Like most sportbike manufacturers, Aprilia’s line includes uprated editions and commemoratives of each machine, to the point where a base model is rarely seen or tested. The second-generation 998cc Aprilia offered here is a stocker with an Akropovich exhaust and aftermarket levers. But the low production ensures rarity, and with low miles and no damage…
Update 7.19.2016: No longer being offered. -dc Built from 1991-2007 the Aprilia RS 250 is a rare sight, except on RSBFS – but an RSV or RSW – the factory race machines are exponentially more exotic. Over its long run the model has been ridden to championships by Moto GP stars such as Max Biaggi,…
After years of road and track success with their smaller-displacement machines, most notably the sleek, Suzuki-powered RS250, Aprilia decided to move up to the big leagues and take a piece of the big-bike pie away from Ducati with their RSV1000. An intentional move away from Ducati’s sleek but utterly impractical 916, the RSV combined styling…
This one is a little newer than what we typically post here at RSBFS but it i s a street legal Aprilia RS125 and is the last generation that had the rotax powered two stroke. While its not the fastest thing, it would certainly make any young squid the envy of his classmates. The Aprilia RS125 actually…
The Aprilia RS250 was the first two-stroke I actively lusted after. Keep in mind that I grew up in an era when two-strokes, at least here in the US, were basically found in off-road bikes and really annoying yard-care equipment. Not really the sexiest of associations. I still think that the sound of a two-stroke…
Stylin’ as a pit bike or unlicensed starter, the RS50 looks for all the world like the turn-of-the-century RS125, or if you squint, an RS250. Not really built for serious fun, though it does have an aluminum frame and 17 inch wheels. 2001 Aprilia RS50 for sale on eBay Running an engine 0.3 cc less…
The last Aprilia I saw in these colors for sale was listed as a “Rossi Replica,” but this particular paintjob in fact marked the Loris Reggiani replica RS250. Reggiani raced for Aprilia from 1985 through 1995 in the 250 and 500cc classes, the latter on a bored-out 380cc v-twin intended to compete based on its…
Here on RSBFS we normally start our posts with a full profile pic of the bike but I just had to break with tradition and start this post with a pic of the sweet carbon arrow dual pipes and the banana swing arm. Can you guess what they are attached to? If you guessed/knew that…