Erik of Kjuus Racing's first lap from Friday's afternoon qualifying session. Lack of adhesion kept concerns for traction in the front of the mind, particularly over the mountain. Finished with a 107mph here.
Great footage and sound track. I had two of these bikes over 12 years...one was the gen 1 Edwards Replica. Took the first one over the TT course and will remember that ride forever. Regret selling mine but will have another one some day. These are becoming cult classic bikes...unburstable engine and gearbox and great chassis. A real mans bike...tall and meaty! Far better than any Ducati ever was back in the day! Edit: two years later now on 2021 and I have my 3rd mille! This time a gen 1 rsvr dripping with ohlins and carbon.☺
My first liter was and still is after 6 years a gen 1 rsvr with forged OZ and everything, what a bike. Took a few days to get used to it but ever since I'm blasting past much better bikes on track, that thing just feels as wild as can be with titanium exhaust
Same here. Had one 3 years ago, two bikes 3 years later traded it for another 2003 Mille in Bristol, rode it home 120miles last Saturday. I was secretly looking for 3 years while riding round on those really. I'm back in the game too mate!!
Dont lol. Every 1 who sells it regrets it..😭 ive got a 2001 mille for £1200 last yr..im keeping her just as a show piece if i ever stop riding the queen bitch 😍🤩
I had one of those. Awesome bike. The sound it made on the over run was like music to my ears. I would play with the throttle just to hear it. Super fast effortless power and dripping with superbike kit. Oz wheels, Brembo brakes and Ohlins suspension. Even an Ohlins steering damper tucked away. Not to mention the carbon fibre. Damn I should never have sold her. Right I'm off for a cry now.
Still got 01 and a 04 blade the mille is such good fun got a spare engine for it to that I wanna make a off road bike with 😎😎 That's bound to be a riot
I still have one: 2002 Mille RP with 2 in 2 Akrapovic Carbon exhaust System (Colin Edwards Look a like) The Brembo Break is the best. Even without ABS the Break is Perfect and safed my Ass a couple of Times.
Anyone who can ride that circuit that well gets my utmost respect and has balls of steel trusting to gravity to keep them safe, great riding, keep it up.
That bike and rider isn't slow and are great on the brakes and really reel them in on the brakes,, they certainly know the best lines around the circuit, beautiful riding 👌.
That sounds lovely, the sound track would make a perfect ring tone - a 20 minute long ring tone :) and I want my Mille back, biggest mistake ever selling it :(
I have had aprilia's all my life starting with my red SR50 scooter soon got bored with that and graduated to a blue aprilia classic 50cc with a rear speedway wheel clutch and 5 speed gearbox at that time never ridden a manual bike so learned the hard way by breaking the gudgeon pin but certainly wasn't the end of the bike got her fixed up just coming up for my 17th birthday and then graduated once more to the racing pedigree of the aprilia RS125 2005 model and it was some bike I remember burning out my lightweight clutch with in a fortnight or so. I remember my aprilia dealership mechanic saying that must be a record and I should put the clutch plates on my bedroom wall which I did. The RS125/250 had such a great chassis I mean that thing could corner like a fly as I found out taking a blind right hand which seemed to appear from no where I thought that was the end of me going roughly 90Mph that month I had been learning to get my knee down through corners I tipped the screaming 2T left buttock hanging on to the saddle with my knee down which I rarely do on the road that bike was special saved my life it probably helped having freshly warn in new Pirelli's I was only 17 and under 5-5" in height but therefore after I gained confidence in the bike and felt like I could literally throw it into and corner without fail upside-down telescopic forks. Nearly 30years of pedigree evolution in that wonderful chassis and it proved its point often beating restricted 500cc's on windy roads that was a very common occurrence even sometimes beating boyracers 1.2liter tuned haha "supposedly" you know the type anyway that bike won many sprints at the lights also completely flabbergasting boyracers with there cheap tacky body kits and enduction kits cheap exhaust with a bore on it bigger than a football. RIP my darling RS125 I sure do miss you. aprilia's are still my choice of lightweight 2T bikes. Apologies for my little err long story hope you enjoyed and maybe reply if you have had similar experiences.
I have one now it’s red with red powder coated red wheels. All the stuff the last review said and mine has a lot of carbon fibre. All the dash is carbon fibre and red bulbs light up the dash board and a shop fitting satnav all the extras I’ve not rode it for 11-years. It all so has a track race exhaust system. The power it just lift so easy . Are not sell it not for years. The number plate says RSV .
What the hell are these riders seeing? The whole track mapped out by timing, feelings, speed and PURE BALLS OF AND UNKNOWN HEAVY METAL 🤣😍. Love these guys, my 1000cc Millie can keep dreaming!!
