I raced a chrome tanked Aspes 125 for nearly a season with RSSC. It blew up during practice at British Schoolboy Championship. Dad traded it the same day with Alec Wright for a KX125....Loved my Kawasaki.
I was a test rider for Motorcyclist Magazine in the early 70’s working for Murphy who was the editor and was a champion road racer. He got me a factory sponsorship from Aspes. I worked for a motorcycle aftermarket business on Sunset strip called Racecrafters. I worked as a mechanic and raced 125 expert at the age of 15. Aspes even paid my boss at Racecrafters to help me race it and hired him as my mechanic. I remember taking it out to Indian Dunes in Southern California for testing (the only time), and boy did it draw crowds. Within the first couple hours of riding, the transmission blew up. We called the factory to get some transmission parts and that’s when we were told the company was closing its doors.
Hi Frank That's a familiar sounding story you just told as there were many of these European based motocross manufacturers churning out machines in the 1970's and 80's and in particular these Italian based factories like Aspes. Other Italian based motocross bike builders including TGM, Ancillotti, and even Aprilia only produced machines for a short period before the Japanese flooded the market and riders opted for the better quality bikes from Japan than the so called inferior bikes from Europe. Anyhow thanks for your comments and for watching my video.
Although they should certainly reduce fin vibration, surely the rubber inserts between the cylinder fins were for the purpose of reducing engine noise?
I raced a chrome tanked Aspes 125 for nearly a season with RSSC. It blew up during practice at British Schoolboy Championship. Dad traded it the same day with Alec Wright for a KX125....Loved my Kawasaki.
Hi Chris, you have brought back some great memories for me.
Kindest regards Nick Kent ( Imogen's dad) .
Imogen Kent Your welcome Nick and thanks for taking the time to watch them.
Your more than welcome Nick glad you enjoyed my content.
Verry nice motorcycle ❤
I was a test rider for Motorcyclist Magazine in the early 70’s working for Murphy who was the editor and was a champion road racer. He got me a factory sponsorship from Aspes. I worked for a motorcycle aftermarket business on Sunset strip called Racecrafters. I worked as a mechanic and raced 125 expert at the age of 15.
Aspes even paid my boss at Racecrafters to help me race it and hired him as my mechanic.
I remember taking it out to Indian Dunes in Southern California for testing (the only time), and boy did it draw crowds. Within the first couple hours of riding, the transmission blew up. We called the factory to get some transmission parts and that’s when we were told the company was closing its doors.
Hi Frank That's a familiar sounding story you just told as there were many of these European based motocross manufacturers churning out machines in the 1970's and 80's and in particular these Italian based factories like Aspes. Other Italian based motocross bike builders including TGM, Ancillotti, and even Aprilia only produced machines for a short period before the Japanese flooded the market and riders opted for the better quality bikes from Japan than the so called inferior bikes from Europe. Anyhow thanks for your comments and for watching my video.
Cz motocross
Quite a bit of suspension travel for a bike of that era.
è identico a quello che avevo nel 1975🤩
Although they should certainly reduce fin vibration, surely the rubber inserts between the cylinder fins were for the purpose of reducing engine noise?