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…
Here is one that to my knowledge has only been on RSBFS once before, a Wadon 250cc powered by a tandem twin two stroke. The pictures aren’t very good but the concept behind the bike is certainly interesting and this is supposed to be one of the Waddon company works racers so I thought it…
Aprilia’s “Thunder” bike, the Tuono is based on the RSV Mille Superbike, with a bikini fairing and adapted for tubular handlebars. Introduced in 2002, the model was made in modest quantities until it was succeeded by the V4 1100 in 2011. The “Racing” special edition offered here has several mechanical upgrades from the base model…
In spite of its tiny displacement, by US standards at least, the Aprilia RS250 is not a toy. The RS50 on the other hand? Possibly a toy. But a very serious toy: this may have the displacement of a scooter and may not even require a motorcycle license endorsement in some states, but it’s a…
Not your mid-morning workout, but a race-prepared two-stroke with a 12,000 rpm redline. Recently brought out of storage and re-bodied, this bike has spent its entire life at the track, and though well used, still has a lot of fun left in it. 1999 Aprilia RS250 Cup for sale on eBay Meant for racing and…
Update 10.18.2015: For sale by a new seller after being listed for $10.5k buy-it-now and eBay reported a sale at $8,600 in June 2014. Now showing a $9,500 buy-it-now. New pictures at eBay listing. Thanks for the spot Marty! -dc While not everyone agrees on the value that the Haga replicas represent, they keep finding…
Aprilia’s winning entry into the super-naked / streetfighter sweepstakes was the 2003 RSV Tuono, and many updates and editions later, the 2008 Tuono ( thunder to some ) 1000R Factory was more than an unfaired sportbike with raised handlebars. With its own frame design and bodywork, the Tuono makes excellent use of the Rotax 60-degree…
While they weren’t huge sellers when new, the Aprilia RSV Mille represents one of the best bargains in the sportbike world right now, sort of a “thinking-man’s Italian V-twin.” Which is a much more flattering thing to say about a bike than, “Wow, that thing is pretty odd-looking.” Although, as I’ve said before, these things…