Aprila RS250

[Atomic]

2 strokes are inconvenient.

Forever buying oil, does your wife enjoy unscrewing stuff and topping up oil res every few fuel fills, fouling plugs, KICK STARTING!

Get a Honda Hornet or similar, much better commuter, reliable, more economical, more comfortable, still reasonable power if she isnt a racer.

I love my Aprilia RS but I hate the VJ22 smoker in it. Im repowering my RS with a 660cc raptor thumper at the moment.
Yamarilla Super Mono here I come

[imdying]

Forever buying oil, does your wife enjoy unscrewing stuff and topping up oil res every few fuel fills, fouling plugs, KICK STARTING!

If your RS is fouling plugs, and requires more than a gentle boot to get it running from dead cold, then your RS isn't running correctly... and a lack of maintenance is hardly a fault of the bike.

Get a Honda Hornet or similar, much better commuter, reliable, more economical, more comfortable, still reasonable power if she isnt a racer.

Yes yes, it's also gutless and boring.

I love my Aprilia RS but I hate the VJ22 smoker in it. Im repowering my RS with a 660cc raptor thumper at the moment.
Yamarilla Super Mono here I come

Make sure you well reinforce the frame or you'll find out why that's not more popular than it is...

[avgas]

I love my Aprilia RS but I hate the VJ22 smoker in it. Im repowering my RS with a 660cc raptor thumper at the moment.

hmmmmph i hope you like going slower than 160kph then....... because its above that that the VJ is in its own league

[Morcs]

Perhaps I should've explained further... she's not 'newly licenced', she has her licence in NZ and is now getting it in Europe. She has experience on both my old K2 thou and my TL1000s. And i suspect that if you can ride a TL then you can ride almost anything. I know it's not a noob bike, nor is an NC35 for that matter.

Yeah go for the NC35. Fantastic bike. I miss mine. They look the dogs too

[Atomic]

If your RS is fouling plugs, and requires more than a gentle boot to get it running from dead cold, then your RS isn't running correctly... and a lack of maintenance is hardly a fault of the bike.

Yes yes, it's also gutless and boring.

Make sure you well reinforce the frame or you'll find out why that's not more popular than it is...

It kicked over ok but nonetheless I was left green with envy as my mates bikes all fire up at the push of a button! And dont sound like lawn mowers.

I agree with the gutless & boring but the bike in question is for commuting is it not?

[Atomic]

hmmmmph i hope you like going slower than 160kph then....... because its above that that the VJ is in its own league

Maybe...But I will reserve my judgement for when the bike is up and running. Ill either be eating my words or fanging round with a big grin from ear to ear.

[glice]

It kicked over ok but nonetheless I was left green with envy as my mates bikes all fire up at the push of a button! And dont sound like lawn mowers.

I agree with the gutless & boring but the bike in question is for commuting is it not?

I miss kicking a bike over. I knew that my leggs were more reliable and wouldnt run out of juice.
and theres nothing more manly than jumping on a bike and kicking it into life.

[Atomic]

and theres nothing more manly than jumping on a bike and kicking it into life.

An Aprilia RS can be hand started!
You wanna try kicking over a 450 single after you have spent 20 minutes dragging it out of a bog.

[BuzzbomB]

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Those suzuki VJ engines that the Apr250 are pretty much suzuki VJ23 engines with different head and barrels/porting I think. Pistons and cranks are interchangeable...

I've heard this before.. Can you cite any actual proof of this "interchangeable"-ness of Suzuki vs Aprilia parts? Weight, materials, manufacturing quality, variances, etc are all the same? RGV's make about 10hp less than an RS dont they?

I'd like to know if these parts really are the same as the suzie parts are about half the cost of the italian bits.

[glice]

An Aprilia RS can be hand started!
You wanna try kicking over a 450 single after you have spent 20 minutes dragging it out of a bog.

ha, yea I have, both frustrating and rewarding.

[limbimtimwim]

The NC35 is a great bike. I love mine. It's mine forever. As in 'Not yours'.

I suspect if I had an RS250 I might feel the same about that too.

[jade]

I've heard this before.. Can you cite any actual proof of this "interchangeable"-ness of Suzuki vs Aprilia parts? Weight, materials, manufacturing quality, variances, etc are all the same? RGV's make about 10hp less than an RS dont they?

I'd like to know if these parts really are the same as the suzie parts are about half the cost of the italian bits.

When I did my top end rebuild ..pistons and all, I got the suzuki rgv part numbers off the net, went to the local suzuki dealer, bought the parts and did the rebuld without a single glitch, if you want more proof say the word and ill give it to you at a click of a button
rgv parts fit straight into an rs, its a vj22 engine though

[2much]

I had an Aprilia RS250 that I commuted on, (and did trackdays too) - I liked it. Back in London on a RGV250 I did 12,000 miles (20,000ks) commuting into central London to work over a year (rain/shine/summer/winter) - and some track days too - it was a blast (I owned it from new and serviced it as per the manual though).

The RS250 I bought here, I got Colemans to do the top end and powervalves and she was sweet.

You pays your money and takes your choice...

Ive had 2 rs250s for the past 3 years, perfectly reliable, my first one was an early model (95)
Ran both only on castrol tts oil and never had a problem, always warm them up for 3-5 minutes before using but then they are good to go, my 2nd one that I own now Ive used everyday for 2 years and has never skipped a beat, I bought it when it had 20,000km and did a rebuild at 27,000
I did this by myself with no previous experience (got a mechanic to teach me) and it cost me about 600NZD in parts
I ride my bikes more than most people ride in an average day and thrashed it to redline every gear every time, did wheelies anytime I was in first and stoppies any time I got a red light, like I said never had any problems
someone said in an above post that it was a vj23 engine but its not, all rs's use a vj22 engine..
Personally my powervalves had their own drains on them which drained into a catch tank which I emptied once a month, never in ownership have I cleaned or seen them,
to sum up, warm it up, do your own maintenence and it will be perfectly reliable and sweet as for commuting, with enough oomph to keep you excited.. never sell mine

Thanks guys.

2 strokes are inconvenient.

Forever buying oil, does your wife enjoy unscrewing stuff and topping up oil res every few fuel fills, fouling plugs, KICK STARTING!

Get a Honda Hornet or similar, much better commuter, reliable, more economical, more comfortable, still reasonable power if she isnt a racer.

I love my Aprilia RS but I hate the VJ22 smoker in it. Im repowering my RS with a 660cc raptor thumper at the moment.
Yamarilla Super Mono here I come

You assume too much. She's not my wife, I'm not that stupid (yet) and I still like sex.

Topping up oil every fill isn't hard, atleast it means she may actually check it! Fouled plugs? run the right plugs.
I was kickstarting 2strokes when I was 10 so I'm sure she can manage it, it ain't hard.

A Honda Hornet? WTF? fuck off! She would shoot me and rightfully so.

Yeah go for the NC35. Fantastic bike. I miss mine. They look the dogs too

They certainly do, problem is I've actually seen more RC45's lately than NC35's.

I've heard this before.. Can you cite any actual proof of this "interchangeable"-ness of Suzuki vs Aprilia parts? Weight, materials, manufacturing quality, variances, etc are all the same? RGV's make about 10hp less than an RS dont they?

I'd like to know if these parts really are the same as the suzie parts are about half the cost of the italian bits.

Google is your friend. I know wikipedia ain't the greatest but it's a start...

The Aprilia RS250 is powered by a modified Suzuki RGV250(VJ22)engine which is prepared by Rotax, changes include a revised ECU, Aprilla designed expansion chambers, barrels and airbox. The twin 34 mm flat slide Mikuni carburettors are retained from the RGV.

The NC35 is a great bike. I love mine. It's mine forever. As in 'Not yours'.

I suspect if I had an RS250 I might feel the same about that too.

Fuck you've had yours for years now, suprised you haven't killed it yet!

[imdying]

I've heard this before.. Can you cite any actual proof of this "interchangeable"-ness of Suzuki vs Aprilia parts? Weight, materials, manufacturing quality, variances, etc are all the same? RGV's make about 10hp less than an RS dont they?

Go to The Tuning Works, you'll see all you need. Difference is 2hp, with a slightly different curve... for all intents and purposes they're the same.

I'd like to know if these parts really are the same as the suzie parts are about half the cost of the italian bits.

Go check them out, see the Gold Rebuild Kit (iirc).

The NC35 is a great bike. I love mine. It's mine forever. As in 'Not yours'.

I suspect if I had an RS250 I might feel the same about that too.

Yep, I'd hit one for sure... nice Tyga Rothmans Replica thanks guvna.

[Atomic]

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You assume too much. She's not my wife, I'm not that stupid (yet) and I still like sex.

Topping up oil every fill isn't hard, atleast it means she may actually check it! Fouled plugs? run the right plugs.
I was kickstarting 2strokes when I was 10 so I'm sure she can manage it, it ain't hard.

A Honda Hornet? WTF? fuck off! She would shoot me and rightfully so.

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Glad to hear she is above and beyond a hornet so will be riding an RS to its full potential.