RS125

[rubinj21]

Ok, Ive done a lil recon. Called a friend at a local Aprilia dealer. Aprilia USA has NOT made anything official, or added anmything to the USA website, however, an official statement will be made at Laguna. Fronm his phone calls and questions, sounds like it will have lights, turn signals, brakes, elec starter, and all needed "street legal"gear, but be sold "for off road use only". He said this means if you live somewhere where emissions is not needed on motorcycles, you can go to DMV, register and plate it, as long as ur insurance company can provide it with insurance. If after the announcment is made, and things seem legit, I may be in to put a deposit on it if the price makes sense, if it is anything like in europe, we should be around $5k or so. When he gives me more info, Ill post up.

[johnster]

Who here has ridden a 2-stroke just outta curiosity? What was your experence vs. a 4-stroke, powerband-wise?  I've heard the the 500cc 2-stroke GP bikes basically didn't have a low end, but when you went from the middle to the upper revs, you better hold on for dear life. The power comes on quick + without warning!! 

I've always wanted to try one, but have never had the opportunity. My Duc dealer races TZ250's and says that they're a blast.

[jswledhed]

Electric start, on a 125cc two-smoke!?

[rubinj21]

Thats correct, electric start. If you go on aprilias website, not the us version but aprilia.com, they have been selling the model for a few years. Liquid cooled, 2 stroke.

Who here has ridden a 2-stroke just outta curiosity? What was your experence vs. a 4-stroke, powerband-wise?  I've heard the the 500cc 2-stroke GP bikes basically didn't have a low end, but when you went from the middle to the upper revs, you better hold on for dear life. The power comes on quick + without warning!! 

I've always wanted to try one, but have never had the opportunity. My Duc dealer races TZ250's and says that they're a blast.

They are a blast to ride, and the power does come on all of a sudden. At 7000-8000 it starts, and might end as quick as 11500 or 12000. But riding them is a hoot. But one issue is ridability, Honda 125's need a new piston between 300-500 miles and new bottom end 1200-1500ish. Im not sure about these

[Monsterlover]

Wow that thing is cool!!!!

264 pounds?  Even if that's a dry weight, thats badass!! [moto]

[ADG]

Electric start, on a 125cc two-smoke!?

Definitely lame.

[Monsterlover]

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Why?

[The Don]

I have the RS 250 and what a great little machine. On track days the bigger bikes pass you down the straights but around the corners they more than make it up due to the light weight (as long as you keep your corner speed up) . Superb machine I highly recommend them you will have a ball. I paid $4000.00 Australian dollars second hand, have had no problems with them at all. The engine is straight from the Suzuki RGV 250 so if you have them in the USA you will know how good they go.
I know a bloke that had the road RS125 and off the lights they had to be rev-ed, but once going they were sweet.

[jswledhed]

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Why?

Why is it lame?

Its totally unnecessary.  A 125cc engine of any description isn't a big deal to kick over and a 125 two-stroke is among the easiest.  On a bike whose singular goal is to be light and free of additional mass, a kicker would have been the way to go.  Hell, I'm betting it could be bump started in less time than it takes to spin up the starter and fire it off with the button.  Its being sold as a track-only machine anyway.  Who needs a starter?

If it won't start within a few kicks, there's some kind of issue that needs to be addressed and it probably wouldn't start with the button either.

[rubinj21]

I think the point was to make it cheap to produce, im not sure which if any models Aprilia still produce with a kick start. Even the most recent version of the RS 50 had an electric start. If all there doing is bringing the euro model here, they will change as little as possible.

[weemonster]

notorious for cold seizing.

ie if you dont let the engine warm up before you thrash it it will seize.
Aprillia rs125 250s  and Cagiva Mito 125s are really bad for it.

Dont know how much longer  theyllmake 2 stroke road bikes for.  250 gp are going to 600 4 stroike  and 125's will be close behind.

[NuTTs]

Who here has ridden a 2-stroke just outta curiosity? What was your experence vs. a 4-stroke, powerband-wise?  I've heard the the 500cc 2-stroke GP bikes basically didn't have a low end, but when you went from the middle to the upper revs, you better hold on for dear life. The power comes on quick + without warning!! 

I've always wanted to try one, but have never had the opportunity. My Duc dealer races TZ250's and says that they're a blast.

I´ve test ridden a RS125 and an old, knackered RD125LC. The RS is an extremely revvy bike, it needs shit loads of revs to even start moving from a standstill and the powerband is nearly 2000rpm wide at the top end. You don´t brake for corners, you must carry corner speed otherwise the engine will just bog down and take a couple or three downshifts to get back into the powerband again. Brakes are good, suspension designed for someone who weighs half my weight.

RD125LC - didn´t like it, it was in crap condition. Very light weight.

[Bick]

As "Track Only", why is it pictured with lights, mirrors and license plate bracket? (Smart Ass Comment)



That would be very fun!!!