Aprilia SportCity 250 Review

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Aprilia SportCity 250
★★★★☆
4.4
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anthony stephenson's review of Aprilia SportCity 250

“The first scooter I had here was the Aprilia SR125,...”

★★★★★

written by anthony stephenson on 20/01/2008

Good Points
I liked the large wheels, the style is OK, would have liked more zass. Performance is OK, but I am a speed junkie, so 500 would be nice!! Finish I only think is just OK. Ride, very good handling, OK for girlies too, brakes not bad.

Bad Points
Having the scooter in Tenerife is great, but the sun does not like the plastics Aprilia use. The grey bits will get light marks if you only scratch it, and the only way I have found is to spray it. The front box is a complete waste of time. I can only get one pair of gloves in it, and although it has a lock on it, a 4 year old could get in. When I have had the panel off, I can see they could have given it more room, and I could have designed the flimsy cover a lot lot better.

General Comments
The first scooter I had here was the Aprilia SR125, and I can tell you that the Sportcity is 100% better all round than that, although I did have it 4.5 yrs, started and went OK, but the plastic was a lot worse than the S.C. so maybe they are getting better. I have had the scooter now for 2 yrs, and not one thing has, as yet gone wrong!! When I was looking for a replacement for the 125, I did a list of likes, one dislike was I did not want another Aprilia, but alas the SC 200 was the only one near, and I can say I am not disappointed, mine is the carb model and it has always started no problems, but just maybe the hot weather here helps! If I could get a little more go, say a 300 I would buy that now. Don't get me wrong the bike is not slow but as we have a very high mountain and I live up it [ most people do] it would be nice to have that 60-90 km [50-70 mph] with a bit more go to clear the traffic. I did say brakes were not bad, maybe thats not fair as they do stop it OK. I would love the linked left lever braking, better in a panic stop. Maybe my next Aprilia will be the Scarabeo 500, but that has now gone, oh well roll on new model, till then I am very happy with my 200.

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