I have an aprilia climber and from what i have found i belive they are very underated bikes. i am having great trouble finding parts for the bike and can just about find the basics. i also have found it very hard to find find web information on these bike?

If you own or even if you dont and have heard about this bike what are your opinions of it???

Thanks

Henry

Engines are ultra reliable, rear shocks can wear out quickly & forks suffer badly from leakages.

Parts are a bit of a nightmare to find depending what you want but if your after parts ask on here and i can suggest to you where you might find them.

The engines produce good power, a little too much sometimes but a good exampe with a decent setup is a bloomin good bike.

If yours is usable then you should use it and put your opinion on here to let us know what you think!

HTH

I think its a briliant bike wouldnt change for anything! The power is great can climb a mountain with no problem.

I was looking for a new air filter in great need of one the old one is falling to bits, and i am shore there will be more bits needed for the bike as i ride it more and more!!

Many thanks for the reply!!

Henry

The purple, white and green 91/92 model was quite a nice bike..

the 280 was a pokey beast

As everyone said, fork leakage issues, one fix was to combine 3 single lip seals in place of one single seal, rough the slides with 600+ emery cloth/crocus pape, seems like a bit better for oil to stick to fork and seal rather then pass by, note the forks are different, one compression, other rebound.

Electrics can fail, found that cheapest & most reliable was to have motor rewind shop replace, bud with 1 yr newer model had received from dealer a faulty unit, found this out by resistance measurements & replacing his with my unit.

Watch out for the mystery oil drain plug, mistaking the shift retainer/whatever bolt may result in teardown exercise of Rotax motor.

Purple 1989's? where milder than the green 1990? "hot rod", something to do with the rotary valve slot size I/P. If ever submerged hot/running the valve would warp & seals could displace, this problem was rectified in our area as that we no longer allowed in streams were fish ran, and typically any water over the rim disappeared in sections once bikes became pricey.

Rest of the bike can be repaired with some resourcefulness, enjoy the power & the sound of the straight cut gearbox(never tired of this).

To bad Aprilia dropped the trials line after the world win, but was more likely heavily biased by Rotax(Bombardiar) not allowing changes to there tried & true design.

Many various parts are likely about with ex-dealers, plastics could be rarest, if price was cheap & you have basic maintenace knowledge great entry bike.

Many thanks for all the great advice and thoughts for this bike!!

I am loving my bike at the moment the power is just imence!!

Thanks

Henry