Used Review: 2003 Aprilia Caponord EVT1000 - Persuasive and Pugnacious (Onewheeldrive.net)
Model(s) covered: 2003 Aprilia ETV 1000 Caponord
The 2003 Aprilia Caponord is hooning along at 70kph, the front Metzler Tourance hunting though a greasy emulsification of talcum dust to which nature has added water, and logging trucks have stirred. Picking up the Caponord from Carter Motorsports I'd made all the usual utterances, "It looks to have an 80% road bias, so we'll respect it and only do some minimal dirt testing." So why is it 95% of our ride shots have ended up being the big traillie splashing through potholes? The Aprilia is feels as good here as the hopelessly scarred, rutted, and potholed construction zone formerly known as the Sea-to-Sky Highway. That has me wondering if the Caponord and its adventure brethren aren't the best bikes for B.C.'s roads... dirt and paved.
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