Never, ever, buy an aprilia!!!

[Tom C RX50]

Had my aprilia for hmm, about 2 months, first thing, chain and sprockets went, second thing my bearings popped, third thin i snapped a spoke, and the worst bit of it all is that no-where gives a shit and cant be assed to help you get the parts!!!

My bike has now been off the road since september the 5th, been having to cycle 5 miles up and down hills to school and not being able to go out. I ordered the new spoke from bikersworld, they had to get it from FRANCE, and for a 97p part it cos me £7.36 with postage and vat!!!

I waited over 2 weeks for the part to arrive took it to the garage where my bike is sat and realised i did not get sent a nipple, and the old one is slightly smaller. Not a slight hint of any help from bikersworld and I now have to order a Nipple from FRANCE and pay excessive postage, wait a stupid time, and then finally, hopefully get it back on the road!!!

rant over, all worked up now!!! gunna go have a ciggy, cheers for reading
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**FOR SALE** Aprilia RX50, full system gianelli exhaust, 70cc MK big bore, MK pro race filter, 20mm Dellorto carb, aftermarket sticker set, small plate, carbon look indicators, new rear tyre, years tax and mot, new chain and sprockets, very fast bike. 1200 ono **FOR SALE**

[Rookie]

I think you have a dud, to be honest. I have a mate with the same bike and he has nothing but praise for it, it seems nothing has ever gone wrong.

Luck of the draw, eh?

Don't get discouraged, if you've lost faith in the bike sell it on, but if you still like it just continue using it and think positive.

[Tom C RX50]

To be honest, its partly my fault that its broke, i mean i took the dam thing dirt jumping, blowing the bearingd and doing the spoke. It needed new chain and sprockets anyway. The thing, however, that I am really annoyed with is the fact that no-one is willing to go out of their way to help you, the dealers are crap and the parts are Ridiculously hard to get your hands on!!! I so wish I had brought summit more common like a ts50 or a dt50 as parts wud be asier to come by.

Apart from all this i love the bike, its beautifull to ride, fast for a 50cc, looks the bizz and is generally a good bike, im just annoyed it all happened at once and caught me on the back foot. To be quite honest this whole eppisode has nearly put me off bikes all together!!!! I am seriosuly considering selling the bike and having the money for alcohol and ciggarettes!!! or has anyone got a 50 they wanna sell me?

Cheers TC
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**FOR SALE** Aprilia RX50, full system gianelli exhaust, 70cc MK big bore, MK pro race filter, 20mm Dellorto carb, aftermarket sticker set, small plate, carbon look indicators, new rear tyre, years tax and mot, new chain and sprockets, very fast bike. 1200 ono **FOR SALE**

[Andy C]

you think thats bad, my apilia cost £624 to get back on the road and had to take it to bikerworld when it blow up!! expensive as hell and shouldnt make starter bikes. still like my RS though!lol

EDIT: was at bikerworld by the way
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[McJamweasel]

The reason that dealers don't want to help you is that the parts are very hard to get hold of. It's just not worth their time to spend ages trying to order you a 97p spoke.
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[tatters]

I personally also think aprilia,s are shit after the experience of owning two AF1 125,s the bikes spent 90% of there time off the road because of there poor build quality and unreliability, nearly may me buy a car and give up on bikes, Thank God for the Honda NSR125RR
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[RickHolt]

[Dom_]

DK Stock large amounts of aprilia parts, and will order them in if they're not in stock.

[bugsy46]

Strange?

My RSV Mille is fine? I wouldnt generalise Aprilia as shit. But we all know its down to people not knowing how to maintain a bike. We get these kids time and time again who bring in rs125's etc for mot and servicing and its obvious they shouldnt be owning a bike. Most of them need parts because they cant stay fucking upright
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[Sheepy1209]

Stopped to help a lad with an RS50 last week - his chain had come off and wrapped round the front sprocket.

He didn't have a toolkit, didn't have a mobile and didn't have any oil whatsoever on the chain - it was completely bloody dry and red with rust!

Felt sorry for him, just hope he's learned from it.

[colin1]

[tintin]

I've got an Aprilia Tuono and apart from one simple problem when I first bought it I have never had any issues with it. Is that Bikersworld in East Grinstead? I bought my bike there and found them very helpful, however I now go to Southern Cross in North London who are excellent.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Chain and sprockets are consumables. Can't blame Aprilia for that, and if it was the steering head bearings that you wrecked from off roading you cannot really blame Aprilia for that.

The reason that you would have difficulty getting a spoke is few dealers would trust someone to fit a single spoke, and do not want to open themselves up to being sued when they supply one which someone screws up fitting. Suspect most bike makers supply spokes as a complete kit for a wheel and would not sell individual ones.

Some Aprilia dealers are useless. My local ones was good for spares as they did not just complain that they were difficult to get, instead ordering them through Aprilias online parts system and getting them in rapidly (even bits for a 15 year old AF1). Pity they went bust.

Build quality wise my RS125 is better finished than my 1200 Bandit. And if the Bandit was in the same state of tune it would be producing around 250hp at the back wheel at which point I would expect the engine to have the life expectancy of a hand grenade with the pin pulled out .

All the best

Keith
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[Walloper]

Dear Tom C RX50,
Focus on the problem here.
Are you not happy with your purchase?
If so get it fixed and punt it.
Follow the path to inner peace my child.
Buy a good light weight mountain bike and get that 'Dirt Factor' out your system
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[Adam_P]

[Adam_P]

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[Walloper]

But if you're 14 1/2 stone a 50cc bike will feel it
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[Dragonfly]

ha my other half has had 2 apprila and they are crap. chain sprockets same probs. his mates have them aswell and all the same. my bike is old and i have no probs with it like he does with his. def agree with you there.
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[Kickstart]

[killa]

I had a RX50, good bike, was more of a commuter though.
It got ramped, then I crashed.

DT yammy was better
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[Dragonfly]

well the new apprilia isnt even a year old yet and so is his mates and they have bothe the same probs. falling apart. they sound crap also and i took it for a drive myself and didnt like it at all, prefered my tzr. wen left in for repair the guy apparently uses all apprillia parts etc.

the piston blew up on the 03rs125 apprilla whilst driving up a duel carriage way with me on it! that was that scrapped.

apparently the 04 rs 125 we have the piston blows up on it at 10000miles,is that right?
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[distortion]

Then in my case should i never buy a Honda ?

Think its a case of bad luck m8

[Kickstart]

[tater]

Right lets just get this straight, there is nothing majorly wrong with the Aprilia rs 125, it does not have a explosive device in the engine which is set off at 10,000miles.

If you LOOK AFTER IT, it will be fine that means following the manual, using good quality 2 stroke oil and warming up above 65degrees before thrashing the motor.

The build quality of the aprilia and parts used (going from my 98 model) were of a high quality. People have said that the newer model isn't as good as the old for quality though.

Only annoying thing i found with my rs 125 was everything todo with the engine was very cramped so was annoying to work on.

If you need parts for an Aprilia buy MCN, loads advertised in there like speedaway in birmingham (massive place) and Komodo in wales is good.

Hay the Aprilia isn't perfect but in my opinion its the best overall sports looking 125
Good luck with getting the parts