Gear box Troubles (Aprilia RS50)

Member Name: jimmer_11

Product:	Aprilia RS50
Date:	06/08/07 (757 review reads)
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Advantages: Good Lookin, looks like 125

Disadvantages: gear box, no fuel gauge and large fairing covers the minor fixes

The aprilia rs50 is a fantastic looking bike, i bought the repsol replica about 4 months ago and the year is 2003

due to the plastic gear box i hear they have the gears jump around a little and when throtteling it it pops into neutral (not often) and redlines it until you change gear properly and you got to hope it stays there!!

since i had the bike i found the gearbox is a main problem as it now crunches up and down the gears and will cost a lot to get a new one!! if it was working i would be out on it now as it is such a head turner it feels good to be the owner

the gearbox and speedo are the only problems ive had and the speedo was more than likely due to the age of the bike!! the extremely large fairing on th bike restricts easy access to fix such minor fixes like adding gearbox oil etc or new bulbs on indicators

APART from that the bike is a great runner the engine performs better on the best oil.....(if u want cheap stuff it will cost more in the long run to get a new engine)
my freinds have reiju's and motorhispanias and the reiju is quicker than mine but only 5 mph quicker top end and his has a race exhaust and mine is only de-restricted

it currently does 70mph just de-restricted which is awesome for a young rider who is confident but bored on a moped....one thing i dislike is the sound which is actually like a tin can rattling down a road....the reijus and motorhispanias both have more "beefy" sounds to them!!

i admit its like a sticker show but thats how the pro's have them with sponsors in moto gp etc...unti i heard it go i would never beleive it was a 50

Summary: Stunner of a bike, a real head turner

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