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 likely never titled, the RS250 Cup is missing lighting and reflectors for the road. The 250cc v-twin from a Suzuki RGV-250, after preparation by Aprilia, is good for 73 hp at 11,900 rpm. The small machine appears to have a bigger bike’s twin-spar aluminum frame, with asymmetrical aluminum swingarm. The front fork is inverted 40mm, fully adjustable, as is the monoshock rear. Plenty of stopping power provided by the 298 mm front disks, and 220 mm rear.
Presented by MotoGPWerks a California preparer, not much history is shown in the auction, though the odometer shows just over 7,000 miles. There is no cruising at the track, but this bike shows just a few scrapes on the swingarm. Re-bodied with fiberglass from Airtech, this RS250 looks fresh, and the engine has only a few hours on it. Nice spares kit. From the eBay auction:
Fairings have been replaced with airtech GP style
Pistons and rings were done 10-12 hours ago (old pistons in the spares)
Overall the bike goes very well,
Been in storage for 2 years so the carbs were rebuilt,new battery and brake fluid as well as quick look over .
-always ran 800t motul
– old school quick shifter
-EGT in both exhausts
spares include, pipes, gaskets, sprockets, jets, airbox, fender and so on as per photos
setup notes and manual also
There are a lot of good reasons to have your go-fast fun on the track rather than the street ( it’s safer to go all-out at the track than 7/10th’s on the street ), and your road bike will appreciate it as well. The RS250 has a long history on tracks all over the world, and counts many MotoGP riders as alumni. While it would be nice to have a creampuff in race replica decals, you can add more as you go. This RS250 Cup might be a better way to get into racing or track days…
-donn
