u suppose wrong... this isnt guess shack. rs's are NOTORIOUS for breaking every 5 mins looked after or not.. the parts are far too expensive too
yup, aprilia = shit build quality, even shows in there race bikes, in motogp in the 125's the bearings all fell apart while they were warming it up, and thats supposed to be the top level of bike racing.
can buy a new one and it explode in 100 miles.. its a simple fact of people building engines one handed as there grabbing there balls all day at the thought of makin the shittest bike with the best reputation.. paying rossi all that money really DID do wonders for aprilia. without all the gp wins they would be known for there quality of build not what somone did with a HIGHLY modified version of the worst 2t production bike ever made. dont get me wrong, it could be so much better as the forks/brakes and geometry are pritty good on the rs. if the japs made it it would be amazing (oh wait, honda did an aprilia made a bad copy of it)