Aprilia RS250

I thought I had better share my brief affair of 6 months with a 1995 Aprilia RS250. I am not going to bother going through the specs - you can get that info from numerous websites. When reading reviews it is important to understand what the product is like to live with on a dialy basis and find out what it does well and what it doesn't do so well. so....................... I bought one just for a bit of fun over the summer months - and what a big mistake it was. Riding the RS gives you horns, the handling is phenomenol. It is just so light and flickable that twisty roads are a pleasure. The ... more

I bought an Aprila RS250 for racing. Of course in the UK you can buy this as a road bike, but many find there way onto the race circuits for their superb racing characteristics. Suspension, engine, fairings in standard trim are enough to embarrass most big bikes owners on track days as I have frequently found out. Aprilia’s can be tuned and it is not that expensive (approx 70bhp for £1000), however they will become fragile. The engine is a Suzuki RGV250 motor and has the same Achilles heel with the power valves needing constant checking (esp. if racing). There have been two major ... more

Have been riding my 2002 model for 18 months, yes you have to be handy with a spanner,yes it is no good for speed runs with your 1000cc driving mates and yes it is very expensive to run (£17 a litre for fully synthetic oil) and parts are not easy to come by but show it twisty back roads and within minutes you are a race god, kneedown with a flick of the bars, stuffing your now struggling mates on every bend and embarassing the weekend born agains with your mostly unintentional wheelies. Before you write me off as some spotty youth who thinks he is the first person to ride a bike fast then i'll ... more