Winter Project - 1999 Aprilia RS125 restoration

[2strokelover]

Hi All,

Well its not a superbike and yes another 125 restoration project on the boards.

Its in the family now for about 5 or 6 years now and was previously owned and driven by the brother and has been sitting in a wooden shed for about 3 to 4 years. I have a 50% share in this now, well actually for the last 2 years.

Its in my garage now and sitting poised to be torn apart. Its a shame we let it get to this stage and its now we realise there is a LOT of work to be done to get this looking and running as it should.

I hope to call on the expertise of the more experienced guys and gals of the site to get me through some of the more technical queries i may/will have thanks in advance
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The bike is an RS125 [full power] Valentino Rossi replica from 1999 with shy of 5500 miles on the clock.

I have setup a Blog
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for the sole purpose of hosting images. The initial documentating images were taken on an Olympus OM10 film camera to give a more vintage grainy look.

here are the first blast of images >


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[The Collector]

A couple of threads going here about rebuilds on them yokes. Have a 99 1 in the shed too. Off the road 3 yrs now. I put new piston & rings in it there bout 6 months back & left engine sitting under frame. Not worth the time, effort & money imo unless u want it to be a showpiece. When I get it back on the road, I'm just goona ring the guts outta it for a bitta craic.

[MrFuzzles]

Nice :) Defo worth it imo, 125's are the most fun to ride, esp those rs's, brilliant bikes :) . Rebuilding a mito atm, gonna throw up a thread on it too soon

[The Collector]

Here u'll enjoy this
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[rgv2]

great to see lad fair play..
i have been looking for that model rs for months now,still cant find one,,i had every model and colour that they ever came in..most of my friends think im mad been into the 2 strokes but i just can not get away from them..I bought a lovely rs 250 about 6 months back,its nearly finished now,,i had it a week and ended up selling my r1,,i just think there is noting better than a screaming 2 stroke..
best of luck with the project and please keep us dated.
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[rccaulfield]

Deadly-Besta luck! Will be following!

[Dub Duke]

Good luck with it. They are tremendous fun

[Rick Shaw]

Another stroker being brought back to life, brilliant
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[dobo]

Nice one - I had two of them bikes, first one was a 99 in the black, second one was the high arse model 97 in silver...loved them both, great bikes
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The smell and the sound! And when they hit that power band and give ye a kick in the arse, savage stuff
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I have a full sticker set somewhere and I might have some other bits and bobs in the black hole of my shed...I'll have a look and see what I can dig out
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[Jackson85]

deadly. Its great to see the strokers being restored. There is fuck all of them still in production for road bikes so its a shame so many are sitting unused in sheds

[HIGHSIDER]

Good luck with the restore, nice project..
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[ilovemilkymoos]

Originally Posted by rgv2

great to see lad fair play..
i have been looking for that model rs for months now,still cant find one,,i had every model and colour that they ever came in..most of my friends think im mad been into the 2 strokes but i just can not get away from them..I bought a lovely rs 250 about 6 months back,its nearly finished now,,i had it a week and ended up selling my r1,,i just think there is noting better than a screaming 2 stroke..
best of luck with the project and please keep us dated.
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Any picture's of the 250?

[jimgoose]

Handsome little yoke - best of luck with it.
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[2strokelover]

thanks peops, i'll surely be keeping the thread alive as often as possible!

@ the collector - thanks for the link, very handy !

[2strokelover]

Originally Posted by ilovemilkymoos

Any picture's of the 250?

+1

would be looking to get a 250 something along the way also !
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[2strokelover]

Originally Posted by dobo

Nice one - I had two of them bikes, first one was a 99 in the black, second one was the high arse model 97 in silver...loved them both, great bikes
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The smell and the sound! And when they hit that power band and give ye a kick in the arse, savage stuff
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I have a full sticker set somewhere and I might have some other bits and bobs in the black hole of my shed...I'll have a look and see what I can dig out
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Yes Yes, keep me posted, would the sticker set be for the 99 rossi model per chance?

anyho I will certainly need bits and bobs along the way I suspect.

Will be taking off her clothes during the week to get a better look at
whats awaiting me, i know there is oil leaking from somewhere
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[Airmax95]

Originally Posted by 2strokelover

Yes Yes, keep me posted, would the sticker set be for the 99 rossi model per chance?

anyho I will certainly need bits and bobs along the way I suspect.

Will be taking off her clothes during the week to get a better look at
whats awaiting me, i know there is oil leaking from somewhere
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on an old aprilia two stroke surely not
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best of luck with it lad
had a cagiva mito years ago and loved the yoke,well when it decided to start anyway
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[dobo]

Originally Posted by 2strokelover

Yes Yes, keep me posted, would the sticker set be for the 99 rossi model per chance?

anyho I will certainly need bits and bobs along the way I suspect.

Will be taking off her clothes during the week to get a better look at
whats awaiting me, i know there is oil leaking from somewhere
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Off the 97 model they were
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Some of them might do ye anyway, just gathering dust somewhere at home so no use to me, you're welcome to them if I can find them - all of the little decals included, its an OEM set I got with the silver bike and forgot to throw it in when I sold it a couple of years later...liked the look of it in the plain silver so never stuck them on

I'll have a poke around at home and see what I can dig up...have moved gaff though so there's every chance they've walked somewhere along the way!
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[dom666]

Great little bike them,best of luck with your project
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[bushman]

That'll keep you busy for a while
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