My new Aprilia RSV Mille R.

[St0rmer66]

https://www.bikepics.com/members/st0rmer66/02rsv1000r/

Click link for pics ^ .

It has:

Ohlins suspension front and rear
Ohlins steering damper
Lightened 'Oz' wheels
Aprilia titanium race can
Power commander III + remap
Full service history
17k miles (just, thanks to my ride yesterday)

Price... £2740!

It's not perfect cosmetically, but mechanically it seems to be totally sweet. Rear shock was serviced as part of the price, fresh MOT and a new battery. Insurance was a reasonable (for my age) £477 for the year.

Love the power on this thing, I imagine I'm experiencing something very similar to binge on his new TL1000R! Feels like it'll rip your arms out of their sockets .

Took a mate on the back (no grab rail so it's a good thing we've been mates a long time ) and it kept trying to power wheelie and I had the front shaking it's head slightly overtaking cars a couple of times . Was glad of the steering damper at that point!

It handles better with a pillion than my SV did when I was solo.. so it's a massive thumbs up. Despite it looking like a very big and heavy bike (which it isn't at all, 183kg dry weight), it's actually VERY agile and genuinely feels like it wants to turn. It actually felt a bit alien to me at first and I found myself tipping it in too far and having to stand it back up again half way round a corner! . Despite the excellent handling, it's actually very comfortable on bumpy roads too, the suspension is firm enough that it holds a line "like it's on rails" but soft enough that you barely notice imperfections in the road .

The gearbox is lovely and smooth, apart from finding neutral seems to be an acquired skill (getting the hang of it now already). Clutch-less up-shifts are no problem and I've not had any false neutrals. It has a slipper clutch so down changes are very smooth (I blip the throttle anyway though out of habit and to hear the lovely exhaust note ).

Can't wait to put some more miles on it .
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:: Honda XR 125 L ('53) => Kawasaki GPZ 500S ('02) => Suzuki SV650S ('00) => Aprilia RSV-R ('51) ::

[adama]

Mate that looks sweet, sure ur gonna have some fun on that. Atually its the best looking RSV ive seen for awhile.
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CBT Passed - 24/04/08 - Theory Passed 18/07/08 - Practical Passed 2/04/09

[AppleJoe]

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Looks nice.
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KTM EXC 125 Supermoto, Honda Cub90

Past - Aprilia SR 50 Ditech, Derbi Senda SM DRD, Aprilia RS125 x 2, Aprilia RX 125

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