Aprilia RS125

I have just recently bought a RS125 (2007 model) GP? Its the fortuna replica one. And its brill. Corners are confidence inspiring and the acceleration is mindblowing for a 125. I bought a derestricted version and there is a hidden powerband at about 10,000 revs. This bike begs to ridden fast. You could seriously do some damage with it. It feels so stable at high speed. The Brakes are brilliant. The size of the front radial disk brake is amazing. The brakes stop you within metres. Brilliant. However, I have only had it a few months and already its playing up. The clutch is weak sometimes dies when you pull off the line. Mine needs to go back to the garage as i cannot ...  Read the complete review

I started out on bikes on turning 16 for fun and as a form of transport, as i was too young to drive. My first bike was a Gilera DNA 50cc in dragon red. Great for a first ride and no gears made it usefull for learning how to handle two wheels on the roads. I used it for pleasure rides and getting to work localy and there was no problems with it. After a time you get used to a 50cc and the performance and speed were sadly lacking. It becme no fun to hold up traffic at 45-50mph on main fast roads. I wanted something more sporty. So when i turned 17 i decied to get a 'propper bike'. It was a tie up between the Cagiva Mito- because of the looks, and ...  Read the complete review

Well it had been a while since i owned a bike, well over 10 years. Then it was a RD125LC, until some git stole it. But after being wheelless for so many years and still itching to get back in the saddle, i finally took the plunge and decided to buy one, 2nd hand. The only choices i then had were; what to pay and what bike to go for. Like most things i started out cheap, but the more i thought about it, the more adverts i saw and the more i read my price range kept on going upwards. Well if your gonna get a bike u might as well get good one right? and for that u need to dig deep and cough up. It wasnt too hard a choice to go for the Aprillia. The ...  Read the complete review

Having passed my CBT on a Yamaha 125cc old touring style bike, I was fortunate that my friend was selling his Aprilia RS125 Extrema. This bike in true Italian pedigree looks the mutts, a mixture of jet black, a lot of eye catching devilish red with hints of the frames aluminium alloy that make up the chassis, leaving black alloy wheels with fat racing tyres to move the bike that are controlled by huge metallic brake discs which make up this hot racer. This builds upon Aprilias’ RS124 reputation as the fastest 125cc bike and is known to keep up with some 250cc racers, which gives this bike a lot of respect. My dials are white and are in kilometres per hour and the ...  Read the complete review