great video as always Spite! Love the channel brother!
So glad to see your channel taking off Spite, the value you brought to YM channel is good karma coming back your way.
I prefer the Tiger 660 sport but then again I rarely go off road.
Keep em coming bud 😎
Great stuff Spite! Congrats with the sponsor as well!
Good to hear you’re working with AF1 Spite! I’ve had Guzzis and Aprilia’s and they’re thee name for anything in the Piaggio group. Congrats!
This was a great review of a very interesting motorcycle! Although I am an “old school” biker who rides heavy touring bikes, this review made me want to actually try something different! Good job, Spite. Wishing you success from the great white north 😊
Great job AF1!!! Love to see yall supporting local riders!! Spite you're killing it bro.
I gotta say, i love that you involve metric specs aswell. Bigup, love your stuff!
It's good to see your previous experience in this arena is allowing you to thrive in your own space. Geep up the good work buddy.
And thanks for the content for us ADV dads 🤠
Excellent videos, you're doing great work. It's nice to see tbe quick rise in subscribers
Great review and having bought more than a few Aprilia parts off AF1Racing it makes me feel good they are letting you ride.😀
Sweet! Another Spite video! Looking forward to the next one!
My initial reaction to the looks was "Oh dear God!", but actually, I think I agree that it's got a 'look'. It's not a pretty or handsome bike, but it is definitely distinctive and is a look that grows on me. Also, one of the best sounding L2 engines I've heard in a long time. Most sound like tractor or lawnmower engines! It's very interesting that it sounds like Aprillia gave it a definite off-road bias but equipped it with Scorpion tyres, which I've always thought of as road-biased dual-sports.
Fantastic to see sponsors coming on board, and AF1 supporting you, the channel has got real momentum which is very well deserved.
I don’t have time to finish the video right now, but I’ve been looking at this for my new bike. I love it. I’ll be upgrading from a beginner bike next spring and this is number one on my list.
Man, I like your reviews! I'm not much of a motorhead and if I want details like that, you know, it's out there. I really like the jump-on-it-and-go approach, Spite. Kinda raw and cool. It is difficult to frame "normal" as a compliment, but your style speaks to me, man. You got me wanting an Aprilia lol
Great video Spite, I think I’m going to need to test ride one of these!
Thanks Spite. Great job. Good info. God bless. Happy trails.
Great vid, great info. That would probably be a good starter adv bike. Sounds nice too.
82k! Keep going baby! Good for you Spite
Spite you’re killing it! Excellent review
Great to see you putting out videos!
Good job, Spite. You have a lot of support from all of us!
Spite you're killin' it, man. Good stuff 🤘
Every Aprilia comes with complimentary spaghetti bolognese
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@@jauken83 🤌
Damn got scammed my didn't come with it
Leave the gun, take the cannolis
Dude, huge props for providing metric units! After years of watching wet weight numbers in Fahrenheit (or whatever) this puts a band aid on my soul. Also, I hope this channel soars in the future. Power to you, man!
Excuse me, we're American we weigh things in hamburgers!🤣
@@spitescorner And it's totally appreciated you stopped measuring the oil gauge in 'foreign invasions' ;)
One of the best videos on the Tuareg yet! Spite I bought this bike in May (same color!) and you are so right with everything you said! No bike is 100% perfect but there is definitely something special about this motorcycle. Feels like a cross between a sport bike/supermoto and an adventure bike, and like you said for some reason it's always making me happy. I find I've been riding much more than I normally would since owning this bike. I think the flickability of the frame is amazing and it's served me well as a commuter thus far. Keep up the good work!
Keep making the good content and we will keep watching. Glad to see the sponsor.
Thank you! This is awesome, keep it coming!
Af1 rocks. Great asset to the Aprilia community.
Truth
@AF1 Racing is one of the best dealerships! Awesome collaboration. Looking forward to seeing more from this partnership.
Hey Spite, just found your channel and been binge watching it. I am an American living in the Philippines and bought my first ADV here. I’ve always been a fan of ADV’s but my 30in inseam has put most of them out of reach for me. Not sure if the bike I have will be available there but I got a new Moto Morini X-Cape 650 and its a pretty impressive bike for the money. Fully adjustable Marzocchi forks, Brembos front and rear, KYB shock, tubeless spoked wheels, TFT display, Kawasaki licensed EN6 650, LEDS all the way around and an adjustable windshield. Mine came fully loaded with crash bars, 3 piece aluminum pannier kit, and handguards (unfortunately plastic though). If they are available there you might want to do a review on one for a beginner ADV. I’ve owned 24 other bikes in my life and this is definitely becoming one of my favorites.
Good video, bud. Not a lot of Aprilia dealers in my area, so this is probably as close as I’m going to get to test riding one. Thanks for your perspective.
Newish subscriber and I am glad I did, this review kills. Great work m8!
I've really been looking at the Tuareg 660. Thanks for the review!
Really cool to hear the audio difference when talking about the windscreen issue.
Great to see your channel blowing up (in the good way)!
Thank you Flying Eyes for hooking up with Spite
spite just slaying it with the output of content, keep doing what you're doing man!
just came across this video, excellent presentation as always! I actually just traded in an Africa Twin for a Tuareg and I couldn't be happier. Nice to hear you feel the same about the Tuareg vs Africa Twin.
Keep these great videos coming dude
Keep up with the quality content my guy!!
Good job man i predict rapid growth of this channel !
Spite, great vids. Your laughs remind me of my childhood friend Morley. You have the exact same laughter. Thank you for existing on here.
Literally made a TH-cam account just so I can subscribe your page man. Love seeing the town I work in everyday on here too, so badass of AF1 to let you demo their bikes like that. Keep up the good work 👍
Let’s hope Spite will create a rumble account and copies his videos there.
Really need to get away from this algorithm nonsense on TH-cam.
I've been planning on adding an adventure bike to my collection but didn't even know about this one until I saw this video. Thank you I appreciate it very much I have to test ride this.
Congratulations Spite. Great content.
I have 1200 miles on mine, absolutely love it and agree with everything you've said here. I had the dealer bleed the brakes during first service and it really improved the brake feel, i dive into corners with confidence now.
Also I'm 5’9“ and wear a dual sport helmet and yeah the wind buffeting is pretty annoying with the bill, will be looking into a different windscreen or something despite loving the way it looks.
I just ordered the Puig smoke touring screen! Hopefully it helps a lot
It warms my heart comparing your refent average views compared to… your peer’s channels! Keep it up 👍
Lets gooooo, sponsor and dealer connection! Killin it my guy
The weather here in east Texas today has been just amazing for riding, hope you've been putting miles in Spite
Also great video!
Love the commentary, keep the vibe homie.
Awesome reviewer + awesome bikes, what more can you want?