General questions about Aprilia

[flying hotdog vendor]

OK so you always hear this about Italian bikes it seems, but I'm being told that not only are parts expensive for these bikes...they can also take a heck of a long time to come in. It kind of sounds like VW used to be with cars LOL.

Is this actually true?

[Crudmop]

I've heard that Aprilia has gotten much better with their dealer support and parts availability - however, I had a 2k1 Falco with a warrantied seat cowl that, after 7 months of waiting for its replacement, my dealer took one off of a display bike at a dealer conference and brought it home to give to me as he was tired of waiting for the real part to come in.