Buy with your heart! If we thought about it too much our head would say “get the bus its safer” motorcycling is a passion of the heart. 😊

I've just swapped my T7 for the Tuareg, and agree with everything you say! Just a better overall bike. See you at the ABR festival!

Great choice… looking forward to seeing your adventures…

I’m having this debate myself at the moment. Thanks for your perspective. By the way, yours is an underrated channel. Well done. Cheers from Seattle, USA!

Congrats - and ride hard, stay safe! Hope to see more soon!

Congrats with the new bike. Looking forward to follow the never ending story on the search for the perfect adventure motorcycle 👍🏻

Congratulations, I think you’ve made the right decision. I’m looking forward to seeing your new adventures 👍🏻

Congratulations on your new Aprilia Tuareg! It's hard to go wrong with that bike, especially with the cruise control factor. I seriously was ready to buy one over this winter but, I need something in the 100+ horsepower range because of my large build. However, those bikes with that much power are overpowering on the wallet. I resorted to used but they got sold before I could go buy them. So, I settled for a Triumph Speed Triple 1050 and love it. I have my DR650 for dualsport riding.

cruise control is now my new MUST have... Love love LOVE my Tuareg!

Perfect choice! Looking forward to seeing it at ABR 😊 see you there !

Always follow your heart ❤ i am happy that you choose the Touareg 660, and am looking forward to new adventures from you 👍

Totally agree with everything you said, the only caveat for me would be the lack of aftermarket parts and the cost of the oem parts, but if you don’t crash it should be all good 😁

Congratulations!

Congratulations from Barcelona!

Absolutely reasonable decision, no need to apologize. Enjoy the Tuareg 👍🏼😀😀

Congratulation on a new bike sir.

Gimme a shout if you wanna ride out on the big bikes, be keen to see the Tuareg out on the trails.

I love your way of presenting and speaking. It's entertaining and amusing. Welcome to the Tuareg family. I have one too. Very good buy! Best bike on the market in this class - my opinion. Looking forward to your experience reports.

Hi, it was great to see you in Hexham today, I was on the vfr. Look forward to seeing more of your vids

can we take a moment to appreciate the sheer quality of videos? IMHO this is on one step with @fortnine. Please do adventure-bike stuff together! regards from germany

Wonderful ! congrats 🎉. Cant wait to hear about your adventures with him and the boys 🤟. Let us know how easy it is to pick it up 😆

Agree with all the points. Cost of ownership however will be much higher on the 660 and measurably less reliable I think, and far harder to work on yourself. Those things aside. It's a very nice motorcycle.

Happy new bike, health to enjoy 👍

Congrats with this unorthodox but happier choice! Enjoy :)

Looks like a great bike to me, and the yellow is my fav colour too! Look forward to more updates..

Brilliant. Can't wait to see your take on this bike.

Great choice wise move will be good to some updates looks good enjoy

Looks like a nice choice!Nice color too!

Excellent choice. A very nice bike.

Enjoy!!

Same choice and I enjoy every ride…

There's a lot on youtube about the T7 so good move for your channel too. Happy days 👍

Congrats to your new bike - I am quite sure you will have lots of fun with it (and always having that grin on your face when hearing that intake sound!). I am taking my Tuareg to its second big trip in a few weeks from now. Last summer it was about 9000km through Scandinavia, this spring it will be about the same mileage through Italy, Greece and some of the Balcan countries and who knows what's next...

🔥 looking forward to new videos ❤️

The video quality was excellent!

SMART MOVE.. Love the special smoke effects.

👍 congrats on the new bike. Looks brilliant and the heart wants what the heart wants…..or some such trite rubbish 😄😄 Looking forward to the future vids 🙂

Good choice!

Congratulations 🎉 great bike and I am looking forward to your future adventures with the Italian 😃

I look forward to seeing how you get on with it. I love my T7, my housemate fancies the Tuareg. Both bikes would be top slots if I were buying again.

This guy is a focused fortnine, so good. Keep it up!

Super stoked for you! Glad you followed your heart. In my experience, I've never liked a bike I bought with my head only. If it doesn't tickle your senses or lights a fire in your eyes, it's not the bike you want. All the best with it! A T700 owner.

good choice

10,000 views in three days shows there is interest by many people. Unless it's your spot on personality... Thank you for the Update and the minor flaws you mentioned. Very honest review. Ride it l Iike you stole it and please keep us posted. Scott

Enjoy your beautiful machine.

Good looking machine!

No one can dispute that this bike it more pleasing to the eye than the other two. I this colour it looks great. Just keep on top of the cosmetic upkeep and you will be fine. Ride safe, Mike.

Centre of Gravitation is the key word and solution which makes your choice the right choice! Drove the T700 from Germany to the North Cape, to Gibraltar and criss cross Europe...and sold it!!! Winds blew me almost off the road whenever they occured.

I'm wanting to test out the Aprilia this year. Am absolutely curious about. Especially to compare it with my current Africa Twin from 2019. Even though the Honda has been modified greatly! Just entered the give away. Would be really cool to get back to your side of the pond and meet up with you guys. Am loving your videos and always manage to bring a smile on my face. Thank you!

Less " gone to the dark side" more, seen the light !!! In motorbikes, life, love... Follow your heart but keep your head.

I'm really starting to like this bike the more youtube reviews i watch. It would make a great tourer that can also handle dirt roads and tougher terrain. Probably a lot more comfortable on those longer rides than my DR.

The Decking paint is still there.

I still haven't seen one of these on the roads of the UK but see T7s everywhere.

As a 250 rally owner myself, I have thought about the Toureg as a nice new bike, but the AJP PR7 is so far on the top of my list. Have you think about the AJP, as the weight is similar to the 250 Rally? I really like your channel, funny staff, bikes and off-road, what else you need?? 😊

Tuareg all day! Such a good ride. Mine has been flawless.

Nice choice, how easy it is with the basic maintenance like, oil change, perhaps air filter change, etc. perhaps you can give us some hints.. greetings !

I knew it, enjoy the Aprilia. it's such a sweet bike !

Nice bike, pity about the sandstorm clouds on Blyth Beach🤣. Still loving your channel.

I've more than doubled the price of my T7 with parts to make it fairly competent. With the Aprilia ride it off and enjoy. Now the Yammy frames are breaking. Great engine, supply everything else. For RTW travel I'll still pick the T7, dealer support. Aprilia is rare

Smart choice! Nice color choice as well! :)

Another cracking video gentlemen! I'm particularly pleased to see middle aged blokes playing with smoke bombs in the name of art. I'm assuming the significant others are fully aware of what you get up to 🙂 Lovely bike, lovely colour, enjoy! Cheers, Phil.

I love your presentation style. Very professional. I'm an off-road rider but not have given up "adventure" riding temporarily. The problem is picking those heavy adventure bikes in deep sand and mud repeatedly. My bikes are around 100kg now, give or take 20 kg. However, i still enjoy your videos.

Yup. Let your heart guide you. If you have a convenient service center, nothing wrong with the toureg.

Low front fenders make zero sense to me in the adventure bike world. I’ve seen wet clay gum up a front tire to the point where it completely locked up. Very few bikes come with a high front fender but those are what I call a true adventure bike

The Tuareg 660 is probably the "better" bike. They're more difficult to find in America than the T7. As a result there is more of a premium and less availability for parts. The T7 has commonality with the other CP2 engine bikes. Comes down to convenience. I'd love to have a Tuareg 660 but it would be at least 30% more expensive IF I could find one. Plus, fully farkled T7's are on the used market cheaper than buying a new one now.

Nice and informative video! You just confirmed a lot of what I thought about the Tuareg myself ... I am getting more and more attracted with this Italian lady ...

If I had the choose between those 2 I'd go for the apriila but I did have a choice and I bought a 2023 black RR22 ducati desert X 😆😆😆

I am not surprised with your choice, hope will be as reliable as japanesse bikes, lovely moto, I am considering it myself

You chose the right bike for the right reasons. That foot peg positioning issue is why I didn’t buy a V-Storm 650. Simple ergo failures like that are an instant deal breaker for me.

Wish you all the luck and fun in the world with it!!! if someone would've told me a few years ago i'd own a HD Road King one day alongside my w650 scrambler and my DR650SE... I'd told them to feck off 🤣🤣🤣

Congrats! Seems the ApriliaTuareg 660 is making inroads over the T7. Rightfully so, and Aprilia should realise this, and run with its success, by making it even better, and providing a strong client service base. It seems, that off the bat, you will need better bash plate (and there are some nice heavy duty ones aftermarket), bark buster hand guards, and exhaust that removes the the excess heat of the cat.

I improved our headlamp issue by adjusting them down, both dips and the main. They were set far too high from the factory illuminating the ISS not the road ahead.

Congratulations! After all the reasons you have given for buying the bike .. I really think you should be honest about the real reason .. You just had to get an Italian Bike to go with your Italian boots .. and I must say the Italianness is spreading into your video editing as well .. which was very stylish ..😀 I'm looking forward to watching your "journey" with the bike ..

Fantastic as usual. Now you can do more videos, yesss. I miss my crf250 rally but my near new ktm 790advR is so dialed in the ride is chalk and cheese and the extra 70 hp is also very nice. Centre of gravity on the ktm is much better than the T7. And not much different to the Honda

It's got a warranty, don't worry..... 👍👍

It's a great time to be in the market for a mid range adventure bike. Me personally I'm considering between the Tuareg, T7, Ducati desert X and the KTM890 adventure 👍

After years of buying with my heart and all the bills that went with it I bought a T7 with my head and the heart isn’t disappointed… more miles on (& off) road per £

This should be an adventure...... :D

Yep, just brought the Martian Red version myself. Lovely bike and easier ride than the T7

I think you’ve bought a great bike in the Aprilia, but……………………………………….🫣😉 But really congrats on the new bike, look forward hearing you experiences with the Italian Stallion. 👍

Test rode the Tuareg twice, thought it was a great bike (Quite tall for my 5"10 height but manageable) but in the end bought a ex demo Tiger 900 GT PRO - has everything the Tuareg has (Cruise Control, nice TFT screen, rider modes) but also Heated Seats, Heated Grips, Quick shifter as standard, Fog lights, crash bars as standard, electronically adjustable suspension, Phone connectivity, proper fuel cap, 3 USB sockets, more power better wind protection and cruising ability plus mine came with full Triumph Luggage, Top Box and 2 Side Panniers all for £10,000 same as the basic Tuareg. I still enjoy watching your videos of your Tuareg, but for me riding 99% on road think the Tiger was the best option. The cost to spec a Tuareg up to my GT PRO spec would have been out of reach and some of the features aren't even available from Aprilia. Anyway, love all your videos well done, keep it up!

Enjoy your new bike!...I forgive you for slating my beloved T7!! Cheers Steve

I went through the same thing. Fell for Italian good looks, and was let down by Italian technology. Oh well...live and learn.

I sat on a Tuareg but wasn't close to getting both feet flat with my almost 31 in inseam.

Tuareg, no doubt.

If I was in Europe (yes I'm including GB) then Aprilia would be on my list, but in Australia Yamaha has better dealership support so it's a no brainer...

Very nice!! What are your plans for it?

shame about the transalp, Honda seems to lost its way with that .The Yamaha rally 700 looks like the most competent and the new Aprilia looks good on paper but the only Aprilia I've had the electrics let them down ,SO looking forward to your future travels

The only thing I don't like of this bike is.. the front .. the Wind shield! I would intall similar lights in this space.. a set of good lights similar to those of yamaha T7!!

Guareschi has Some nice parts for The Tuareg

I was wonder about weight distribution on the Italian, cause looking at it, it looks top heavy like the t7. Cheers mate, enjoy👍

Congratulations on the beautiful Tuareg. Do you have the comfort seat in normal height or the tall version? May I ask how tall you are?

Come on mate be honest you only got it cos the front end looks like the alien wearing a bishops hat 😂😂😂😂

Congrats, on paper it beats the new Transalp, new P-Strom 800. Lighter, bigger tank than Honda, no inner tubes and cruise control. Hopefully it proves to be a reliable and worthy partner, interested to see your updates on the ownership experience.

Italian Love!

I’m looking at the tuareg and the Transalp, I need it to get me to work every day. Do you still trust the Tuareg 1 year on?

The aprilia is the best of rhe bunch no doubt, the only downside is dealer network here in the states

I agree tuareg is a better bike the only thing that made me bought the t7 was the price, reliability and the presence of a Yamaha main dealer in my country, but mainly the price.

Tuareg, please

Is the Tuareg 660 good to travel with passenger?