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RS250 - Best Avoided

Advantages: Good looks, 2 stroke smells
Disadvantages: unreliable, expensive parts - Italian

...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 ...

yackers1 15.03.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Aprilia RS250

Aprilia RS250

Advantages: Resonably cheap, Italian design, Fast engine, Execellant Suspension, Good aerodynamics
Disadvantages: Expensive parts, High maintenance, High fuel consumption

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 bi ...

apriliaandy 28.08.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Aprilia RS250

Aprilia RS250

Advantages: Fun,fun,fun
Disadvantages: expensive to run/maintain

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 ...

haga1965 09.09.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Aprilia RS250

Full of character and sounds great but not for the faint hearted!

Advantages: Great bike, lots of character, lots of torque, handles and sounds brilliant
Disadvantages: Some are unreliable. Some known issues

...I say, I have the Buell bug and have owned mine for 3 years now. My girlfriend has had her X1 for a bit longer, so we own 2! Must be nice then huh? ;) This bike is a bit of a mixed bag and Buells in general are a Marmite kind of thing. You ...

potatoe-man 24.11.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Buell Lightning X1

well sorted harley

Advantages: simple design
Disadvantages: a bit tall for some

I test rode a Buell m2 cyclone on a whim, and as a result bought myself the M2 that I am now about to rant about . I have now had the bike for seven years and only minor faults have come up in 20,000 miles, a small weep of oil from the rear cylinder roc ...

madmick 12.06.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Buell M2 Cyclone