When it comes to high-performance racing motorcycles, few brands capture the imagination like Aprilia. Owned by the Pontedera, Italy-based Piaggio group, Aprilia's current lineup consists of 14 ...

The considerable swing from a stick shift to automatic transition happened for a reason: automatic transmission automobiles were simply easier and sometimes safer to drive. For similar reasons, some ...

The Mana is a mid-displacement sports motorcycle with engine mapping modes and a unique Gear System that allows automatic or semi-automatic control of the drive system for sports performance. To some ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I could grow seriously lazy with this motorcycle. Not only are gear changes only a flick of the finger (or ...

Arilia South Africa will soon take delivery of the Italian manufacturer’s highly futuristic automatic motorcycle the Aprilia Mana for evaluation. Unlike earlier self-shifting motorcycles that faded ...

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Aprilia is a premium motorcycle brand owned by the Piaggio group in Italy, offering a number of different motorcycles, many of which are performance-oriented. Even their new adventure-ready scooter, ...

Manuals give you the power to decide exactly when to drop a gear for an overtake or to maintain revs on a twisty road; an automatic transmission takes some of that choice away. u/Quak89 noted that "A ...