Spicers Auctioneers Ltd
Lot 311
2000 Aprilia RSV Mille R, 997cc. Registration number W851 DWU. Frame number ZD4ME0010Y5100596. Engine number R0690629. Sold with the V5C, past MOT's, owners manual and receipts for services. It will need recommissioning before road use. First released in 1999, the RSV Mille marked Aprilia’s first foray into the big-bore superbike market. The model was well-received, touted for being exotic yet still more affordable than Ducati’s 996, while offering reliability more on par with V-Twins like Honda’s RC51 or Suzuki’s TL1000R. Powering the Mille was a liquid-cooled, 997cc, four-stroke, 60-degree, longitudinal, V-Twin with double overhead cams, four valves per cylinder, and electronic fuel injection. Produced by Austrian engine outfit, Rotax, the Mille’s mill made a claimed 130 hp at 9,500 rpm. Produced from 1999 through 2003, the RSV Mille was offered in three variants; the base model, the homologation special SP version (or Sport Production); and the R-spec. The R-spec got upgraded forged aluminum rims, a shorter subframe, carbon fiber fenders, and the standard 43mm Showa fork and Sachs mono-shock were replaced by top-shelf Ohlins units. Braking duties went to dual 320mm discs pinched by four-pot calipers. DWU has had four owners and comes with MOT history from its first in 2003 at 981 miles through to its last in 2010 at 13,004, it has been in dry storage since it expired. There are service receipts on file, 2005 at 5724 miles for Steve Willson, 2006 at 9,300 miles to Andrew Sarvari, and in 2007 at 11,665 miles to David Kemp (he bought in in May 2007). There are two clean HPI checks, 2006 and 2007. Our vendor bought it in 2013 at 13,016 miles and has now decided to down size his collection. Sold with the V5C, past MOT's, owners manual and receipts for services. It will need recommissioning before road use.
