The gearbox housing was cleaned with a special cleaning device, so all oil and dirt were off. The gearbox was removed. The gear shafts made a grinding noise when turning, it turned out that this came from the bearings. Since all ball bearings had these running noises, I ordered also equal a set of new ball bearings with polyamide cage for better quiet running as they are used in my RS125.
Continue reading “Gearbox Disassembly”Polishing footrests
One of the first things I did was to polish the footrests. Many thanks at this point to my two colleagues who helped me with the sanding with sandpaper – high gloss polishing itself isn’t that much work but the preparation is a real pain.
Continue reading “Polishing footrests”Worn Power Valves
It was already known and therefore no surprise. The power valves didn’t look that good, 3 of the 4 sliders already had a slanted center pin, so these need to be replaced.
Continue reading “Worn Power Valves”Disassembly of the RS 250
After some weeks I found some time and started to disassemble the whole bike.
Continue reading “Disassembly of the RS 250”Buying a used RS 250
Inspired by a post in a forum about a “noble bike”, I wanted to restore an Aprilia RS 250 to its original condition.
I discovered the matching motorcycle in October 2008 on a site called “mobile.de”, with 20.000km and a price of 2300 € with complete original covering.
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