Aprilia Riders

[mesab0ogie]

Ahaha i dun tink so. It was a white sp wif red honda ladywing. I tink u do a forum search still haf my sale thread somewhr. Loved that bike. Bt alas my own rash act gt me into an acident and deatroyed the bike. Bt i guess its juz a lesson for me and i dare say im a much safer, mature and defensive rider nw

[priller07]

So sorry to hear that dude. Well u got something better now i hope. Luckily u not that fella. Haha..

[mesab0ogie]

Ahahaha. Hw come? U gt sth against him ah?

 

Anw wana thank u for recommending me 37 motoring. Ah seng is a very nice guy. And hes nt the sort of mech who pushes u to do everything and ask u to buy stuff frm he. He juz recommends. And 2hrs wif him my bike is riding like a beauty. Juz went for a tesr run to retune d carb.

 

And of course i told him abt all my plans to mod d bike bt he nicely tell me to take things slow and one at a time. Hahaha. Thumbs up to him. Good service.

 

Btw this is nt an ad or smth. Juz sharing my personal exp wif u guys.

[Sub Zero]

i'll try see if i can drop by. nd to send my bike for inspection first. Btw im riding an 09 model, red white in colour stock paintwork. in case ur wondering whos the noob idiot who drops by later. haha.

 

btw i havent managed to read thru ALL the links u provided. I did got thru some of them though. Read through a few. Did some other readings on other sites on my own. I'll have to say first though. I do haf some basic knowledge about the workings of the carb but i dun haf any hands on experience ie i wouldnt noe whats to be done once i open up the tank and am faced by the daunting task of actually doing sth to the bike. So dun mind me if i stand there like an idiot later on nt knowing what to do. But i hope i'll learn sth useful. Even if its by juz looking at what u n matthew are gona do.

 

Just curious. You bought your bike brand new? Did they give you a manual?

[priller07]

Ahahaha. Hw come? U gt sth against him ah?

 

Anw wana thank u for recommending me 37 motoring. Ah seng is a very nice guy. And hes nt the sort of mech who pushes u to do everything and ask u to buy stuff frm he. He juz recommends. And 2hrs wif him my bike is riding like a beauty. Juz went for a tesr run to retune d carb.

 

And of course i told him abt all my plans to mod d bike bt he nicely tell me to take things slow and one at a time. Hahaha. Thumbs up to him. Good service.

 

Btw this is nt an ad or smth. Juz sharing my personal exp wif u guys.

 

Haha. Got some story lah. Nothing big also. Maybe one day if ever see u can chat abt it.

U carrying a brown backpack isit? Think i saw someone with ur colour theme there abt few minutes ago. Just came back from lunch.

 

Anyways yeah i think it's better u take it one step at a time since u're quite new to this make. I also am learning more abt the bike and its peculiar behaviour. Glad u got ur bike sorted out and happy.

[mesab0ogie]

Sub zero : yep i gt the manual.

 

Priller07 : im carrying a grey backpack ah. Bt guess what. I juz saw the aprilia wif the brown back pack like 2mins ago! Hahaha

 

Bro lacrimosae : damn i reali wan to come down for the diy bt im stuck at 219 shop. Been here since 3 -.- alot of ppl man.

[Jiro]

Anyone got spare Front Caliper Brake Pad Pin & Clip set (total 3 items) ?

[priller07]

 

Priller07 : im carrying a grey backpack ah. Bt guess what. I juz saw the aprilia wif the brown back pack like 2mins ago! Hahaha

 

Hahaha.. Now i dunno which is u bro. I think the one i saw was white or brown or maybe grey. The pipe still sound very crisp. So might be u i saw earlier on.

[duckmeats]

I got a RS250 with illegal arrow pipe but inspection coming I dun have original pipe to replace for inspection , my friend tell me inspection will fail if I dun replace original pipe , what can I do now ....

[mesab0ogie]

Hahaha.. Now i dunno which is u bro. I think the one i saw was white or brown or maybe grey. The pipe still sound very crisp. So might be u i saw earlier on.

 

ahahaha. nvm nvm one day got meet up we can see each other. and i'll bring along my backpack so u can rmb it nxt time. hahahaha

[priller07]

Hahaha.. No need to trouble urself with the backpack too.

 

See u around dude.

[mesab0ogie]

btw yest at 37 motoring saw this aprilia. FBD plate. got Ohlins shocks and gilles racing footrest. ah seng told me the guy spent 7k juz on doing up his bike =0 can buy one more aprilia sia...

[frostscythe]

Id like to thank lacrimosae for helping me with the guides ive been reading, also edwin for selling me the clutch plates i recently replaced myself. felt sooo contented when i could do it myself! just bought off a brand new pipercross cone from ebay at 50, hope to get a 34mm at a bargain and get some jets to really tune and make use of what ive read, thanks guys

[Sub Zero]

Sub zero : yep i gt the manual.

 

Priller07 : im carrying a grey backpack ah. Bt guess what. I juz saw the aprilia wif the brown back pack like 2mins ago! Hahaha

 

Bro lacrimosae : damn i reali wan to come down for the diy bt im stuck at 219 shop. Been here since 3 -.- alot of ppl man.

 

 

If you've read the manual regarding run in, you would seen that it's explained there. 0 to 800KM, not to exceed 6000RPM, and 800 to 1500KM not to exceed 9000RPM.

 

The service light will come out the 1st 1000KM and then after that, every 4000KM.

 

You wouldnt have to be so worried regarding your run in. These were factory instructions.

[Sub Zero]

btw yest at 37 motoring saw this aprilia. FBD plate. got Ohlins shocks and gilles racing footrest. ah seng told me the guy spent 7k juz on doing up his bike =0 can buy one more aprilia sia...

 

Shadantou's bike. Awaiting overhaul.

 

Ohlins fully adjustable, Mazzy fully adjustable forks, Brembo RCS15, Brembo foldable clutch lever, Rizoma Lux Grips, Gear indicator, 34m carb, K&N filter, Carbon fibre front fender, rear hugger, Gilles footrest... Just to name a few.

 

Track ready bike.

[lacrimosae]

Anyone got spare Front Caliper Brake Pad Pin & Clip set (total 3 items) ?

 

I have a spare set lying around.

 

Shadantou's bike. Awaiting overhaul.

 

Ohlins fully adjustable, Mazzy fully adjustable forks, Brembo RCS15, Brembo foldable clutch lever, Rizoma Lux Grips, Gear indicator, 34m carb, K&N filter, Carbon fibre front fender, rear hugger, Gilles footrest... Just to name a few.

 

Track ready bike.

 

Its a gorgeous bike with only a few more things left before its track ready... Still have a few very important parts that he refused to put on cos it's not aesthetically pleasing. hahaha... And I think if he took it to track it'll seize again. Need to settle the carburetion first.

 

So are we going track in November for practice?

[mesab0ogie]

SubZero : yep i read the manual before. But it said there that to disable the service warning light we have to go to an authorised aprilia dealer/workshop. But it seems that simply removing the battery will reset that service light. So i was initially wondering if we can remove that service warning on our own. And i guess ive ans my own qn regarding this.

 

When i saw the ohlins my jaw dropped. But didnt get a chance to see the front part of the bike coz it was parked head first so didnt see the forks. I dun tink i will ever get that crazy on my bike ah. But its really cool to see someone build their bike up to the maximum potential, esp these little 125cc machines.

[lacrimosae]

Seeing how the general populous here is illiterate, I'm not sure how many will read this article or how much of it will be read, but just thought I'd share this interesting piece.

 

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=an-ode-to-the-many-evolved-virtues-2010-09-22

Edited October 12, 2010 by lacrimosae

[Sub Zero]

I have a spare set lying around.

 

 

 

Its a gorgeous bike with only a few more things left before its track ready... Still have a few very important parts that he refused to put on cos it's not aesthetically pleasing. hahaha... And I think if he took it to track it'll seize again. Need to settle the carburetion first.

 

So are we going track in November for practice?

 

He didnt ride the bike when it seized. An extremely aggressive 600cc rider did. This just shows hw sensitive our bikes are.

[Sub Zero]

SubZero : yep i read the manual before. But it said there that to disable the service warning light we have to go to an authorised aprilia dealer/workshop. But it seems that simply removing the battery will reset that service light. So i was initially wondering if we can remove that service warning on our own. And i guess ive ans my own qn regarding this.

 

When i saw the ohlins my jaw dropped. But didnt get a chance to see the front part of the bike coz it was parked head first so didnt see the forks. I dun tink i will ever get that crazy on my bike ah. But its really cool to see someone build their bike up to the maximum potential, esp these little 125cc machines.

 

Nothing great about the Ohlins. $1200, and you can get it. And according to many pro riders, it's not that good.. Coz it doesnt have high speed, low speed compression adjustability. Just compression only.

 

So the pro riders have very sensitive butts that require suspension tuning to be very fine so they need that level of adjustability.

 

You can try other brands, Penske, Bitubo, Wilbur etc.

[lacrimosae]

He didnt ride the bike when it seized. An extremely aggressive 600cc rider did. This just shows hw sensitive our bikes are.

 

WHAT!?!?!?

 

I hope that rider is paying for the overhaul.

 

Actually our rev-happy bikes shouldn't seize so easily if they're tuned properly. Perhaps it's time to check the mixture?

 

I just seized my bike 2 days ago after I removed my filter sponge. I was already running my mixture so lean it was right on the edge. heh heh... Changing just one variable slightly must have pushed it over.

Edited October 12, 2010 by lacrimosae

[priller07]

Ohoh. 2 alrdy seize. I better be careful too. Now the bike seems a bit funny.

 

Btw Subzero, i was gonna buy over Shadantou Ohliins sia. Now u say like that i sad.

[tknge]

Ohoh. 2 alrdy seize. I better be careful too. Now the bike seems a bit funny.

 

Btw Subzero, i was gonna buy over Shadantou Ohliins sia. Now u say like that i sad.

 

Don't worry, it has both rebound & compression adjustment. Actually sportbike do not require high speed damping adjustment. Only dirt bike do need that.

[Sub Zero]

WHAT!?!?!?

 

I hope that rider is paying for the overhaul.

 

Actually our rev-happy bikes shouldn't seize so easily if they're tuned properly. Perhaps it's time to check the mixture?

 

I just seized my bike 2 days ago after I removed my filter sponge. I was already running my mixture so lean it was right on the edge. heh heh... Changing just one variable slightly must have pushed it over.

 

You wont believe this, he actually converted to pre mix before the track session just to safeguard this problem. The conrod and bearings all shattered.

 

And yes, luckily the guy who rode will be splitting costs.

 

My gear balancers just shattered today too.... Damn it!

[mesab0ogie]

basket. juz got my first scratch on my bike. was backing up my bike juz nw at work. didnt notice the forklift behind me. hit the fork. -.-" luckily ony the signal light bent abit and scratch. gona change it anyway to the smaller ones so no biggie. lucky nv kena the bodywork. heng.