It doesn’t matter if you are a faithful follower of Márquez, Pedrosa, Lorenzo, etc. If you are over 40 and you are a fan of the Motorcycle World Championship, at some point you got excited watching Valentino Rossi doing his thing on the track. If you also consider yourself a fan of the Italian’s sporting prowess, it is very likely that you remember his first victory in the championship at the controls of the Aprilia RS125R of 1996 of the Aprilia-AGV team.
Specifically in the tenth round of that season, in the iconic Czech GP. A great weekend for the one from Tavullia who, in addition to reaching the highest position in the box, also took pole position for the weekend. There the legend of the 115 times winner of a Motorcycle World Championship race.
Aprilia RS125R in detail
No less than 30 years have passed since Valentino Rossi’s first victory in the Motorcycle World Championship. However, there are things that have not changed in all this time. One of them is how good the 1996 Aprilia RS125R looks, with which he achieved that sporting feat in his debut year within the eighth-liter category. The same one that will be auctioned by RM Sotheby’s to the highest bidder.
Predictably, a figure between 100 and 150 thousand euros will be paidalthough it is already known that it usually happens in this type of event: a fervent follower of the Italian arrives, with a large checking account and blows up all the initial estimates. In any case, we should not get ahead of events, nor should we disappoint those who are interested in getting this Aprilia RS125R and can pay the aforementioned initial amount.
Regarding the motorcycle, after the end of the 1996 season, it was sold to its first owner in January 1997. He kept it until February 2013, when it was acquired by the person currently selling it. Included with the sale is a huge amount of documentation that certifies, among others, each of his race registrations by Scuderia AGV Aprilia in 1996.
Also the invoices that document the sale to the only two owners it has had in all this time. RM Sotheby’s also comments that “A note from the team director, Mauro Noccioli, is preserved, detailing his impressions after Rossi’s first victory. Furthermore, the team’s documentation verifies that the engine installed is the same one that propelled Rossi to his first victory at the Brno Circuit in 1996.”
If you have come this far, you want to treat yourself and nostalgia has flooded your body and mind, you have two options: go to the next news item and try to forget about it or click on this link and get this brand new Aprilia RS125R from 1996.
And don’t forget that this is not just any racing bike, no; We are talking about a true legend who is an indivisible part of the sporting career of the greatest Italian motorcycle racer in history.
