RS50 For My Son.. Help Needed

[hitchen92]

My son, who is about to turn 16 has his eyes and heart set on the RS50. Would anyone be able to tell me any problems with these bikes, and what i should look out for when buying? I would be spending around £800-£1000 on the bike. Also what would the insurance be like? Also what usually goes wrong with them and how much to get fixed?? And whats the fuel like?

[rob1rs]

hello hitchen92 i have been ridind an aprilia rs 50 since july, maintanance has been a bit steep bearing in mind mine has been battered and has been written off befor i bought it, the engine has been very good and reliable it reached 37000 miles before needing a topend rebuild, have not had problems since with the engine. if you spend that amount of money on one other maintanance that i have needed to do will niot be neccesarry, i payed £200 for mine as i couldnt afford anything else. I pay £220 a year for insurance tpo with motorcycle direct (cheapest i could find), They are suprisingly efficeant bikes, with normall usage about 60 mpg , that is using high revs as it is only a 50, they are great fun little bikes hope you get a good one glad to see your son hasnt gone for a rev n go good luck

[RHicks94]

Hey hitchen92 just some running tips with the bike make sure your using the proper set-ups like the underseat sticker on my bike says use a 9 spark plug but the bike runs better on an 8, also make sure because it's a 2 stroke warm the engine up before use, and dont rev over 7000 untill you have rode for around 3 miles each run, also only use super unleaded, i recommend Shell V-Max as that's 98 octance apposed to BP's 97 Octane, make sure your carb air mixture screw doesnt go above 1.5 turns out i have found, hope i could help