written by michaelhare on 15/04/2009
Bought my Aprilia Atlantic 500 with only 1200 miles on the clock. Nice bike while it is working. However fixing it is dam expensive. Be ready to be shocked. Parts are not redily available and take forever to get compared with the ease of japanese parts. Electrics are a nightmare and will let you down ultimately. Better to buy a mainstream jap scooter which will give less headaches.
written by on 17/08/2008
It looks good, cruises great. 2004 needs the manufacturer to fix the gas venting problem. I think it is a perfect bike once everything is fixed.
written by Bob Morris on 10/06/2008
Its too heavy, unreliable and not particulary comfortable for a pillion passenger. My wife hated it. Fule consuption and performance no where near as good as my slightly smaller engined Burgman 400 K4 - but the burgamn is lightly and faf far more pleasant to use - plus the reliability of Japanese machines. I have said it all in the bad points really - I would like to try the Nexus with the same (overal Master engine - but I wasnt impressed with the X9 500!
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Mickjagger's Response to 372698_Bob Morris's Review
Written on: 17/11/2012
i bought a new 2007 burgman and recently bought 2003 aprillia i still own both.i put 8 muffler gaskets in 2 yrs in the burg. aprillia is so much smoother ride that i cant believe it.it gets 57 mpg burg gets 58mpg. my aprillia is a 500 atlantic. hands down atlantic wins this one.it has 19000 miles on it burg has 17600.both motors are strong.burg has orginal battery just replaced aprillias last week.im tall so the aprillia floorboards fit like a glove where the burgs floorboard is much higher for a smaller person.