A bit about myself:
....at my age speed isnt everything! Though I must say 90mph clock speed does me fine on these lovely english roads
This project page has been setup to show you what I have been doing to my Aprilia SR so far.....its an unfinished project as I'm always finding things to add and do to it, but there in lies the fun don't you think?......enjoy Apriliadream Part 1.
To start with I bought a 1999 "Rossi" Replica sports model Aprilia SR 125. I got this from a mate of my brothers, who had the bike in a Barn and hadn't rode it for over a year. It was in very good condition overall, almost like new.
The first Modification's I attempted were small visual modifications....well everyone has to start somewhere.....
Alloy footplates
LED Backlights, which came from scooter center in Germany. It took me a little while to work out how to wire them in, as the wire colours were completely different to what I had coming from my SR, but I got there in the end, and was very pleased with how they looked!
I also changed the original aprilia stickers to Racing ones...but eventually changed my mind again and went with some Mirror chrome Aprilia Stickers..
I had to replace the standard exhaust, as the downpipe from it was rusted through. I replaced it with a PM 52 racing pipe I had bought second hand.This I painted with black VHT paint to prevent further rust..
Next... a Malossi E5 open air filter, to get rid of the ugly grey airbox that was fitted as standard, which I upjetted to a 90 main jet from the standard 84.
Removed the plastic outer transmission casing, sanded and polished the inner aluminium tranny casing, Added Red Anodised bolts, Red kickstart, new grips to replace the worn black ones, Carbon fibre rear mudguard (Hugger) stay + clear indicator lenses
The next modifications, a malossi 172 kit, malossi kevlar belt, and a secondary gearup kit, and 25mm Dellorto Carb kit, polini inlet manifold.
My first big outing was to Ace cafe in London on the Twist and Go launch renaming of there magazine to TAG.
My SR got picked for a lineup of scooters in a competition they were running for best scoots of the day....I won some prizes 
...a HJC Helmet, bar ends, and some lambretta smellies, and of course TAG T'shirt!
hmmm time for a change.....
Apriliadreams Part 2...
The Respray
After having the Aprilia for a while, I decided to get it resprayed. First thoughts were to have it in a flip paint scheme, but opted for something a little different in the end....
Fresh back from the paintshop...
Added some meshing to the front lower grills along with some new alloy grips...
Customised the rear Hugger into a one off shape for something a little different....
Next customised the panels above the footplates. I done this by cutting the black inner shape out of the panels, sanded the rough edges that were left...
Shaped and glued the meshing into place using araldite, which I weighted and left over night to harden. Then fitted them back onto the SR...
Kiesler undertray added next...I used a spare panel I had, to adjust it to fit, so as not to scratch up my newly painted panel.The undertray I found was meant for the 50cc model of SR, meaning the hole for the placement of the shock was alot more forward than on my SR...so modified that by filing it away till it fit. The only problem doing this was that it ended up cutting into one of the undertray vents. I used meshing once again to secure the vent slit into place.
I then sanded it, few coats of primer, a few coats of silver paint and finished it off by giving it lots of coats of laquer..I also bought some new bolts to attach it back to my original panel and some slim fit LED indicators...
Added a gilera Ice bracket for a numberplate holder....
I then decided it was about time I added some vinyl stickers...first off I tried some dragon ones I ordered from a site in the states....
but decided these weren't really what I was looking for. I had recently joined a scooter club called the Darkside, so purchased some of there stickers instead...
Also added some rim stickers in violet
added a disc cover and some mirror chrome indicator front lenses
I ordered some more parts to add..
Angel eye front lights...
New Brake levers as my old ones had seen better days
Purple kickstart to replace the red one...
New mirrors..
Small Purple bulbs to replace the standard white ones in the clock dash
Purple Bolt Set to replace the red anodised ones and to add a few more to colour code
Purple valve caps
First off I fitted the Angel eye lights. I had to drop the front panel to get at the wiring...easy to wire in this time...
added the purple bolts and purple kickstart to the tranny casing, also some purple tubing to hide the numberplate light wire...
mirrors where added last along with the new brake levers..
I had a bit of an accident just before Christmas, nothing major just slid out on the wet road turning into another road here's the damage it caused....
A few deep scratches...
Panels taken off...
I've only just started to put it right..so far I've sanded the scratches out using a very coarse sand paper, followed by finer papers till it was smooth enough to primer over, using Halfords filler primer on the scratched panel...
and normal plastic primer on the other panel...
I painted 3 coats of primer on each panel, after that was dry I then used a really fine grade of wet and dry sandpaper(1200) till the surface became really smooth.
Next day I then sprayed the main colour which in this case is silver...giving it a light coat to start with and allowing that to dry for 20mins, then another coat of paint the same, until I had built up four coats of the silver paint and fully covered the panel in it.
Scratches all gone...
I've also made a start on the some of the rough inner panels...battery cover,footboards panel,inner leg shield and meshed panels above the footplates.
I'm using a High build primer to try and get rid of the false carbon effect of the plastic and make it smooth..
Sprays I'm using...
Battery cover before...
I've started by cleaning the panel thoroughly with warm soapy water, dried it then gave it a coat of clear plastic primer. I let that dry for 20 mins then gave it a coat of high build primer...
I'm letting this dry inbetween coats for 20 mins, it doesnt matter at this stage if it doesnt go on too evenly as it will be sanded back to create a smooth finish before applying the next coats of paint.
Sanded back....
Resprayed again with highbuild primer..
Finished and put back together....
Well I've decided to spray the fly screen the same colour as the front panel, I've also spray painted the under clock panel silver to match in with the colour scheme...
I've been abit busy lately what with one thing or another, but got asked to feature my SR in a magazine called Petrol, its a new magazine and my bike will be in issue 4!
So...I've now spray painted the upper front vent silver as I think it matches in better overall, I've also added a Bitubo rear shock absorber, as my original one was very weathered to say the least...
The magazine photoshoot took place a couple of weeks back and the issue that my Sr is in, is due out anytime soon! I will be adding a feature page for the pictures and writeup very soon...so keep an eye out.
Update: Petrol Feature page added
Next thing I'm adding are some "KOSO" clocks that I got from the scooter attack website.
After fitting them, I found the original speedo cable is about 2 inches too short as the koso clocks tend to sit on top of the fairing compared to the standard clock fitment that fits inside the fairing. So I will have to get a speedo cable specially made up.
Update: After hunting high and low on the internet for a speedo cable that would fit, I found that a speedo cable from an Italjet Dragster Scooter fitted!
More to follow....
First DYNO run
Well I decided to try it out on its first dyno run at a local rally....
It only hit 15.6 bhp
.....but the best bit....it still reached a 100mph
Here's a video of it on the Dyno at Mersea Island Rally...
It needs some setup time on a dyno to get the adjustments done properly, I know this, and hopefully in the near future it will be...money allowing