Two stroke restoration | Will it start? | Big plans for the baby Aprilia
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- Опубликовано: 17 июл 2023
- Join us for our first barn-find adventure as we uncover a hidden Italian gem that holds a special place in Dom's heart.
A teenager's wet dream in the late 80s (except for Keith), we set out to revive an iconic Aprilia AF-1 50 two stroke that has been tucked away under a sheet for the best part of the last decade.
Find out if we can get it running and what our plans are in this barn find episode.
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What a bike, 5 short years ago I was zipping about on my aprilia rs50 '05, though it wasn't a sweet as this AF1. Single sided swingarm on a 50?? That's the nuts!
Cracking video as always, love your humour and awesome quality
Cheers buddy! Glad you enjoyed the episode and big thanks for the nice comments 👍 Little Aprilia’s are mint, can’t wait to get stuck into this one. The RS50 was ace too, you should check out two stroke stuffing, that guys is making his own 50cc engine to fit his RS50!
Thanks so much again 🙏👍
Well done lads, a barn find in the UK that is a real barn! Normally it's a normal garage, but no one ever says a garage find
We appreciate the comments. Garage find might be a new trend though!
❤️Bellissima!
When I was young, I had, like first motorcycle, the 125... Prepared to race on the streets 🥰
Very nice that, super cool 😎
Had the earlier version in 87. Malossi big bore, bigger carb , polini exhaust. Rode it two up to Devon. Loved it😎 more vids please
Thanks very much for commenting and a great story! Plan is for a big bite kit on this one. We have some big plans for the little Aprilia so lots of future content.
Great blog I love two strokes. Easy to diagnose and fix.
Thanks!! 🙏 We have a big soft spot for two strokes too, small capacity singles are fantastic to work on. Appreciate the watch and comment 👍👍
Era la mia prima moto! del 1989 aveva 3 marce! da originale sfondava i 90 km/h! Un sogno ancora oggi.
fantastica prima moto!! Grazie 🙏
The jealousy continues 😂 amazing find boys. Looking forward to it 👌🏼
😂😂 brilliant! cheers for watching mate, properly appreciate it 👍👍
Excellent video! I'm sixteen and have a 1990 aprilia rx 50 with the same 50cc minarelli rv engine. The only exception is that mine is a 6 speed. I love my bike very much. Subscribed and Greetings from hungary🤟
Thanks and welcome!! I think the 6 speed is probably the better engine. Maybe an upgrade in store for ours depending condition
Agh I’m so jealous I used to have one of these then an rs125 later on
The bikes we had wishes we never sold! The RS125 was superb, Ant raced one for a while! Also big fans of the Sport Pro. May have to find one of those at some point.
Thanks for the watch and the nice comments 👍👍
Absolutely loving to content guys!!! Smashing it!
Thanks chief! 🙏 Comments like this make our day. Glad you are enjoying it 👍👍
Beautiul bike(s) and video ! Thanks for that !
Thanks 🙏 we are very happy you enjoyed it 👍👍
Another quality vid, I remember being a spotty teen spending hours, week on week, circling stuff like this in the Learner Legal section of bike trader.
Exactly! Used to do the same. Bought back some good memories that has.
Very beautiful, it was one of my dream bikes back in the 90's. Coincidence here is that I also own an aprilia 125 Futura and also a vfr 400 nc30 like the one on the bench which I intend to restore both.
We would love a Futura! I longed for one at 17. Ended up with a RG125 Fun which never was quite as special as the Futura. (Dom)
@@raceandretro I love mine too. I longed the 50cc at 16 but settled for an AR 50 (which I still have) cause the price was more than double back then. And 2 years later I got the 125 which is the Reggiani Replica version.
That's mint 👌 love it
Cheers ace! Glad you liked it 👍👍
I can smell the 2stroke through my TV 📺
@@heartbreakgarage4168 😂😂 there is plenty of it!
Looking cool what a bike back then and now if you’re that age!
They certainly were! We think they have aged well 👍Appreciate the comment 👍
Reminds me of my sr50 loved that thing
Who doesn’t love a small Aprilia 👍👍
No spark plug at 24´ 🧐😂. Great bike!!
Bloody hell! Eagle eye cherry. We hadn’t noticed it and we would of gotten away with that if it hadn’t been for your detective skills!! 😂👍
Just found this channel, QUALITY! Love the VFR but i do love a 80's or 90's 50cc bike! Currently restoring a Mito 50, then onto a GPR50. love it!
Welcome buddy!! We love a small Italian two stroke! A Mito 50 must be quite a rare beast. Definitely keep us updated. Thanks for the kind comments, glad you enjoyed it and stay with us for the rebuild 👍👍
Aaaah yes, the 50cc moped days. I bought a brand new yamaha tzr50 back in 2009, liquid cooled 6 speed, basicly a 125cc with less engine. Thing didnt ran that fast, although still twice as what was allowed haha. The amount of people who thought it was a motorcycle was quite a lot haha.
And now you got me searching the interwebs for one, maybe as a project, if I can create the space
The TZR50 was a rare sight on UK roads. Such fun though at 16! Always trying to make them faster without blowing them up!
Hope you find one and relive some of those days! 😂👍Let us know for sure 👌
The 50cc sounds really nice!
Thanks guys! Can't wait to get this one back on the road!!
You could've specified what the bike is in the title and in your narration/discussion...I guess you just assumed you had already pointed out it's the 50cc...
It was confusing as I forgot they even made those 50cc versions, and you only mentioned it two minutes into the video very quickly and I missed that mention. I was wondering what "30 mph" you were talking about?! Only later on I finally understood you're looking at a 50cc.
This bike is the Aprilia AF1 50, not just Aprilia Af1!
Fair comment although at 16 only the 50 was legal. We will take the feedback though and aim to be clearer going forward. Thanks for the watch though and taking time to comment 👍
@@raceandretro I realise it's one of those things...you went into it only thinking about AF1 50s, and I had forgotten they even exist and simply assumed I was watching a video about AF1 125s! 😅
Really nice video though!
In many European countries, at least the country I lived in at the time and the neighbouring countries allowed unrestricted 125cc for 16 year olds. We were allowed 50cc (and max speed 40 km/h) at 15 years old. I had a Suzuki PV50 which I tuned first with the stock 50cc to go over 55 km/h (mainly just using a file on the ports, and I changed the needle on the carburettor), then I swapped to an 80cc cylinder and it went at least 80km/h with a passenger, I was gear limited despite changing both sprockets. The speedo didn't show any more than 70 km/h (IIRC), so it was just an estimate I got with the help of a 16-year-old friend on an Aprilia AF1 125.
When I turned 16 I went for a an enduro bike for my 125cc, a Yamaha DT 125R (unrestricted 23hp).
(And yes, I like to comment on videos I appreciate because it helps your video regarding the algorithms...This was the first video of yours I've seen but will be watching many more to come.)
@pistonburner6448 that’s very good of you say. We have edited the title to add some clarity. Maybe we should also buy the 125 to add to collection!! 👍
Tuning two strokes when we were younger in search of speed was a fantastic pastime! Often for us it ended in seizure but those gains when you got it right we’re very satisfying! I remember a Suzuki RG125 FUN that required a snip to a wire in the ecu to produce full power. With that and the gearing change you could search for the elusive 100 MPH! Great times.
Thanks again buddy and we hope you enjoy the videos. Great to have you along 🙏
I got one !Here in Belgium was it a 6 gear
Ace! Any photos? We had one years ago that I’m sure was a 6 speed. This one here looks like 3 or 4. Thanks for watching and the comment 🙏👍
My mate had the matching jacket and a spar carrybag covering the electrics to keep the rain out😉
I had the matching paddock jacket too! and the bike absolutely hated any sort of moisture!
Absolutely fantastic!
Yes the engine could be an RV3/4 or even an RV6 which was exclusively for foreign markets, and as you stated in comments down below it was restricted at 3 or 4 gears in italy. Yes, in 1992 there was this brand new law that restricted geared mopeds to only 3 gears to limit the speed. Couple years later, I believe 1994, it was dropped because even with 3 gears only it was possible for 50cc to get about 90kmh with not much trouble.
I would love to get my hands on that swingarm and those wheels.
L.
- Aprilia RS 50 '99-05
- Aprilia RS 50 '06-'11
Great info! We can’t wait to get stuck into the little Aprilia and we have some big plans for it! Possibly a 65cc kit and one or two other subtle performance mods.
Thanks so much for the comments and stick around to see how we get on. 🙏👍
@@raceandretro there sure still Is something still available for those engines! Probably a Polini kit Is the most common One, Pinasco used to make good kits too. But if you want some more performance you might want to Jump on the AM6 engine
The AM6 engine is a great shout. We would need to look into availability if good used ones.
@@raceandretro there Is plenty of AM6 engines around. Riejiu, Aprilia RS or RX between 1999-2005, Yamaha DT and TZR, Honda HM, Beta RR.
If you want I'd be pleased to help you! Ask anything. I should upload a video about the AM6 soon, do you want me to link It or would you prefer and Exchange of email?
@@att49356 that would be mega! Thanks. We have just subbed so we can follow. 👍
I had this same bike at 16. Mine was the 6 speed one. 65 mph. Absolutely loved it.
I also had one! Also a 6 speed. Not quite the same tank though as this one and mine had rear foot pegs. Must be a few different versions. Thanks for commenting 🙏👍
@@raceandretro I seem to remember mine have a plastic screw cap with a breather pipe coming out like you said must have been a few different versions. How are you getting on with it ?
If we are completely honest, it’s in the corner of our shed now whilst we finish the NC30. Hopefully not too much longer though because we can’t wait to get stuck into it.
I had a 1988 AF1 (earlier style) and I think it had six gears. My TS50Xs (1986 and 1990) had five gears. I've never heard of this thing about 50s having three gears by law.
Cheers for the comments 👍
We believe the laws might have been in Italy only and only after 1989/90. We are looking forward to discovering how many ours has actually got!
She's a runner, now new paint job and decals and restoration on the wiring loom, maybe some minor issues and I think you're all set.
Yeah that sounds like a plan! 👍Just need to finish our other projects first!! 😆 Although we might make a start on this after we've completed the NC30 🤙
@@raceandretro you have a NC30!!!!!! Wow now that is some serious bike and needs some TLC, although all bikes deserve a TLC, about the NC30, that one also needs some serious funding..
Always always more expensive than first thought! 😂🤦🏼♂️ The NC30 is making progress though with the engine due back in this week 👍
Cool!! Big bore, bigger carb and a system for it, 65mph should be easy. Aim higher!! 😀
Challenge accepted! 👍😂
Get the tzr done first. The 3ma is an amazing bike
Can’t deny that 👍
Πολύ όμορφο μηχανάκι το είχα πάρει το 1993 ήμουν 13 χρόνων δυστυχώς έκοψε το σκελετό το υπόλοιπο το έδωσα ανταλλακτικά
A lot probably ended up as spares or crashed! Thank you very much for your comment 🙏👍
I had a rs 125 when I was 17 👌
Mint!! Ace looking bike the 125 👍👍
@raceandretro they were good but I wanted the same vfr 400 as you guys have or a zxr400 with the hoover pipe air scoops
@@bush_wookie_9606 yes! That ZXR was a proper screamer. Now a ZXR 400 R with the single seat and flat side carbs, that would be a bike! 👍
If you need any parts do get in contact. i have a few contacts in italy that i source cagiva parts from including rare sport production stuff, i can give you contacts if need be, they also deal in aprilia stuff.
That might be very useful, thanks! 🙏👍 We will get in touch 👍
@@raceandretro Any time mate. Always happy to help keep these old small capacity 2 strokes alive. Been considering a cagiva mito/prima 50 for a while myself.
We would love to find an early Mito in need of some attention. We have our eye on a Sport Pro but need to finish a few of our projects first!
We would love to find an early Mito in need of some attention. We have our eye on a Sport Pro but need to finish a few of our projects first!
@@raceandretro I've currently got almost every part for an SP95 Evo 1 What year sport production is the one you're looking at? I'm familiar with a lot of the weird niche differences between the earlier SP91-95 bikes.I'd definitely be able to help you out with Mito parts and sources if you pick one of those up. :)
I'm just restoring the same one. which exhaust is on this?
Not sure but looks like a standard down pipe. End can looks non stock. We may have a plan to build this with a faster motor. Love to see some photos of your rebuild. 👍
I have one from 2006 but i am trying to fix it but i cant finde any parts for it
I think parts finding can be an issue. We have just found some original mirrors from Sweden!
I find af125 1982
1982! Nice find 👏🏻👍To restore?
@@raceandretroI will try to keep it alive, for now it works, it's hard to find parts and i am from 🇧🇦
You are doing a good job keeping it alive. Sretno and Hvala for watching 👍 (we hope this is right!)
@@raceandretro yeah 💪👍