Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts

Aprilia USA will be offering demonstration rides on its fleet of 2003 motorcycles April 5-6 at California Speedway. Aprilia’s Mille, Tuono, Falco, Futura and CapoNord models will be among the bikes available for demo rides during the Yamaha Superbike Challenge weekend, according to Aprilia USA Marketing Coordinator Robert Pandya.

Pandya said it was surprising to him that other manufacturers and importers have not arranged to do demo rides especially considering California Speedway has laid out a special, 7.2-mile long demo ride course through the facility’s vast parking lots and has made a special demo ride start/stop point in the Speedway’s infield.

“It’s really nice to be able to do the demo rides on-site,” said Pandya. “They’ve laid out a real twisty, technical course with cones and such, which is also nice considering there aren’t a lot of exciting roads to ride near the Speedway.”

Pandya went on to say that Aprilia USA is putting on a big effort to make its demo fleet available to potential customers by attending 150 events in 2003.

To learn more about Aprilia USA’s demo ride program, go to www.apriliausa.com or call (877) APRILIA.