Project 98, Aprilia RS125

RSDanny · L Plate Warrior Joined: 16 Feb 2008 Karma :

Well been working on her for a few months now and finally got round to having a very nearly finished bike. thought i would share a few pics with you all.

Heres the Engine before i started, was leaking oil out the pv and exhaust manifold. Was also leaking coolant from the crankcases and gearbox oil

https://www.sportsbikesuk.com/forum/uploads/monthly_02_2008/post-2-1203033476.jpg

Decided at this point to strip down and rebuild. other than the engine trouble also had a leaking rear shock, front and rear brake not upto much, decided to give her a full respay including calipers. New air filter, full engine gasket kit, new oil pump, new rear shock, new left hand indicator, new left hand switch, rebuild side stand as was loose, polish frame spray exhaust black and replace clutch springs... probably many other thing on the way.

Started stripping her down

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not much of her left now but this is as far as i got her stripped down.

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replaced rear shock and got swingarm back on, main reason for removing swingarm was a screw that holds the rear brake line and snapped off so had to remove that and pop a new one in.

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here she is all cleaned up with some of the panels sprayed gloss black and polished. engine still hasen't been done awaiting bits

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Engine bits arived time to strip that down

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Her she is very nearly finished, want to give her another coat of black gloss and 3 coats of laquar and she's done

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Want to get a few more things but will just enjoy riding her for a bit
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neatbik · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Karma :

looking good mate, well done Thumbs Up

craigs23 · Mr Muscle Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Karma :

Nice to see a youngster (no offence) taking care of their bike so well.

TUG · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 May 2007 Karma :

i want a RS project bike!!!!! Why is there non for the right money!!!
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Jenkinz · Scooby Slapper Joined: 08 Feb 2008 Karma :

Looks good, you got any pics of it fully assembled before you stripped it down to compare?
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RSDanny · L Plate Warrior Joined: 16 Feb 2008 Karma :

youngster? i'm 31 with 4 kids lol

heres a before shot
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quacker_boy · Cuddle Bitch Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Karma :

Scouse · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Karma :

I love that model/shape RS, nice to see one looking so good. I wants Twisted Evil

JimmyN1NJ4 · Derestricted Danger Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Karma :

loved my old rs , great handling lil bike wish i never got rid of mine but needed the money for a deposit on my zx6

tuned the nuts off of it , full arrow system , pipercross conical airfilter ( which sounded amazing )

https://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd102/DynomiteJimmy/picture20006.jpg
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Jack_Cheese · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Karma :

I've always had a thing for the pre '98 RS125s - they're absolutely gorgeous. One thing i could never get my head round on them was the sissy bar. A big ugly piece of tube just pinned on the back.

Are you going for factory decals or leaving it plain?

Jack
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RSDanny · L Plate Warrior Joined: 16 Feb 2008 Karma :

RSDanny · L Plate Warrior Joined: 16 Feb 2008 Karma :

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RSDanny · L Plate Warrior Joined: 16 Feb 2008 Karma :

i would have to respray it to get it back to the rossi rep look alike. so if i do every decide to sell which is unlikly as it would be a good mess around bike and something to pass onto my son so we can go riding together
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JimmyN1NJ4 · Derestricted Danger Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Karma :

do what i did with mine ( as its the same colour - black ) when my decals started looking abit tired i got a replacement set of chesterfield decals of ebay , they only cost about 30quid and make the bike look like new again.
shame i havnt got a pic of what it looked like after i did it
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