Yup…you’re looking at the “real deal”, the dominate mother of the 125 GP Class Aprilia became the underdog of the 90’s (and into Y2K) with their 125 and 250 GP bikes. Almost like the “Hope” diamond these bikes are pretty rare as Aprilia only made about 30 of these privateer bikes back then per year. Buzzing with carbon fiber and magnesium these were still $50k+ back in 1996, but that was the price to be leading the pack. I’ve bought and sold a few of these as well as the 250’s thru the years and I know Kevin Murray, he’s a knowledge nice guy when it comes to Aprilia. I’ve raced the Aprilia 250 Cup bike and also the 250 GP and there’s not a nut or bolt that’s the same, although they can look similar to the untrained eye. With parts for this bike being almost non-existent anymore from Aprilia Racing it would be worth a call to Kevin to see what he can do to support the bike for racing/track days. If you follow USGPRU a good friend of mine (Veloce Racing) has been running Aprilia 125’s for over a decade now and has many Championships under his belt. Veloce Aprilia’s have finished 1-2 in the first two rounds of this year’s USGPRU (shameless plug..sorry) the bikes are proven performers and under the right guidance they “get the job done”.
Located in So. Cal here’s the ad off the USGPRU site, click
here for the jump
The ad reads, and reads, and reads…..
My 1996 RSR125 is for sale. Here are some details. Price is $8500.
Aprilia only provides a parts manual, there never was any sort of shop manual like the Japanese bikes have.
Also, the bike comes with the rear stand and it has a KLS shifter
installed!
New Spares:
5 – new pistons
5 – new wrist pins and many circlips
4 – new rings
2 – new bearings
1 – new rebuilt crank. This was trued by Kevin Murray of MCE Racing
6 – new base gaskets
1 – new set of clutch plates complete
1 – new set of front and rear brake pads
1 – new Domino throttle assembly
1 – new set of left and right foot rest brackets, pegs and levers.
These are like jewelry, just beautiful and VERY expensive.
Many new assorted o-rings, bearings, seals, etc…
Used but very usable:
9 – rear sprockets with cush drives
7 – front sprockets
1 – first gear, normal, I think. I believe that the one in the bike
is a short 1st as my starts are rocket like.
7 – jets
clutch plates (besides the new ones). These last a long time. I still have the same pack in
that I started with 2 years ago. I only use the clutch for starts.
spark plugs. The one in the bike has only 8 laps from new.
Throttle cable.
3 good batteries and 220/110v charger.
Kit Cylinder
WP Forks, Shock and steering damper
Carbon Fiber bodywork, fuel tank and seat section (there is no subframe)
Titanium all over the place
Weighs 10 – 20 pounds less than the Hondas
Beautiful paint job by USGPRUs own Mike Lytle.
The Crank has 386 miles
Top End has 80 miles
Tires have 4 heat cycles (26 laps), but are over 2 years old now.
Bike has been ridden at Willow mostly and won the 2007 125 class championship. It makes 42 hp on the MCE dyno. That’s with the titanium exhaust and stock cylinder. There is a “kit” cylinder that Kevin, MCE Racing, had used years ago, but it is in need of replating. He said it was good for about 1.5hp more. Kevin bought this bike originally in 1996 for a customer and it eventually found its way back to him when I bought it.
I just pieced together from above emails so any info that you need that isn’t here, please feel free to contact me or post on this bbs.
I am located in San Diego and can help with delivery, but ultimately, it is up to the buyer. I ran the bike on VP U2 and A747 at 25:1 and it was last started in December of 2007. I am confident that it will start up immediately and run great. Since it has been a few years, I would suggest that fluids be refreshed.
Now the rest of the story… Well, I’d first ring Kevin to find out what he can support on this bike because as I stated Aprilia Racing pretty much has nothing for it. At $8500 I feel is a bit high compared to what I have sold in the past but it really depends on the buyer. You can’t even put a price on the exclusivity factor and once you see one, you may just “write the check” as they are absolutely T…RICK.
Ciao for now
Jay
