Aprilia RS 50 Extrema (Aprilia RS50)

Member Name: langers

Product:	Aprilia RS50
Date:	19/04/05 (4256 review reads)
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Advantages: Looks Great!, Goes well When it Wants to, Good for a 16yr old to get used to the Road

Disadvantages: Things dropping off, Need a steam of money, constant maintenance

I am 16 and come from Lincoln, in early Febuary i brought a second hand Aprilia RS 50 Extrema 1994, it was an import from Italy. When i first brought the bike it was de-restricted, had a problem of jumping out of 3rd gear and sometimes wouldnt go in at all. It also had all the cosmetic damage you would expect from an 11year old bike. My dad being a merchanic sorted out the problems with the bike and also touched up the paint work. Was then a good looking bike. Then when i turned 16 in early March i riden the bike back from my farthers to Lincoln, (he lives in chesterfield) which is about 55 miles away, rather far for a first ride. lol. After a week of having my bike on the road my dad went away to Florida and i came off my bike. I was doing about 30 mph when landing in a field, i still dont really know what happened. Well after that i had to sort everything out on my bike myself, bent gear selector, bust indacators, bent top fairing, and a bit of tlc on the paint work. Well then it was back on the road and developed a problem with the exhaust, it was blowing, so it wouldnt go as fast :(. Well this wasnt bothering me as much as it was still going. So the bike was fine for a while apart from the annoying thing of nuts and bolts forever dropping off. At one point i was riding with half the fairing hanging off!!! And to top things off on this bike, this moring on the way to school the bike wouldnt go into 4th gear... weird as it was fine last night, so i pulled over and told my mate and he said to try again. So i did. BAD IDEA. When i tried again the bike still wouldnt go into 4th and resulted in me being thrown to a halt and some very loud and wierd noises! Clank Bang etc. My gear box is now sat in bit at the bottom of my engine. My review of the rs 50 extrema i that it is a very good bike and great looking, just make sure that u carry a screw driver with you, and some spare screw when your ride cos of things dropping off! You also need a continous amount of funding

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