Aprilia RS 50 (Aprilia RS50)

Member Name: Dave the man

Product:	Aprilia RS50
Date:	09/02/06 (3653 review reads)
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Advantages: Fast for a nifty, fun

Disadvantages: Drops out of gear in sixth

I've had my RS 50 for about a month now and I'm fairly pleased. The obvious reason for this being that its fast for a 50cc, allowing u to smoke your friends on scooters easily. Mine is de-restricted, as it should be, and can almost keep up with the flow of traffic on a main road. However those who claim "the Rs50 is capable of doing 75+ mph" are talking rubbish. The bike redlines at just under 60mph and is definetlay not capable of 75+ when standard. It does sit quite nicely at about 50-55 though. I hope to get a race can to improve performance a little though. Acceleration is as expected....not so good, with the RS 50 having no grunt until it reaches around 6,500rpm. Saying that, it is much better than any other 50 around.
One thing that should be critised is the gears. When going along in 6th, the Rs50 has a nasty habit of dropping out of gear into neutral. Why it does this (even from brand new, like mine) I dont know.

All in all I love this bike though. Quick, fun, economic and better than a scoot, it ticks most of the boxes.

Summary: Not perfect, but very good

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