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Aprilia Climber 280 1993

ahell
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I have a little lathe. So I machined steel parts in titanium or 7075 alloy. For the rest, I order in china. It's easy to save weight on older bikes because some solutions came during the 90's. The Climber is a heavy bike and it's nice to upgrade it. I try to respect the decade. I don't want to equiped a 90's bike with 2000 2010 or 2020 parts.

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