Hi all,
Aprilia has just published the owner's manual of the RXV / SXV bikes in their "booklets" section...
http://www.serviceaprilia.com/public...0RXV%20450-550
177 pages of information
Haven't read the hole thing yet, but hopefully there will be maintenance schedule and other important info ;-)
Enjoy
Greg who can't wait to get his hands on one...
Page 59 of the PDF is maintenance.Originally Posted by bounty
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1983 Kawasaki KZ750 Spectre - Fathers old bike
1998 Kawasaki KE100 - My first bike at 14
1998 Laverda Ghost Strike 668 - A fun little bike
1999 Aprilia RS250 - Track bike
2001 Aprilia RSV Mille - My first Aprilia
2007 Aprilia SR50R Factory - My babe magnet
2009 Aprilia SR50R Factory - My "help me I have a problem"
pg 66... maintenance interval for road use...
change piston and rings every 6000km... this is twice as often as the suggested spark plug change interval at 12,000km?
the spark plug takes a lot less abuse than a piston in a short-stroke, high rpm 4-stroke
I actually dont think the service schedule is that bad, rather than compare it to a street bike compare it to something like the CRF450, this way you are comparing to similar motorcycles
for the metricly challenged, like myself, how many miles is 6000km
Thats 3728 miles
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grassy-ass
So either I am going to get real good at replacing pistons and rings or I'm most likely not getting this machine
That's what I'm hoping the couple ahead of me in line will think...
Last edited by Jony2Stones; 01-19-2006 at 04:34 PM.
"It's broken (btw).......I put it on, it started playing the Beverly Hill Cops theme song --- and then leaked something brown onto my arm........"
This has shorter maintenance intervals than my RS125 2-stroke!
The RS needs new piston rings at 8,000km and a new piston at 16,000km (depending on wear).
i don't think it's that bad, my riding season is only april-sept,oct so i'll most likely only need 1 maybe 2 piston's and it can't be rocket science
Guys, remember this is not a typical 'street bike' you are looking at, it is a motard/trail bike, you have to compare apples to apples.
kaplano1 - The RS125 is a 'low performance' 125cc street bike, now imagine if you had a 'real' 125 2-stroke street bike..... yep, there arent any.
Again, compare it to the CRF450X, or the DRZ400 motard, or the KTM525. The production Motard is a slightly detuned Factory race bike with lights, it's what you all wanted remember
If you wanted a commuter bike that you could put 15,000 miles on a year, perhaps you should look at the Tuono instead of the SVX. A lot of the off-road guys i have talked to have had the attitude of "wow, that long between pistons"
Does anyone know what the piston replacement schedule is like for the CRF450 and what people actually change them at?
Yeah, I don't think it's bad at all.
And as it's been said, for the hobbie'st racer/rider that spec should last most of the season before a rebuild.
Doesn't JCR have a CRF??? Maybe he can enlighten us on the service issues....
"It's broken (btw).......I put it on, it started playing the Beverly Hill Cops theme song --- and then leaked something brown onto my arm........"
It's completely understandable but I am still a little disappointed as the SXV would have still been a fun bike to ride around town. But when you factor in the cost of 2 new pistons and the labour (if you are not mechanically minded), it doesn't look so appealing.
As you said, most other highly tuned off-road bikes also have very short service intervals and the SXV/RXV are in the same league.
This also seems to indicate that the engine would not be suitable for an RS250 replacement since the service intervals are quite short for a street bike. I wish Aprilia would introduce a mid-sized sports bike.
The SXV would NOT be a fun bike to ride on the street. Its horrible unless you are right up the thing, then its fun.
As Mr. Clarke pointed out its a race bike (not really detuned-exhaust and mapping mostly), it idles high, has a very snatchy power delivery down low due to light weight internals and has no civilities like fast idle etc. for warm-ups blah,blah,blah.
The RXV is a little less peaky but not much. Its great in dirt though and fairly tractable in tight stuff if momentum is kept up.
Dave.
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