Aprilia Rs250
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Re: Aprilia Rs250
I haggled on price give it a try
Make a ridiculous offer that's my usual style and it pretty much always works
Make a ridiculous offer that's my usual style and it pretty much always works
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Re: Aprilia Rs250
a nice lady came round to take lots of of boxes of bits for cleaning and powder coating.
"80mph" sorry officer I possibly could not have done that I'm no Valentino Rossi.
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Re: Aprilia Rs250
Over the last couple of days i have prepped and painted the engine cases quite please how they came out.
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Re: Aprilia Rs250
Looking forward to watching this thing blast up Mortimer road Dude
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Re: Aprilia Rs250
Coming along great! Looking forward to seeing it all done
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Re: Aprilia Rs250
Got some bits back from the powder coaters / Aqua blasters very impressed when i first saw it i thought they had painted it but its not its just back to the original finish. Also got some bits through the post to rebuild the engine gaskets etc.
"80mph" sorry officer I possibly could not have done that I'm no Valentino Rossi.
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Re: Aprilia Rs250
That looks mint mate, can't wait to see the finished article.
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Re: Aprilia Rs250
Great result! Loving this thread Rocket, nice to see someone doing a project and doing it well.
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Re: Aprilia Rs250
itching to get it put back together but forgot to order the thrust washers for the engine. I have to do another order for all the parts i need for the carbs. So waiting till i get them back and see what i need.
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Re: Aprilia Rs250
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Re: Aprilia Rs250
cheers but dont really like the gilles style. My rear sets are goosed seen a few different ones but not sure yetStMarks wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gilles-AS-31- ... SwU-pXpw4b
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Re: Aprilia Rs250
Did Rizoma ever even make rearsets for our RS250 .?rocket wrote:...cheers but dont really like the gilles style. My rear sets are goosed seen a few different ones but not sure yet
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Re: Aprilia Rs250
there was loads that made rear sets for the rs 250 but now like many other parts its all dried up as I'm guessing there is no demand
i like these
or these
i like these
or these
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Re: Aprilia Rs250
Like that second set Rocket, very "Race" imho, and would look good against those spiffy engine cases....
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Re: Aprilia Rs250
the delivery guy was a bit shocked when i answered the door in my boxers but looooky what has come....
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