Aprilia RS 250 chasing Suzuki RGV 250

Cruising on my RS250 together with a friend on his RGV250.

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• Aprilia
• RS250
• RS 250
• Ianuzzo

[burrsaabrgv]

Hey nigga, I don't think that the rgv man was taking all out of his bike. These two bikes have almost the same engine. Aprilia bought rgv's engine base, because Suzuki made it so fucking good. They are about same in speed.

[ianuzzo]

That's true. it's basically the same engine.

This RGV is stage 2 tuned with Tyga Performance exhaust. My RS has a Jolly Moto exhaust. I weigh less than my friend so i'm a bit quicker :-)

[gapexxxsuspension]

@ianuzzo

i dont think so.

Italians are too proud for themselves so they wouldnt buy an other machine specialy Japs machine.

[ianuzzo]

@gapexxxsuspension Haha great comment ! I'm half Italian myself so i can tell you you' are right when you say that Italians are proud. But in this specific case you're wrong. My friend with his RGV has completely rebuild both engines so I can tell you it's basically the same engine. Some people here say that's it's a Rotax made engine.At this point i haven't looked into that just yet but this could very much be the case. I'm definitely not an expert on this matter i just want to ride on it.

[VR46YAMAHA]

But mate, your in the wrong there, Suzuki did not make the engine, it was Rotax who made the engine for Suzuki in the first place.

[cheekei]

dude, i hope you've put in new brake fluid since this video? its running pretty low and dirty...

[maddog7306]

iv had rs and rgv yes some way the same but the rs better on the holds the corner better

[sax1450]

@Angelus12308 yes RGV puts 55, rs250 72bwhp so RS is QW and BET...

[RGVCripted]

@VR46YAMAHA

As far as the Aprilia is concerned Aprilia approached Suzuki for the lease read liscenced engines which were already a proven formula based on the fact it would cost a great deal less to develop their bike aswell as give them the oppurtunity to differientiate themselves from Suzuki by upgrading the chassis and thus giving the consumer a real choice between the two. You can see the same pattern with Cagiva and Bimota which buy the engines from different manufacturers under liscence.

[RGVCripted]

@VR46YAMAHA

What planet are you on?

Rotax do manufacture 2-4stroke engines, doing so for Aprilia with the RS125, but and this is a "big" but: the RGV is built from the ground up by Suzuki and was based around the RGV500 (GP) machine in terms of architecture, with the engine "halved" from the original V4 into a V-twin. They raced in both the '500 and '250 world championships with good success. Most of the other manufacturers copied Suzuki's architecture on their road going two strokes.

[Neroazzuri]

@ianuzzo it is infact a Rotax im afraid, so you are both wrong about it being jap or italian, but if i remember correctly Aprilia used different pistons to the Suzuki ... maybe this is my "proud moment" because i too am italian! lol

[chrisnorman83]

@gapexxxsuspension

It's true Aprilia used other engines in these 2 strokes.

RS 125 is a ROTAX engine - I have this bike

RS 250 is a SUZUKI RGV engine with some modifications that they claim boosted it by about 3 Bhp

[Moroccan4lifeone]

apparently the rs is the fastest in the 250 2t category its faster than the nsr and the rgv as well

[46ace]

Rode an rgv converted to a track bike today, drags it's wally below 8 grand rpm. but then whack! Things start to happen very quickly and it definitely throws your head back.I don't race but its almost worth buying it to do an occasional track day or back road sneak attack. Love to have a street legal rs