Not the GP replica, but still a bantamweight champ, the streetable RS250 ( full VIN ) is a fun afternoon waiting to happen. Built for the road from 1995-2002, the RS250 boasts 70-odd hp and just over 300 lbs. 2001 Aprilia RS250 for sale on eBay An interesting V-twin of only 249cc, the Suzuki-powered RS250…
I am willing to bet that a lot of RSBFS readers didn’t get into sportbikes until the two-stroke era was pretty much over. I am also willing to bet a lot of these same people now have a 250cc racer on their personal motorcycle “bucket list”. While most of the bikes posted here on RSBFS…
Update 8.8.2018: This bike is available on eBay. Good luck to buyers and seller! -dc Halfway between the RSV and the Futura on Aprilia’s 2003 dealer card, you’ll find the Falco 1000R. Neither race replica nor sport-tourer, the Falco is a able performer with room for two and the feasibility of soft bags. This Falco…
Bike’s like Aprilia’s high-strung RS250 two-stroke is really this website’s raison d’être: specifications that speak to an almost single-minded pursuit of speed, race-bred bodywork, rarity, and an exotic nameplate. The icing on the cake is that the RS250 is relatively attainable, if you are willing to accept the compromises inherent in such a focused design.…
This is one of the nicest Aprilia RS250’s we’ve featured recently, although the seller’s claim that this is a “Rossi Replica” might be a bit of a stretch: Rossi was riding a 250 for Aprilia in 1998, but didn’t win the title until 1999. In 1998 he was second, and prior to that, he was…
Mostly overlooked, even when new, Aprilia’s Falco is an ideal “mature” sportbike for someone who wants to stand out… subtly. Fast and comfortable, the bike featured a slightly detuned version of Aprilia’s 996cc v-twin that produced 118hp along with the usual “improved midrange and low-end power” that seems to feature on naked and sport-touring versions…
2003 Aprilia RSV1000 Mille R – Haga Replica on eBay Japan’s Noriyuki Haga was undoubtedly one of World Superbike’s most exciting racers throughout the 90s and 2000s. With a nickname like “Win it or Bin it”… you had to expect fireworks (particularly on the first lap or the last lap!). Unfortunately for Haga, he was…
While Europeans have always been neck-deep in the whole Moto GP-thing as embodied by bikes like the Aprilia RS250, here in the US where flat-track and drag-racing are king, fans of whippy two-stroke race-replicas had to work a bit harder to get their fix, at least before the advent of the internet… But even US…