I still have my 1999 rs250 here in Osaka, Japan. Bought it in 2009. Had it serviced more times than I can remember. Engine was rebuilt over the years. The guy who did the maintenance sadly retired last year and it's hard to find anyone who can work on these bikes here now. Still gets people talking when I pull into my local riders hangout.
@@c88rrado Yeah, the mechanic I dealt with was able to source some interchangeable parts, but apparently Aprilia made quite a few mods to the RGV250 engine. Here's what Wikipedia says about it: "Aprilia bought engines from Suzuki (which were fitted with Aprilia branded castings on the timing and clutch covers), then fit their own expansion chambers, barrels and ECU. They also redesigned the heads to have larger cooling passages and a slightly different combustion chamber shape."
I‘m 188cm and frankly said it’s a pain in the ass to roll around. When you push the bike hard then it’s really intuitive and well suited, but riding leisurely causes pain in the hands. For me at least
@@amir253_ there are two models, MK1 and MK2. My RS250 is a MK2 an those models had been produced from 1998 till 2002. so an MK2 from 2002 is the one you want to have
Servus .bin 2 jahre aprilia.cup gefahren.Da lagen wir leistungsmässig bei 65 -68 ps .war am hungaroring mit 1.56 min damals gleich schnell wie die besten honda cup fahrer.
1995 .Im ersten jahr noch mit serienauspuff .Hatte damals so um die 58 ps.Die ersten fünf kamen immer auf den prüfstand.Das 96 modell hatte vom werk aus etwa 3 ps mehr.plus jolly moto war dann schon spürbar.leider mussten wir dann mit dunlop anstatt pirelli fahren die deutlich schlechter waren.
@@c88rrado War bei insgesamt 18 rennen 16 mal erster oder zweiter.Für den gesamtsieg hat es trotzdem nicht gereicht.Da war der heinz pohl vorne.Er gewann dann noch zweimal den kawasaki cup.
Mansdaz your comment seems legit when i think about it. in 15 years of 2 stroking i never had any engine failure because of engine braking tho. You are Right, there isnt much oilpumping with closed throttle going on, but i never even heard of a damage cause of that 🤔
