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Aprilia RS125, RS50 and SR50 get Max Biaggi paint schemes

Aprilia has announced the launch of the RS125, RS50 and SR50 special edition Max Biaggi replicas. The two entry-level bikes and the small displacement scooter get the same paint schemes as on the Max Biaggi racing motorcycle, while remaining mechanically the same.

The Italian manufacturer does mention that the bikes will hit dealerships later this year, but doesn’t announce the prices.

2009 Aprilia RS 50

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In a world where 50cc two-wheeled vehicles are called mopeds, the Aprilia RS 50 manages to stand out as a supersport model with all the features that come with the category.

The two-stroke engine’s 8.4 horsepower would mean the difference between a stock and an aftermarket exhaust in the case of most liter bikes, but when you start thinking that Aprilia took the time to develop an aluminum frame and swingarm, light wheels and an RSV-inspired fairing for the RS 50, you know that they’re up to something big (and not necessarily in terms of engine displacement) here.

Although it might seem like it’s designed for pure fun, the smallest supersport bike from Italy is here to teach kids and teenagers the first steps in sports riding. And when the engine starts feeling week, an 80cc cylinder kit will keep riders on their first RS bike before even considering the RS 125 alternative.

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2009 Aprilia RS 125

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The dream machine of every single teenager that wishes either to get into motorcycle racing or simply have a lot of fun on a bike that is built to fulfill his needs has one name only: Aprilia RS 125.

This 125cc two-stroke sports Italian bike can now be ordered at select U.S. Aprilia dealerships for a manufacturer’s retail price of no more than $5,5 grand. So if you see one of these beauties being revved next to you at a traffic light, the guy sitting on it might be the same one that challenged you yesterday with the Civic.

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The Aprilia Rs 125, winner of the 2008 "Bike Of The Year"

For the second straight year, the Aprilia RS 125 was awarded the title of Bike of the Year. Among those who voted for the winner of the “125” category were almost 94,000 readers of twelve different European magazines, among them Italy’s In Moto that preferred the RS 125 to the Cagiva Mito and the Yamaha YZF-R 125, awarding it 27.6% of votes. For the RS 125, it was the umpteenth acknowledgement of an unparalleled career, in which it has cemented its technical and stylistic leadership in the (...)
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Aprilia RS 50

The new RS 50 is the first real supersport for the young generation, and the most advanced 50 cc motorcycle on the market. This is the machine that sets new standards in performance and technology.
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2006 Aprilia RS 125

The wold’s most prestigious high performance 125 has just been throughly redesigned to keep it beyond the reach of the competition. The 2006 model year RS 125 is now an even meaner racing machine, and resembles the mighty RSV 1000 R more closely than ever.
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