Aprilia Pegaso 650: Thinking man's dual-sport. (Ridden & Rated).(Brief Article)(Evaluation)

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Truly a fleet-footed steed is this Pegaso, a dandy mid-sized motorcycle, the kind of machine that makes me think I could live with just one bike. It does most everything that I want a motorcycle to do. And quite well.

By 21st-century standards, this is not a complicated machine. In 1985. Aprilia, which had bought proprietary power-plants for its mopeds and motorcycles since 1960, began using engines built by the Austrian Rotax company. In the early '90s the company...

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