Following up our post of few days ago, about the differences between our frame (2022) rally models, it looks like the same differences apply to the 2025 models.
That means that the reinforcement bracket for our ADV Tower, the Spider, cannot be used on newer models.
Now, we haven’t seen any post about issues with the tower attachments for new models, and from the pictures we got it looks like Aprilia has reinforced a bit the welds on those attachments.
Based on that, we mean that probably the reinforcement bracket is no longer necessary (nice to have, yes, but not necessary) but we have no data confirming this, it is just our opinion.
Nevertheless, from now when someone asks to join out groups for the ADV Tower we will ask which model they have: if an older model
the ADV Tower will include the Spider, if not the kit won’t include it. And the price will reflect that, probably a 60-70€ less (TBC).
We are confident (based on years of experience) that Aprilia never changes things without a reason, and, when they do they do, normally it
is a better solution, so the new frame attachments will probably withstand the loads from the tower.
And anyway, our tower is still one of the lightest (the lightest, from what we know, among those comparable) so we are
quite sure that it will not overload the OEM attachments.
And of course we are working on an alternative, but due to time, winter, other projects, regular jobs, families and last but not least, the fact
that we don’t have a 2025 model, it could take some time. When, and if, we will have an alternative, we will make it available for those who want it.
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