DREAM BIKE | Aprilia RSV Mille R Edwards Replica
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- Опубликовано: 8 апр 2024
- As promised, the first of my own bike features is upon us. "Lovely Stuff".
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My professor at uni was the project leader for that motor at Rotax. If you know the man behind it, there is no question why that motor is as good as it is. He's currently lecturing a course specifically about engines and I feel like the most fortunate person to be able to learn from him. Also, such a chill dude haha.
It's quite funny because I always wanted an RSV 1000, and when I found out that I'm standing infront of the guy who developed that motor, I nearly lost my mind. Unfortunately I still can't afford one, because student haha.
That’s soo cool!
You do know you WILL own one one day!
Just watched a 17 minute ad and I enjoyed every second of it 😂
They are the best Ads though 😅
Love this era, I’ve still got my 2004 zx10r. The early to mid 2000s was such a special time. WSBK was so entertaining with so many different machines and characters riding them
Got an 04 ZX10R too. Love that bike to hell and back :)
2005 zx10r here. Mine is a streetfighter. Actually never tried a stock one. Think its very nice! :-)
Just prepped my k5 Gsxr 1000 to sell but changed my mind when I rode her, it set off a load of car alarms with the full yoshimura system 😃 it’s like a monster that has been in a coma and has woken up in a modern libtard world and said I’m gonna fuck these bastards up😡😍😍😍 im keeping it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chris that era of bike is the last of the analog age of motorbikes, no traction, ABS, rider aids!! Pure motorcycle riding at its best and I just wish Guilford wasn't so far away.
Chris has got enough aids himself, no need for the bike to have any. What a lovely machine.
Have a zx10r 2005. No electronics. 175 hp with out ram air. 170 kg. Dry. That's nice! :-)
But he is flogging it to get more parts on his 21st Century R1 with new brakes so can just go 1 second around a track?
Or have i got the wrong end of the camel?
Chris has a problem buying bikes and then getting bored of them it seems, no long term relationships ?
I see this all the time with people who just like buying stuff for the novelty factor. My wife being the prime example before I ran over her. Twice. Once backwards.
That's a joke by the way. It got stuck in neutral half way through.
I get the feeling constant bike buying and fettling them is just an outward side of Chris' s long term mental issues.
And on that bombshell ....
@@zakelwethere are much worse things is this world...
You & Griff are increasing the awareness & value of Aprilia's.
Love bikes of this era. I still ride a 2000 Yamaha r1. Fantastic machine built at the height of the analogue superbike arms race. Probably no faster on the road today than a KTM adventure but still makes me smile every time I ride it. Looked at trading for a modern machine several times but nothing today compares to the raw experience of the old superbikes. Great video.
Chris you would make a great motorcycle salesman.
I can confirm it's a lovely bike, I was a previous owner of it, but not the one that toured Europe 2 up, wish I'd have kept it hope it goes to a good home ❤.
I had similar with the blue Marchessinis, still a cracking wheel which was super easy to clean with WD40 (odd to remember that). No radials, but Ohlins. Cracking bike, engine, although lumpy around town, is indeed bombproof with Futuras and Falcos going to 6 figure mileages, but needs a strong battery.
Thanks Chris. These are the bikes that emote.
The rear 3/4 end of this bike is a work of art.
Those twin cans are so naughty
I worked at a dealership that had a Mille. I think it was a 2004. Had the ability to ride it for the weekend. It felt so substantial. It had mass. And the grunt was spectacular. It felt twice the size of a CBR 1000. Totally different animal
I used to be an Aprilia dealer and had 2 warranty claims in 9 years, a kill switch on a 03 mille and coil pack on 04 RSVR factory. Super reliable rotax engines, my friend had a 55000 mile old mille that had been crashed 3 times, raced for 2 seasons and had only ever had consumables and a sprag bearing. Wonderful bikes!
You stopped being an Aprilia dealer late 04 then, right before they all broke down? Don't get me wrong I loved my 1st gen Tuono but the list of known issues was just too long.. Sprag clutch, rear brake cylinder, starter relais, draining the battery when not in use, plug to the reg/rec frying itself.. I actually experienced every. Single. One of them.
@@ktmkevin Maybe I was lucky! 02-11 I was selling new Aprilia's. O4 was a bit of a pain though as Aprilia stopped paying their parts suppliers as they were in financial trouble so parts were a pain for a while- my personal 04 gen 2 RSVR Factory which was new then lost all its miles when the battery was disconnected (!) (common fault with 04 Aprilia's and Ducati 999s with ECU memory and no doubt one of the reasons there`s so many `low mileage' ones about) and liked a clutch and rear brake bleed but otherwise was very reliable. I would imagine earlier gen 1 Milles and Tuono's are more reliable as simpler?
Yes. Gen1 is much more easier to work than gen2.
I had a gen 1 Tuono (that i'd still have it hadn't been nicked... bastards) and it was a f'ckin fabulous bike. The only problems i had with mine were the reg rec, and a ball bearing popped out of the clutch basket. This was a year-round commuter, so not just sunny weather riding. I upgraded the starter cables so I wouldn't do the sprag, and i Gabro'd the exhaust headers. Perfect machine. miss it daily
@@ktmkevin
Sprag is almost always due to low battery/starter unable to overcome the compression of the motor.
There's a good reason why larger capacity batteries were the most common modification to all the Rotax V60 apes.
The early models had reg/rec wiring that wasn't really up to the current, and coupled with the heat from the reg/rec was prone to melting.
The rear brake was always a pain due to its horizontal mounting on a big, hot engine.
A home made heat shield and a banjo with integrated bleed nipple pretty much fixes that.
Why Aprilia didn't mount the rear brake m/c on the rearsets like the Japanese I will never know...
But yeah, no matter what bike you buy, there's always a risk of buying a cursed one.
I had 3 Millie's and the biggest problem was four wheeled road users seemingly targeting them!
I love the older bikes.. i have an 05 999 fila .. its not the fastest but i love it.. i liked your 996sps video..
I agree on the fun thing. Fast is far from everything.
Just sold a 2022 S1000RR and replaced it with a KTM890 SMT.
The RR is perfect, can't fault it, BUT the SMT is so much more fun. Smiles per mile ratio is through the roof! In the real world on tight twisty Norwegian mountain and coastal roads with pot holes and bumps everywhere and terrible asphalt the SMT is faster, more comfy and uses damn near half the amount of fuel.
Love these noughties superbike vids, great stuff Chris! Thoroughly enjoyed the 996SPS vid as well. 👌🏼
easily my favourite bike of all time! fantastic to see
Had a Tuono 2006 myself for nearly 10 years. I really loved the throaty sound of it.
I bought an 02 blade after a 6 year break and I have always been a fan of the channel! a big inspiration of why I got back into and I couldn't be happier.
I had a 2003 RSV-R and put 45k miles on it including many trips around Europe. It was a bit tatty when I finally sold it but mechanically great. Sounded epic too
The bike sounds amazing. I love these “Last Rides”, but very bittersweet. Went through this with two prior bikes… parting ways is never easy.
This is a love letter to a gorgeous and memorable Superbike. Beautiful.
I picked up a Mille R in 2021 after you showed yours off. I also got it from Ben at Cult. It’s just fantastic. My dad has had one since I was little so I got my own! The intake noise is a reason to buy it alone!
Bit of a dream bike for me. Colin Edward’s fan and then built the engines for the Aprilia RS3 Motogp bike ridden by Mr Edward’s. Sadly not the most successful project but one of the highlights of my working life.
Ive had several gen 1 tuonos. Unbelievable road bikes still. Thinking about buying a mille for track use
Love a BVG surprise upload, awesome !
BRING BACK THESE LIVERIES
I had an 02 R in 08, then last year I returned to the R with one of the very last off the line, yellow black and gold 7k mile minters. Have been blessed to have some lovely superbikes but I returned to the poster bike that I always loved and its a queen.
These bikes are full of character an will only go up in value ,own an 06 factory an 1098s .much more exciting than new bikes
Great video Chris, loved it! 👍
Had one 3rd best bike Ive ever owned (the SP model but all of them are great). They can behave well as a road bike, comfortable, have stable handling, strong breaks and sublime fueling
Just did a first trackday on my gen 1 Mille track bike it’s a gnarly beast. Absolutely agree 100% it’s an amazing machine for pure experience and excitement 😮
Just want to say that I've bought 01 Mille.What a joy to ride that beast.😎
I had the RSV Mille as a big poster on my wall back in 2003 or so.
Nice. I had a yellow Mille R, with Ohlins-everything
Excellent video Chris - keep up the uploads
Hell yeah chilling with the Grumbler on a tuesday night
Beautiful bike, Chris! My first bike was a lightly used SL1000 Falco that a friend gave me a great deal on because he found a clean low-mile Mille. It had an early version of the superbike engine and I had no business riding it as a novice (a great thing about American licensing laws at the time), but if nothing else, it taught me throttle control. I still remember how I could feel the power pulses of the engine in the ground below the bike when I was stopped - forgot to mention this was thanks to the Termi slip-ons that sounded absolutely killer.
I also remember going to an Aprilia dealer at the time and checking out one of these Edwards replicas - super sweet... I was a Ducati guy at the time, still am really, but those bikes really opened my eyes on Aprilia, and I've actually owned more Aprilias than Ducatis at this point.
The only Aprilla cooler is the RS250 ..although you might struggle to ride it!
New BVG uploads make me happy
Wow Fantastic bike chris ,and a great video aswell
Thanks for this. Loved my 04 RSVR. The gold OZ rims were the one.
I just flooded my 03 mille r. Got to change the batt. This vid gave me a joy today.
This is my second one I have had my MilleR for 12 years I have had an 888 , K4&K6 gixer 1000 , Zx10 it’s certainly been a love hate relationship, been down south of France on it , I still every minute I ride it , sound, handling how it makes you feel , don’t lust for anything else
Absolute beauty !!! i'd have one of these over the newest one
Lovely bike. I’ve had two gen 2 Tuono’s and loved them both.
I've got 2 as well and there is 3 more in the family and we cover all generations of Tuono's - vids on my channel.
I have a 2007 Tuono Gen2. The Rotax V60° 139hp engine is just addictive and i think the bike is high quality, just look at the details all over the bike.
That took me back to my Mille days.... Wish i could of rode it like you.... good memories
I have a normal rsv now but with the same exhaust system, also a scavenging channels in the collector. Sounds amazing and also drives amazing !
I had the more basic model toured the alps on it , loved it, wish I still had it , had soul
I went from a Suzuki TL1000S to an 03 RSV Mille, and to be perfectly honest, I missed the TL motor as it had far more character than the Rotax V60.
I didn't miss anything else about that unreliable, unpredictable and unforgiving b*tch lump of pig iron (Suzuki definitely lied about the weight!) with sh*t brakes, but that engine certainly had soul.
What the hell are you wearing!😳
I had a 2007 Tuono R Factory with the Akra cans, loved the sound of that bike.
cool vid chris, well made !!!
Agree with every word you said❤. Matter of fact, I'll whip out my rsv mille r right now and ride it like the loud canon it is:).
Great sounding bike, I’m a zxr 750/ Zx9r man myself, but I do love the Millie, and my local roads as well, and Petrol station 😂. Hate those cameras too, you can’t even drive a tractor around there without getting a summons!!
Talk me through how you found a full white room 😂 makes the bike look even more stunning. Great video as always 👌🏻
Great vid, thanks Chris!
I have an ‘06 Tuono that I absolutely love. I swapped my R1 for it last year and have done a bunch of touring on it as well as thrashing it round my local roads and commuting on it. The noise and the drama, it gets under your skin. Puts a grin on my face every time.
I’ve been lucky enough to buy my R1 back and despite having some nice bits (Ohlins, etc), I prefer the Aprilia. So up for sale it will go. Maybe replaced with an RSV?
God I still lust after one of those things or the Tuono.
Gorgeous bike and great condition.
I love older bikes, so much character and a bit of danger is nice. I have the widowmaker...a 97 Suzuki TL1000S in gold and green...the rare colour. Me and my 13 year old son set off at 5am from staffordshire to devon to pick it up. Its in incredible condition, scorpion carbon pipes that set car alarms off
I had a '97 TLS.
I still miss the engine and the induction roar, but in no way do I miss the handling, brakes are unpredictable behaviour.
After one bruising too many I sold it and took a ride on a used 2003 RSV: the difference in handling and the power of the Brembo brakes had me sold.
@@pauln6803 i,ve done 100 miles today on mine, i find the handling decent enough, but the brakes are lacking. I have a 98 ZX-9R and ive done a caliper rebuild and theyre really good now, think i'll do that to my TL too. That engine is shockingly good even to this day.
@@GazBromley
Just like anything else, it's fine in isolation.
I had a Nitron race shock to replace the much maligned rotary damper on mine, which helped it hold a line better, but the base RSV Mille (not even the sexy Ohlins and OZ equipped RSV-R) was just leagues ahead in the handling, and those Brembo (Goldline?) brakes are still good enough to beat some of the supposedly more up to date equipment.
I'm not sure anything will beat the OG TL engine for character, (the Rotax V60 is smoother and less "alive") and I still think Suzuki cutting its balls off to make the SV1000 behave was bordering on criminal.
@@pauln6803 lol it was criminal. I cant believe Suzuki did that. I still have the rotary damper...for me, i never push the TL to hard, its 27 years old, and i'm happy plodding, mainly because if i bin it i cant get plastics...i'm gold and green. Plus i have an MT-10 for daily and that thing is a total riot. Also i love the RSV Mille, such a cool bike.
Love the 60* V sound. Mmm
Ohhh, my former beauty from Noale! I had an original '99 Mille in grey/silver/black livery. Bought it new. Had it for 20 years. Only change was the Aprilia Racing department titanium pipe with accompanying chip. Bombproof engine, only the consumables and never a problem...just a few rubber hoses that had become a bit dry after 20 years. You're not anal about the panels Chris, I'm the same, always keep it as original as possible...every atom that didn't have 'Aprilia' stamped on it needed to be washed off too. Man, I have two beautiful bikes now, but sometimes I really miss this one. God, if only I had the means to keep them all.
Beautiful bike 🤩
This would look great parked in my garage next to my RC51 SP2, shame it’s across the pond. Bike looks amazing, nice job with it
What a beautiful machine mate
love these things
A friend had a Haga rep back in 2004, it was quite good.
What a beautiful machine Chris, it looks absolutely amazing. Loving the new leathers too. Going to be around your neck of the woods tomorrow, have you got it in a showroom or just storing it somewhere else? Kind regards for your computer bag guardian (Brighton Weatherspoons BBB7) 😉
We need more content on here and Bike Sausage!
Brought one of these brand new loved it
Pure class.
Fantastic, reminds me of your SRAD video 👍🏻
I had a gen1 rsv mille as my first bike and not long upgraded to a 1290 super duke the feeling of the rsv was it had a heart and felt cool to ride
Loved this era of bikes. Wasn't long back I sold my zx7r and miss it. When is Al picking up the VTR SP2?
Great bike, had RSV 1000 R for some years.
Looks Mint ❤
Stunning bike! I have the cooking model of the same year and you won't find a better value bike.
your suit is SO COOOOL
I do enjoy a von grumble video!!
Always wanted one of these.
In 2003 the local dealer had 2 of these prior to them going to Donington for world superbike meeting l luckily got to ride 1 for about 20 miles locally it was on Italian plates (Factory bike )absolutely F..king amazing . I had a standard RSV in red with oz wheels cracking bike 😊😊 unfortunately before phones with cameras were not common😢
I miss my Mille. Blew the sparkplug out. Still need to fix it after 5 years.
Remember after a certain corner i was wondering what kind of idiot was laying down black lines. After some carefull examination i came to the conclusion that the lines where exactly like i rode through the corner. What a bike. So much fun and really need to man handle it when pushing it.
Sounds like the old Baron is back nice bike
I had a gen2 Tuono, wish I never got rid of it!
Having owned an RSV Mille, a Mille Factory and an RSVR back in the day, I bought one of these in 2014 wirh 10,000 miles on for just £4k. It had the sometimes present/sometimes not carbon Edwards air box fitted and correct matching Eprom but I felt no big difference really over my previous bikes. I just tidied it up and sold it for £1k profit having 'ticked the box'. The swelling plastic tank is the biggest problem on all but the very first steel tank Millies. And the sprag clutch failing and the Ohlins fork seals that need changing with alarming regularity. Otherwise pretty solid.
I used to have the haga rsvr rep absolutely cracking bike
Very cool bike 🏍 😎
similar reason i like my 2004 blade
What was always tempted by that bike so many times I thought got to have it but stuck with the gsxr K5 , one regret
“Vomitus Zebra” is what I dub your leathers!
Chris, I love these ‘00 bikes, I have an ‘03 999 Biposto and an ‘04 Tornado 900 RS (less than 400), both are such fun to ride. I’m in the Hampshire area not to far from you and I think I passed you the other weekend while I was out near loomies on my blue tornado 900 rs
Great motorcycle love it . I have ducati 748 and I love it .
Hi Baron. Beautiful bike 🏍 👌. If I was in the U.K., then I would buy it in a second, lol. But I'm in Ireland. She is lovely and clean. 😅🏍👌🇨🇮
Great stuff! 👍. ...still waiting for the Mille vs 916 shoutout/comparison before you sell 🙂😎
She's a beauty awaiting her next very lucky owner. Cheers Chris
*goes on eBay to see what I can sell my R6 for an what classic v-twin Superbikes are for sale* 😅
Thanks Chris, now you’ve pretty much doubled the value of these beauties 😂 great vid of an awesome bike !
The Mille is still a quick track bike.
Those fucking leathers though. It’s like a camp zebra who’s learnt to walk on his hind legs 😂
The 'Zebra' from the Robot Chicken Sprint ads.
Fab bike, fab fab bike. Bit like my 05 zx10r, proper no frills, no lecky asist at all. Just the bike and you.
Literally just traded my 2002 rsv mille r for a 2003 tuono racing. Love these bikes motor is amazing.
Love this bike and the leathers ❤absolutely dapper 👌 BTW, they're not noise cameras in the West Meon, they're average speed cameras. The black device is an infra red spot light. Absolutely nothing to do with noise👍
I believe these are also to be seen near Devil's Bridge.
I'm also thinking his leathers might be a cunning design to confuse the technology.
They're certainly awful enough! 😂
@@S1000xrhpbattleship dazzle leathers.
For a man with great taste in bikes his leathers are hideous.
Loved my aprilia rsv.. need to buy another one 😁
Love it!
Love it Chris, I have one and it's just as lovely but only has 13K on it ... We often share a moment in the Garage 😂