2003 APRILIA RSV-R TUONO Limited

You learn something new everyday.  While working feverishly researching the Tuono Carbon here at the plush RSBFS offices I learned that “Tuono” means “thunder” in Italian.  Thunder and V-twins go hand and hand no doubt.  This is one of the those bikes that really goes under the radar.  I had really forgotten about these bikes until I started reading up on it.  Aprilia definitely did not skimp on it component wise.  For the visually challenged, the Tuono is basically a naked Mille R.  The limited was an initial run of just 200 bikes.  The gold frame being the key identifier.

Here she is:

The details:

APRILIA TUONO RSV-R CARBON LIMITED N° 190 of a 200 production

Only 50 pcs in the States

Very rare and lightweight superbike

Carbon, Carbon/Kevlar, Titanium, Magnesium and Ergal parts.

Lots of options (original Aprilia) and all original parts come with the bike

Newprice with options was over 21,000 $

Magnesium racing Exhaust with Touno RSV-R Chip

Original exhaust & manual come in the original box

Ergal Aprilia Racing footpegs (original come with it)

Carbon Kevlar screen (original come with it)

Carbon Kevlar woven seats   “                 “

Titanium Oil tank

Ohlins fork and shocks

OZ Racing lightweight wheels

Lots of Carbon and Carbon Kevlar parts

New battery, good tires,

comes with manuals and magazines

If you are into naked sport bikes and want something Italian but not red, this seems like it could be a nice find.  I don’t think you’ll have to worry about the guy next door having one with only 50 brought in for sale.  The bike is being offered for $10,000 and the seller is open to offers. 

IK

2009 Aprilia RS125 Titled and ready to go!

Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Mileage: 175
Price: $6,500.00

So, I’ve become a slacker as of late and to make matters worse I’ve been hoarding a few bikes for myself along the way. Some I hoard in hopes of winning the lottery and others I hoard… well in case a windfall comes my way via a distant relative. NOT!

Anyways, enough of my day dreaming. This RS125 brings the goods and the first thing is it has a title , but perhaps the best thing is this RS125 has set many speed records. I know what you’re thinking in that a 125 can’t be that fast, but when you consider it has a whopping 34hp and has pulled to 100mph I’d say that is pretty impressive. Doug (not me) tells us that he has invested countless hours and an additional $2,500 dollars in his RS125. As everyone knows speed doesn’t come cheap. Cheap speed comes from losing weight, but when you start off with a 280# bike it’s hard… okay, almost impossible to shed any considerable weight. I’d say your losing ounces instead of pounds.

Have a look at a this little bike that “can and has” with 11 speed records to it’s credit.

From the seller:

2009 Aprilia rs125
Street titled in PA
Arrow exhaust
34mm Carb
V Force reeds

Bike will be available at the end of October.

Bike has had proper break in on road and Dyno

Bike presently holds 11 land speed records

Delivery may be an option

Now over 8000.00 invested in the bike and parts. Excluding labor, title headaches and dyno time.

This bike has every upgrade you would want, without going overboard and affecting reliability

With a base price of $5,500, $2,500 in parts and a major headache at the BMV out of the way; $6,500 sounds like a super sweet deal.

If you’re a fan of small displacement bikes and looking for a well sorted, low mileage Ape hit up Doug at

tekebird@yahoo.com

Good luck with the sale!

Cheers!

dd

2006 Aprilia RS125

Location: Pensacola, FL
Miles: 1,450
Price: $6,500

Stumbled across this little diva while trolling CL for RSBFS. I’d say it fills our needs pretty well and the ad says its ‘street legal’ so I assume it has a title of some sort. It’s a little on the pricey side, but for the most part a title is worth 1,500 to 2,000 clams on any given day which would put this one right in the mix.

Aprox 1,450 miles – Street legal
Showroom Kept
Many extra’s added

I definitely prefer this scheme over the orange Spanish one..

The ad is a little scarce on info, but you can contact the seller via the CL ad here.

Cheers!

dd

Yes it’s been two weeks since the Miller SBK weekend, but we’ve got most of our media together now and will be begin publishing the details and stories. First up is the press release from Team Veloce Aprilia:

World Superbike Event, Miller Motorsports 2010

Miller GTU Class May 30th 2010

Out of forty-three 600cc entries in the GTU Class, the Moto-Forza / Team Veloce Aprilia 250 GP bike set the pace in the first practice session at 15th fastest. That’s right: we beat twenty-eight 600’s! When all was said and done we qualified 22nd out of the 40 bikes that made the grid using the 110% rule. Starting on the 5th row was a struggle even for the two-time USGPRU Champ, Nobi Iso who fell back to 33rd by the first lap. As the pace picked up so did Nobi and he continued on an amazing stretch to pass 11 other bikes to finish an honest 22nd in a flawless performance.

Did we win the race? Well no, but that wasn’t our goal. Rather, we wanted to enjoy a good time at the best road racing course in America and to show what a 2-stroke can do. Thanks to our Veloce crew (Nobi Iso, Mike Ost, Jerry Clark, Jay Bernard, Kaleb Ground, Marc Morris and Spiros “Big Boss” Gabrilis) and Moto Forza’s own Balz Renggli, we got to hang with the our old friends with the Aprilia factory WSBK team, race, eat and add more adventures to the story book.

Grazie mille tutti (thanks alot everyone)

Team Veloce Aprilia

And here are some pictures of the team at work:

Stay tuned for additional coverage — better late than never!

dc

1999 Aprilia RS250 Clean!!!!!!!!!!!!

Location: Denver, CO
Mileage: 1710 (!)
Price: $6,000.00

If you’ve been waiting for a clean and super duper low mileage RS your bike has come in. Only 155 miles per year have preserved this RS very nicely- wouldn’t you agree? There’s just something about the ‘hunt’ and when I find something like this it gets me all amp’d up for the next one.

The listing:

1996 Aprilia RS250 street version with only 5246 miles on the clock

Found this super sweet RS250 while trolling CL tonight and thought I’d throw it up. I know we have a lot of RS fans that follow RSBFS and this one looks like a good one. Apparently, it is licensed and registered and the seller is looking for offers. This could be the opportunity that you’ve been waiting for if you’re in the market for a low mileage Ape RS250

Make the jump here

Super rare, silver on silver, 1996 Aprilia RS250 with current CA tags (I had no problem re-registering it in my name). This bike is awesome! I bought this bike with the intention of never selling it, however, things have changed and I am heartbroken to have to put it back on the market. 5246 miles. Gianelli pipes with recently repacked silencers. Brand new tires. Please email me if you are serious. Make me an offer that will keep me from putting it on eBay next week.

If you pick this one up please let us know

Cheers!

dd

2009 Aprilia rs125 with the wiring harness installed, registered and plated!!!

Location: Visalia, CA
Price: $1.00 with reserve still on — duh!
Mileage: 110 miles

I’m 99.9% sure this is another RSBFS listed by Larry a rare sport bike fanatic! I believe we recently posted his RS250 Loris Reggianni Replica on May 15th of this month. Hopefully, he is unloading only to re-load the collection. I recall SicDuc telling us that he purchased bike #11 for himself, which was a NSR 250 from Larry. SicDuc went on to tell us that-

Like larry said to me when i was there “everythings for sale!!” Give him a call..

Like I said in the title- this RS125 is ready to rock-n-roll and appears to have all of the hard work completed. It has the Euro wiring harness installed with all of the D.O.T. necessary evils and it has a sweet Arrow exhaust to really annoy the neighbors with. I really like these and think it would look super sitting in my shop. Hmmm, I wonder if Larry has any interest in a 1990 FZR 400 with only 8,000 miles on it. While I’m looking for Larry’s number to horse trade you can take a look at this sweet lil’ skeeter killer.

Okay, found Larry’s # and just in case he won’t trade me I did the honor of putting the first bid on it. Who cares if it was only a $1.00 bid… You never know when a second chance offer might come your way.

You can out bid me by jumping to .

Cheers!

dd

That’s right, 15 miles the owner claims. If the bike is “in the wrapper” then you’ve got yourself a pretty rare one plus the fact that it’s an 03 which here in the US are beyond rare. Hard to tell from the pictures but the bike looks “all there”, the only drawback is that there is no title or registration but the owner claims he can get this. These bikes are unchanged from 1998 except paint schemes and Aprilia stopped making the 250 in 2004 I believe. Using basically the Suzuki RGV250 motor, these bikes are pretty bullet proof and probably one of the best 250 streetbikes you can buy. Located in Lake Forest, California, with an asking price of $9500, see it on Craigslist here.

The ad reads:

Yes, you read correctly. This is a brand new Aprilia RS250 with 15 miles on it. I brought this bike over from England a while ago. I purchased it from a dealer that had one left in a crate. He had fogged the engine for long term storage as he was going to keep it forever. This protected the engine perfectly, and he cranked it over every so often to prevent anything from sticking. This bike stays covered in my insulated garage and has not a scratch or ding anywhere. This bike is absolutely perfect. I take it out and heat cycle it every month or so to keep it fresh. This is the last year of production for the road version of the RS250. The USA version (RS250 Cup was sold until 2004 but only had a 15 digit VIN making it very hard to register.) This bike has a 17 digit VIN. I never bought this bike with the intent of riding it (I have another RS for that.), but I do have a contact that can take care of the registration for you. Please no outside requests for getting your bike registered.This is NOT a converted cup bike. Trust me, you don’t want somebody’s run-out track bike. This is the road version that was never available for sale in the US. As far as I know from many of the message boards and bike clubs I am part of, this may be the only 2003 road version in the US. I am 100% happy to answer any questions you may have pertaining to the sale of the bike, but please spare me the lowball offers and rude emails about the price. Serious inquiries only.

Maybe not the prettiest paint scheme but a real 15 mile 250 streetbike is worth the asking price. If you do indeed get a title and registration that will just increase the value quite a bit. The only other thing I would do to the bike is flush out the coolant and probably a new set of tires just because of age; otherwise have fun in the Malibu canyons!

Ciao for now….Jay

Well, I still mean “rare” even though I just posted a similar one here last week, honestly that’s very strange. Almost ready for “vintage” racing here we have a 1996 (sort of) Aprilia RSR125 GP bike. Only a handful are made per year and this one has been updated a bit from its original design. The engine may be newer (99) but it still retains the old Rotax clutch and the 39.5mm carb.  The electronics are, indeed, updated but the data acquisition system is still separate like it was with older bikes.  It has the electronic power valve (single guillotine I think) and I can see that it has an Aprilia cylinder and a magnesium head cover which is cool. It comes with a good amount of spares, if you’re going to race it please check with the owner to see what he’s doing for engine parts/etc as Aprilia has stopped supplying most of these bits. For sale in New Zealand for 22,500 (kiwi dollars, $16,000US) click here for the jump. 

The ad reads:

This is a factory Aprilia RSR 125 GP Bike the only one in New Zealand A real colectors item
Details are
1996 RSR Frame
47.96 W/P front forks with adjustable steering head
W/P Rear shock
Brembo front caliper
Brembo radial m/cylinder
1999 engine full electronic power valve 2004 electrics & CDI Digitek Dash & programer
Carbon fibre Fuel Tank
Carbon Fairings , Air box,rear hugger & Full Carbon Seat rail support
Ohlins steering damper
Domino quick throttle
Marchesini front & Rear rims
THIS BIKE IS THE REAL DEAL A TRUE PICTURE TO LOOK AT AND A WORK OF ART IT IS THE ONLY ONE IN NEW ZEALAND THAT IAM AWARE OF THE BIKE COMES WITH A LARGE LIST OF SPARES

Bottom line is that at $16k US it’s very expensive. The US Team Veloce Aprilia sold an 02 125 with good updates for $16k last year along with good spares/etc and the 02′s are very different and much better. I don’t want to put this bike in a “negative” way because I absolutely love these things, I’m sure the owner has twice the asking price into it but the reality is that we had one here recently that posted for $8500, so?? Anyway if moneys’ not a real concern just buy the thing, it’s beautiful! I want to thank my good friends at Team Veloce for helping me out with information for this post.

Ciao for now…..Jay

1994 Aprilia RS 250 Loris Reggianni Replica with only 2,300 miles!

Location: VISALIA, CA
Ebay current bid: $2,275.00 with reserve still on

Okay, so your not down for track only RS250 and you passed on the one I posted yesterday. Well, your ship has docked today because this RS250 is ‘da bomb’ and is an original street version.

Although the owner is confused as to who Aprilia dedicated this bike to; it doesn’t change the fact that it appears to be in great shape and ready to rock n roll.

Have a look and see for yourself or :

Pretty sweet indeed! Now I can only assume that this one has low miles because ‘I spy’ several other 2 strokers in the background. The seller has done a great job promoting his bike because over on the auction site there are several more hi-res pictures to be seen. In fact about the only thing he could have done better, to promote it, would have been to let me ride it and then write this blurb.

Quotes from the sale:

Im thinning out the herd and this one is the nicest. its a 1995 aprilia rs250 valentino rossi edition the bike has 3900 km and is in near perfect condition. the aftermarket parts are tyga side by side pipes and silencers, mild steel headers. new tires with 40 miles on them, and new chain, are replaced only due to age not wear. the bike had some minor but annoying scratches on the tail section and the the left and right lower fairings so as anal as i am i had them repainted with the reproduction decals. i could not get the tail section decals that said rs250 so i had a sign shop make some up. the bike looks new and runs awesome. i do have the stock pipes that will go with it.

I’m not sure the bike wouldn’t have been better left 100% original, but at least you can get that warm fuzzy feeling that you know a bike has been well looked after by it’s owner. My guess is this one will fetch a nice shiny penny somewhere in the range of 8 – 9,000 bucks so if you’ve been looking – get ready to pony up for this one.

For reference you can check out the most recent Loris Reggianni Replica that was posted on RSBFS by clicking here. It did sell for $9,000.00 and was almost identical in spec. I’m curious to see what the market will do for the respray…

Cheers!

dd