PRICE REDUCED $7499
For Sale: Aprilia Mana 850 – The Motorcycle That Cheats on Gears and Still Wins
Listen up, clutch-kickers and gear-grinders: your tired old manual-transmission ego is about to get a rude Italian awakening.
This isn’t your average bike. This is the Mana 850 – Aprilia’s glorious “what if we gave a proper V-twin a scooter’s lazy Sunday attitude?” experiment. 839cc of liquid-cooled, 90° twin muscle (around 76 hp of cheeky shove) that sounds like it gargles espresso and menace.
But the real party trick? No clutch lever. No foot-stomping gearbox drama. Just flick it into Auto and twist-and-go like you’re on a maxi-scooter that secretly bench-presses superbikes. Traffic? Commute? Lazy laps around the city? Effortless. Then slap it into Sportgear mode for the seven-speed sequential manual shift (paddle shifters included, because why not feel like a racer without the actual effort) and suddenly you’re carving corners like you stole something fast.
• Helmet-sized frunk under the fake tank? Yes – your full-face fits. Or a 6 pack and takeaway dinner.
• Proper upside-down forks, radial brakes, and a trellis frame that corners way harder than it has any right to.
• Comfy upright ergos that won’t leave your back screaming after a long ride.
• That delicious V-twin rumble that says “I’m Italian” loudly enough to turn any head.
It’s the ultimate middle finger to “you must suffer to be cool” motorcycling. Lazy when you want it, feral when you flick the switch. Basically the bike equivalent of a charming rogue who can cook, fight, and disappear when the bill arrives.
Low maintenance, reliable (Aprilia did the engine in-house, not some borrowed Rotax nonsense), and stupidly rare on the second-hand scene (only 3 listed in the whole of Australia and this one has the lowest mileage) – so you’ll look like the one with taste, not the one who followed the herd.
Priced reduced to move because apparently most riders are still scared of innovation. Yours for $7,499– because good taste shouldn’t cost a fortune.
Don’t wait. This Mana won’t clutch at straws, mainly because it doesn’t have a clutch, but it might just steal your heart.