Omfg ! Would need to be crazy ,no way is it woth this lol

well given its got a cosworth tuned short stroke motor with adjustable swingarm pivot and steering head adjustment, it is exotica ..................... but yes you're right its not worth that!
the bike was sold with a bunch of aprilia bits and pieces with lifetime access to aprilia ............... however you can never transfer that so the next owner get just a bike albeit a very nice one :thumbup

Guess that's PAB's old bike, and Southern Cross have a huge Aprilia reputation, so I'll wager some "collector" will pay that or close to it.

Put it in perspective, mass produced RG500's are regularly fetching over £9k, and RC30's up to £20k.

I'd have that over an RSV4 any day...rare as hens teeth properly thought out and all day rideable too...bit much for a commuting bike though.

This bike used to belong to the owner of Knockhill, he part exed it for Don's 1060 race bike. It is a work of art, was looking at it last week when I was in there.

Nice bike. If a 2003 Edwards is worth 4-5K then that's got to be worth close to the asking price.

Anybody want to chip in for some timeshare ownership?

Rob

Deffinately worth the money, as said before look at the price of some of the other classics now. 916 Senna, FZR owo1, R7(with 100bhp as sold standard) same and the list goes on, with over 150bhp I know where my money would be going.

Deffo an investment oppotunity

Are all the panels carbon? What are the wheels. I know they look like brembos but obviously arent.

not sure about the panels but the wheels are lightweight (magnesium I think?!), its a fine machine alright but I still don't think 13k is right (I know they were about £26k??), £10k is more realistic (well I say that but ultimately its worth whatever someone prepared to pay and there probably people out there that will?!).
And undoubtedly it'll be an appreciating classic (hhhhhmmmmmmmm condtradiction anyone? ..................... )

Yep all carbon panels and hand made ally petrol tank.

Sure it was 10k last year?

All these nice toys will go up more, and the 5k Edwards bikes will dry up soon, the current crop of superbikes are lacking in style plus they are small. I'd like an SP over a new R1 which is this money or more, only if as new though, and would have the better bike imo.

The wheels were Brembo, the front in the picture looks wrecked?

Well I guess that's deffo THE definitive RSV....numbered, and one of 150 worldwide....I'd love to have that in a collection...
To squabble or bicker over a few grand is meaningless....that bike WILL appreciate in value in future years...and in todays market, that's a rare thing. Really.

Furthermore...if it's comming through SC it's history & provenance is guaranteed...absolutley perfect for a collector.

My mates got one
never paid anywhere near that for his but does have a couple of k more miles on

They are a work of of art & all the little bits aswell you can't see

There one quick bike thats for sure.

For that money, id buy a new v4 AND a v2!
Nice for the collector though
ck

There was one fairly local to me @ 18months ago on eBay. I was very close to going for it but unfortunately didn't! It sold for 6k if I remember right. Mint with 4000 miles :dunno

Wheels were Brembo as standard (no Oz wheels on the SP), and the suspension was a more exotic version of the RSVRs that followed it, but sorry chaps, its never worth £12K. I had the opportunity to buy a minter less than two years ago with 6500 miles from new for £6750. It was genuine and mint, all present and correct. I bought an Edwards instead. The SP is fine if you ride very occasionally and want a slice of Aprilia exotica but it is not an everyday bike and cannot be run on a shoestring or set up properly by the novice. Also, they were not 150BHP (crank) out of the crate, more like 110BHP (rear wheel) but tuneable to 150BHP (they needed setting up). The other issue is that if say a head gasket went, erm...they're no longer available as pattern parts and one of the few genuine spare ones apparently sells for over £400 on it's own. Its a very specialised bike. Counter to that is if it is set up properly (and that means frame, suspension and engine) then it still hold's its own today as one of the finest handling bikes about. For me though, the Edwards (at a claimed 147BHP at the crank) comes plenty close enough. More low down grunt than the Gen 2, more power than the Gen 1 RSVR (which was 132BHP in 2003 trim) and more useable as an everyday machine without wetting yourself about spares including body panels etc.

The standard Mille was about 110hp at the rear wheel, you're saying that the Cosworth tuned short stroke motor was no better? :jack

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The standard Mille was about 110hp at the rear wheel, you're saying that the Cosworth tuned short stroke motor was no better? :jack

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No. Read what I wrote before making w*nker signs mate, then do your research. Out of the crate it didn't make 150BHP. It needed tuning. I've seen the dyno read out from a NEW SP my mate bought (for the track..and that was 2 years after first launch...he paid 24K for that bike!) which showed 114BHP from the crate. He managed to get that up to 149BHP but that took careful setting up and tuning work. That's way more than any standard Mille could ever hope for.