Completely standard SR125 2001

My mate found an Aprilia SR125 in a mates shed gathering dust, been sitting for years whoever owned it previously clocked up 23k miles but at a limit of 60mph the engine tops out at about 6/7k rpm smooth as silk and is totally standard, im more than happy with it more happier than my mate, haven't really had a chance to look round it yet but iv noticed the engine bush's are perished there's a panel missing off the front and the indicators snapped off but everything else seems intact nothing afew quid and a wirebrush cant fix

after a long chat we decided were just gonna keep it stock but de-restricted so he can use it for work until he passes his car test, and then its mine! haha I want it to totally restore it and make a sleeper

 

Struck gold there. Especially in the condition

 

yeah I didn't believe him when he described it.. cant wait to get my hands on it

 

before you start taking things off soak everything in repeated applications of plusgas or similar to unseize bolts so you dont end up rounding heads and stripping threads. Especilly the centre stand pin as you will need the stand off if you plan on taking the engine out.

Silicone spray works wonders at bringing the plastics colour back on all the grey and black stuff.

Apart from that enjoy aprilias wonderful disregard for quality wiring and electrics, unique engine mount system (because they can), and intelligent approach to a centre stand mount. (specially designed so you have a bike lying on its side on the floor, an engine lying on its side on the floor but not quite fully separated from the scoot and a corroded centre stand being angle ground off from its bracket where they forgot to lube it in the factory.

Once thats complete you can play "find the mystery vibration" with a friend to track down all the vibes and rattles coming from the places where none of the electrical components and gubbins were secured to the frame during the design phase.

Afterwards you can marvel at the way the bodywork is assembled so as it ALL has to be removed to get the bellypan off for access to knocking up a sidestand mount. At this stage you may be starting to think that somebody has been working at the bike at some time in the past as there is an odd mix of crosshead, torx and allen head screws holding everything together. Fear not this is all standard equipment from the factory because apparently using the same type of screw and bolt head for everything is boring and predictable.

Dont forget to admire that stupid ill fitting plastic cradle under the battery access hatch that hinders access to the spark plug nd never quite lifts out or fits back in cleanly.

After the bike is restored, weigh it in, and buy a properly engineered scoot like a piaggio zip or something and give yourself a big pat on the back for a job well done.

 

carb or fuel injected model

 

I take it you don't like this model of scooter then Nathanael like I said to my mate Aprillia blatantly just obtained an engine from Piaggio and bolted it into there SR50 you can see that from them big ass engine mounts they used, still though iv never seen a 13 year old scooter come to me completely standard so im more than happy to work on it


And its a carb model alex

 

Hate them with a passion from a design point of view. They look great and are great when they are running with no issues. Comfortable and handle well.I have an sr125 same year as yours and an sr50 as well.
The 125 is nearly ready for MOT, it needed engine mounts replaced and a bit of tinkering here and there to get it 100%, the 50 needed a new crank fitted and the electrics sorted.

I just found it an absolute pain to work on and got irritated by the weird assortment of bolt types mixed throughout. Things like the coil/cdi buried under the belly pan and only accessed through a complete stripdown.Even the 50 has a weird offset bracket holding on, think that might be throwback to when it had minarelli or morini engine fitted. It just seems like they cobbled together what they could find in the parts bin to shove in whatever make the latest shipment of engines happened to be. In comparison everything on my zip is neatly laid out,easy accessed and the important parts that are likely to need replaced at some stage are easy to get to with minimal strippage.Only bad point on the zip is having to drop the forks out to remove the front panel.

 

Hopefully this isn't so bad, no doubt ill be pissed off after figuring out were each different screw an bolt goes lol

 

Nice sr mate nice a clean compared to most pal win win for ya there..

Helpppp anyone any good with sr172s ??

 

i know what you mean now nathaneal lol after having to strip the bike down and take the engine out i found every panel had like 4 different screws so its a nightmare to remember were it all goes, luckily i had no spares left over after but overall took me and a mate 8 hours to get the engine out just to finds the bush hadnt gone but the bolt just worked its way loose, and the engine mount is a complete asre i had to bolt it up half hanging out the bike lmao madness!
2wheel - ill be fitting a few bits including a 172 kit on this ped soon, whats the problem with yours?

 

yep, thats sr125 ownership