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benito brz
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Location: France
Replica: Derbi GPR 50 2003
Aprilia RS4 125 2014
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Re: Braking on steel is cool but no longer

Post by benito brz » Fri Nov 13, 2020 11:50 am

jkv357 wrote:
Fri Nov 13, 2020 11:32 am
benito brz wrote:
Fri Nov 13, 2020 10:56 am
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I've also noticed my bike was making a strange noise while braking, like it was the front suspension wich had some issues.
I've seen this, I need your opinion

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At first I thought it looked like the casting was cracked, but looking closer it seems that there is corrosion under the coating that cracked the coating off. The dark areas are corrosion.

To repair it completely you would need to remove it from the cycle, media blast the piece (masking the tubes) and completely remove all signs of corrosion, then paint or coat it.


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Yes the coating is crackling but I dont know if the part is crackling behind, Can we change this part or is it the complete tube ? Maybe its cheaper than fixing it and coating it again, because I cant do the coating myself.
I also use the Aprilia everyday to go to work and school so this is why there is some corrosions, and she's not in a perfect state because I dont have any garage and I'm sad about that.
I know we can change this part on showa forks but I dont know for this one.
Thanks for your help jkv
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jkv357
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Re: Aprilia RS4 125 in France

Post by jkv357 » Fri Nov 13, 2020 7:30 pm

You can clean it up and repaint to at least temporarily stop the corrosion. Mask the tube and sand the corrosion and the remaining coating until it no longer has an edge or has any corrosion showing. Prime lightly, then repaint with silver.

I think that will hold it for a while without complete disassembly.
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benito brz
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Location: France
Replica: Derbi GPR 50 2003
Aprilia RS4 125 2014
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x 92

Re: Aprilia RS4 125 in France

Post by benito brz » Sat Nov 14, 2020 4:16 am

jkv357 wrote:
Fri Nov 13, 2020 7:30 pm
You can clean it up and repaint to at least temporarily stop the corrosion. Mask the tube and sand the corrosion and the remaining coating until it no longer has an edge or has any corrosion showing. Prime lightly, then repaint with silver.

I think that will hold it for a while without complete disassembly.
Ok thanks you very much for the help jkv
I will try this later when I will got my driving licence for the car so I will have more time to work on the Aprilia
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benito brz
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Replica: Derbi GPR 50 2003
Aprilia RS4 125 2014
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Re: Oil change and clutch cable

Post by benito brz » Fri May 07, 2021 9:18 am

Hello everyone, i've went on a trip in "Vendée" in France with my bike and some friends during december, it was 400km long to go there so we had a 7 hours of road under the rain at 120km/h on the highway, it was very tiring, and then after a week we came back. So I decided it was time to do the oil change.

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And of course with new filters

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Also with some oil in my airbox wich didnt surprised me because I was at 11000 rpm during 7 hours on the highway.
But the aprilia didnt broke down during this trip.

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I also broke my clutch cable maybe because it was too dry and it was too cold outside, so I changed it.

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benito brz
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Replica: Derbi GPR 50 2003
Aprilia RS4 125 2014
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Re: A love story between a bike and a car

Post by benito brz » Fri May 07, 2021 9:23 am

I've bought a new car as my first car in october and I'm proud to present it here, its a toyota celica from 1998, as you can see it makes a perfect duo with my aprilia :heart_eyes:

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benito brz
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Replica: Derbi GPR 50 2003
Aprilia RS4 125 2014
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Re: Its time for a rebuild !

Post by benito brz » Fri Oct 15, 2021 11:12 am

Hello everyone
I've done a rebuild of the rs4 so now she's clean for the sale because I bought a honda cbr650f
Here is some pictures

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The radiator doesnt look good, maybe because of one of the previous owners who fell with it
But as its not leaking, I'm not touching it

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Here is my engine calculator

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Cleaning time

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benito brz
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Replica: Derbi GPR 50 2003
Aprilia RS4 125 2014
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Re: Its time for a rebuild !(part 2)

Post by benito brz » Fri Oct 15, 2021 11:39 am

Lets rebuild the front fork

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Nothing to see here

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benito brz
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Replica: Derbi GPR 50 2003
Aprilia RS4 125 2014
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Re: Its time for a rebuild !(part 3)

Post by benito brz » Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:03 pm

New spark plug

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New chain kit

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New blinker from aliexpress because the original one was dead

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benito brz
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Joined: Fri Sep 20, 2019 1:26 pm
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Replica: Derbi GPR 50 2003
Aprilia RS4 125 2014
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Re: Its time for a rebuild !(part 4)

Post by benito brz » Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:10 pm

I've painted some details

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And also put some glue on fairings wich need glue

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benito brz
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Replica: Derbi GPR 50 2003
Aprilia RS4 125 2014
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Re: The rebuild is done

Post by benito brz » Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:16 pm

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And now here is cool pictures

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And now with my car and my new bike

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