Aprilia

Make or Break? Aprilia RS125. “That looks tidy.” This Aprilia RS125 hasn’t seen the road since 2009. The tax disc is the obvious clue to this. It was parked up when the owner passed their bike test, it hasn’t been…

Flogged It Friday! Aprilia RSVR1000 Frame and Engine. “Where did the rest of it go?” This bike arrived via a main dealer. It had been on their books for 510 days when they sold it on our way. The bike…

Flogged It Friday! Aprilia RSV1000R Ohlins forks. ‘They look posh.’ Ohlins stuff rarely enters my world. The odd bike arrives wearing an Ohlins steering damper, or maybe a rear shock, but not many end up coming in with Ohlins forks. Aprilia…

Make or break? Aprilia RSV1000 Mille. “Aren’t they just a poor man’s Ducati?” Aprilia to many means little scooters and small capacity two stroke bikes. In the 80’s we had never really heard of the brand, yet by the 90’s they…

Flogged it Friday! Aprilia Tuono seat hump. “Single seat humps, they always sell.” Sports bikes look unfinished if they are missing their rear seat cowling. Over the years many of these cowls get detached from the bike and go their own…

Two Stroke on a budget part 10 – Conclusion So a few minor bits and pieces have been done – the second hand windscreen has been fitted as have the mirrors. With the carb cleaned again it’s not leaking fuel…

Two stroke on a budget Part 9 – the Home Straight Had to do a bit more bodywork from where some clumsy sod had dropped it – only minor stuff but it lifts the overall end product significantly. I had…

Two Stroke on a  budget Episode 8 – The fun continues. The electronic ink had barely had time to dry on the last episode when the postman threw another couple of parcels through the back door. Fortunately he had opened…

Two stroke on a budget – part 7 – Don’t budge on the budget! So costs are starting to add up a bit on this one and for some reason the parts tend to be a bit on the dear…

Project Two Stroke on a budget Part 6 – Plastic not Fantastic As I am still waiting for parts my attention was turned to the rather nice looking plastics, which turned out to be not so nice after all. No…