Aprilia SR 50

The Aprilia SR 50 is a sporty scooter Company Aprilia, which changed the market of the 50 cc scooter with its launch in 1992.

History

In 1992, the first version of the scooter Aprilia SR 50 from the house on the market. Technically, the motorcycle scooter to date was There was, for example, a front disc brake (rear only a drum brake ), different colors and he gave a sporty feel while driving. Over the years he was always a technological pioneer in the scooter segment. In 1994, he was the first sports scooter with liquid cooling on the market in 1997 as the first with disc brakes on front and rear, in 1999 as the first 50 cc scooter with electronic fuel injection ( Di - Tech).

By 1996, the first series was built and successfully sold. There were several versions:

  • Aprilia SR Urban AC Kid
  • Aprilia SR Esquire AC
  • Aprilia SR Replica LC

From 1997, the scooter was redesigned and had a very sporty and relatively aggressive design. As in the first series, the second series was constructed with normal carburetor. There were several models and colorations:

  • Aprilia SR WWW AC
  • Aprilia SR LC Netscaper
  • Aprilia SR Stealth LC
  • Aprilia SR Funmaster
  • Aprilia SR Racing
  • Aprilia Area 51

Later, from 1999 there was also a di- tech model that takes a carburetor had an injection. This unit was manufactured by Siemens and Synerject and is no longer installed. As of 2000, there were also 125 cc - 150 cc Aprilia SR available. They were identical, approximately with the 50 cc version, but only air-cooled available.

In 2004, the old model range has been deleted and replaced by a new offer. The current third series offers two different designs, each with several color variations.

  • SR50 Street - corresponds visually to the second series, liquid-cooled single-cylinder two -stroke carburettor engine with exhaust gas recirculation, corresponding to the emission standard Euro 2
  • SR50 R - new design; motor technically the same as the SR50 Street, but another chassis and digital speedometer
  • SR50 R Factory - visually the same as the SR50 R, liquid-cooled single-cylinder two-stroke injection engine

The SR 50 R Factory is available with direct injection and a digital speedometer with many additional features. With around 2.7 liters of fuel per 100 km, it is considered economical. Due to the injection system has the factory around 1 hp more than the carburettor version. By removing the throttling speeds of up to 80 km / h are possible, further tuning is, however, only be accomplished by an expert because of the electric motor control.

Special models

Again and again appear special models that are modified mainly on a subject visually with stickers and other color combinations.

  • Aprilia SR 50 LC Di -Tech " Spiderman " in a striking red and blue livery with spider web stickers
  • Aprilia SR 50 LC Di -Tech " Poggiali " white-black- red finish with gold colored lion's head stickers

Scene

Especially among young people of the Aprilia SR one of the most popular scooter is Europe. Many manufacturers provide tuning parts for this model. Polini, Malossi, Koso are just some of the companies. This will be a lot of unprofessional on the second hand market of young people modified and no longer street-legal models, whereby the used prices for original, checkbook neat models with verifiable history, in contrast to models with similar technology (such as the Aprilia Rally ) are comparatively high.

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