Aprillia project!

[Jenks]

aprillia AF1 125 sintesi replica!

Going to be a slow one, as i have to sort out wedding plans before i can play!

got it for basically nothing, its been sit in my friends underground garage for a good few years, and he randomly mentioned it, and asked if i wanted to get it!

cant decide what to do first!

keith, can you share me some more information on her? - 1990 registered. 1989 model from what i can decipher on the logbook.

Lets see how much fun it is from all of my last bikes Never had a small 2 stroker!

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v461/ylldeath/IMG_0009.jpg

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*small sticker on the fork says "upside down" - just incase we didnt notice i think!!*

more pics to come. phone was playing up!!
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1978 MZ TS 250 1 Supa 5
1992 yamaha fzr1000 exup
1998 aprilia af1 sintesi

[Reid]

Looks a beaut mate - can't wait to see the work on it

[Jenks]

pics

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v461/ylldeath/IMG_0018.jpg

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v461/ylldeath/IMG_0019.jpg

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v461/ylldeath/IMG_0020-1.jpg

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1978 MZ TS 250 1 Supa 5
1992 yamaha fzr1000 exup
1998 aprilia af1 sintesi

[P.]

Just clean it up... that looks absolutely awesome.

Get it cleaned and mechanically sorted, that will be a fantastic bike.

[devojunior]

is that the same sintessi that make downhill mountain bikes or used to not seen one for years though ?

[Jenks]

got lots of little niggley bits to replace. motor has a load of compression which is good. fork seals for definate. new coolant and fluids. tank wasnt too clever inside - ill get a pic of the old petrol

just to clarify, this has been in a garage for 12 years unused
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1978 MZ TS 250 1 Supa 5
1992 yamaha fzr1000 exup
1998 aprilia af1 sintesi

[P.]

[garth]

Bearings don't randomly collapse when they get old you muppet.

[P.]

[MarJay]

[Jenks]

well the garage was definatilly NOT damp. - i live in germany at the moment. Not damp old england
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1978 MZ TS 250 1 Supa 5
1992 yamaha fzr1000 exup
1998 aprilia af1 sintesi

[MarJay]

[Jenks]

aha ok, well im not too well clued up on 2strokes, expecially something like this.

ive had the spark plug out, and lit up the cylinder with a torch, and it looks pretty good and so.. and also oily. obviously i cant look below that bit without taking it apart.
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1978 MZ TS 250 1 Supa 5
1992 yamaha fzr1000 exup
1998 aprilia af1 sintesi

[Kickstart]

Hi

An early Sintesi. 1988 model one (quite likely registered in 1989).

The seat lock and petrol cap lock should have the same key. Note that there are a couple of different petrol caps which at a glance look VERY similar. If you can get the cap off you should be able to remove the lock from the cap to make it easy to get a key copied.

Rotax / Aprilia did have an issue with main bearings failing when parked up over winter and then used again. They changed the spec of the bearings used to avoid this. Think the early ones were not meant to have a major issue with this though.

Good luck getting the fuel gauge to work if the tank is all clogged up.

As a road test said, the stickers on the forks probably looked like that from people trying to peel them off and put them on the right way up. From memory they were the first road bike sold with USD forks.

The dynamic airbox is just directing cool air at the intake to the real airbox. The air filter is oiled foam, but check it hasn't rotted away by now.

The tail lights quite often seem to break the small mount at the bottom.

Remember to use high octane petrol (unless you want a hole in the piston).

All the best

Keith
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[Jenks]

brilliant, thanks Keith!

it did come with 2 keys for ignition, and 2 of the smaller keys. ive got into the seat and petrol lock now. the petrol one was just mega stiff.
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1978 MZ TS 250 1 Supa 5
1992 yamaha fzr1000 exup
1998 aprilia af1 sintesi

[Gamble]

That is pure porn, will definitely watch where this goes! I've only ever seen two in the flesh and they're just the pure sex, a wet dream for most on learner plates.

[Jenks]

little update.

tonight i got it running. started second time on the button....

clutch freed up streight away after putting it in gear.

rode it down the drive

i have a vid ill upload.

very happy! - apart from cutting my finger down to the bone on a knife trying to cut through the oil pipe. so spent a while at docs

Edit :: https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v461/ylldeath/th_running.jpg

pic of said finger around 30 mins after https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v461/ylldeath/IMG-20121026-WA0005.jpg
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1978 MZ TS 250 1 Supa 5
1992 yamaha fzr1000 exup
1998 aprilia af1 sintesi

[Valentino Mossy]

No pain...no gain ! But still ouch !
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