Low Mileage Mille: 2001 Aprilia RSV Mille for Sale

After making their mark in the sportbike world building lightweight, small-displacement rippers beloved by hooligans and racers across Europe, Aprilia’s first big bike also had big shoes to fill, and the new Aprilia RSV Mille did not disappoint. The new bike was powered by a relatively narrow 60° v-twin from Rotax that allowed the engine to be fitted further forward in the chassis for better weight distribution, while a set of balance shafts helped it rev smoothly to the rpms expected of an Italian sports v-twin. The frame was a gorgeous aluminum beam unit that looks similar to the one found on the RS250, with a matching swingarm out back. The bodywork… well the Mille isn’t a pretty bike, but it is striking, with jet fighter design elements and practical touches like a legible, functional dash! Testers at the time seemed to feel the riding experience evoked elements of both Japanese and Italian motorcycles, and the new RSV was a success on both road and track.

2001 Aprilla Mille V60 9500 kilometers (5000 miles) runs as it should garage kept

The seller of this “5,000 mile” [9,644km] Aprilia RSV Mille unfortunately includes very little information about the bike, assuming I guess we’ll just have no questions about anything obvious. Like, why is the odometer currently reading in kilometers? Is the bike a Canadian or Euro import? Is the button to switch between km/mi broken? Also, 9,644 kilometers is about 5,992 miles, so that’s some pretty generous rounding down going on there to call it “5,000 miles.” But still, the bike hasn’t covered many miles, these are generally regarded to be reliable and simple to maintain, and at a nice, round $5,000 the price, while not the cheapest I’ve seen for a v-twin Aprilia sportbike, does still represent a lot of bang for your buck.

-tad