Aprilia RS125R

Comfort review: For a 'sports' bike, the RS is surprisingly comfy. It has obviously been designed with the 17-18 year old in mind and this is shown in the length of the petrol tank, the angle of the bars, and the height of the seat. The handlebars are clamped to the yolk in firm sporty tradition, but the position doesn't feel too extreme. The seat is the lowest I've seen on any 125cc bike, so shorter people should be fine to ride this Italian stallion. I'm 5'10 and can easily sit on the bike with both feet flat on the ground. The seat pad itself is quite comfortable, firm but at the same time ... more

Well where do I start on this fine piece of machinery, well I suppose I could give you a bit of background of how a began to ride this bike, well I acquired my provisional licence at the age of 16 and pottered around on a little motorbike until my 17th birthday when I became restricted to a 125cc engine. I immediately went for the sporty model and had to choose between a Honda NSR or an Aprilla RS 125 and the Aprilla won hands down. So I came to some sort of deal with my local motorbike trader and purchased the machine for £3895 on a W plate (brand new at the time) which I considered to be a ... more

Well where do i start with this fantastic peace of Italian engineering. When i was 16 i used to own a scooter (50cc) which was pants by the way! so when i turned 17 i decided i wanted a 125 until i passed my driving test to drive a car. So i had a look about at a few bikes on the net and i was either going to buy a one of these chinese imports, brand new for around £1000 or buy a second hand well known make bike for about the same price. Then i seen these aprilia rs125 bikes and had herd by a lot of people that they were the fastest 125's you can get so i looked into it a bit more then decided ... more

Having passed my CBT on a Yamaha 125cc old touring style bike, I was fortunate that my friend was selling his Aprilia RS125 Extrema. This bike in true Italian pedigree looks the mutts, a mixture of jet black, a lot of eye catching devilish red with hints of the frames aluminium alloy make up the chassis, leaving black alloy wheels with fat racing tyres to move the bike that are controlled by huge metallic brake discs which make up this hot racer. This builds upon Aprilias’ RS124 reputation as the fastest 125cc bike and is known to keep up with some 250cc racers, which gives this bike a ... more

Got my RS125 back in June 2006 not too long ago. Opened the garage door and thought... WOW. its a big bigger than my speedfight lol. For the average 17 year old its a big bike; and a load of fun; its leaner legal for us starters! One thing that did dissapoint me a bit though would be the fact that it is still a 2-stoke engine; and not being a fan of extremely loud screaming noises it bummed me of a bit. When i got it out onto the road it was amazin so fast goin from a 50cc; i could keep up with the traffic and everythin. One thing i gotta warn anyone goin from a scoot to a sports bike tho is ... more