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I'm a guy in my fifties who loves tinkering with old Italian aprilia motorcycles and wants to take you on my journey of jobs and maybe more .
Aprilia Milie R. walk around
Aprilia Milie R runing after having a clean and a little demo of Led indicators and lights.
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The Ducati Museum Bologna
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Whilst riding through Italy I visited the Ducati factory and the museum on my old Aprilia Caponord ,sorry Ducati fans .
Aprilia Caponord,Rsv,Tuono Drain bolt upgrade why wouldn't you .
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I've decided to upgrade the oil drain bolt to a bolt head instead of the 6mm Allen head. The part is a KTM part number 58030021100.
Aprilia Caponord Rear wheel bearing replacement
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After hearing a strange noise at low speed in Italy I've decided to replace the rear bearings in my wheel. oh and don't forget to lubricate those ends seals with waterproof grease . Also like I use it's always a good idea just to make sure to run a Lazer on the chain to check for perfect alignment.
Aprilia brake pad change ,Panic Attack PADS
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So with a trip to the Italian Alps starting Saturday morning and it's now Thursday evening, I was worried about how much I use the rear brake on the capo two up with luggage especially going down mountains. I just needed to check for my own peace of mind and I'm glad I did not much left for a 2.5k mile trip in the mountains. oh and check out my old speed sensor that has been re booted to give i...
Aprilia Tuono flat out
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Aprilia Tuono R going for it using the quick shifter .
Aprilia Tuono R. Quick shifter in action
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Tuono R with titanium big outlet end can and quick shifter in action .
Aprilia peagso cube will she Run
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This is the second attempt for starting and running . The only thing I've replaced is the carb inlet rubbers and I have given the carbs a damn good clean and had them in the ultrasonic bath.
Aprilia Milie R brake test
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The Aprilia Milie R being ridden by my son who after riding up the road and enjoying it ,then demonstrates how good my brakes are from high speed .
Aprilia milie R in Action
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The sun is out and my son tries out the milie R tonight after having the fueling adjusted the bike feels very strong defiantly no flat spots at 5000 rpm.
How to use an AFR gauge and Tune ECU to get the Perfect Fueling for your Aprilia Caponord. Part 3.
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So after a little bimble around Norfolk on Sunday enjoying the sun and listening to a beautiful vtwin talking to me these are the results on balancing the throttle bodies with more air to the rear see part 1, and then setting the offsets for the fuel trims using a AFR wideband sensor for the swordfish map I have installed see part 2. This is part 3 a look at the front and rear plugs which I thi...
Aprilia RSV, Tuono AFR tuning for perfection
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Aprilia RSV, Tuono AFR tuning for perfection
How to use an AFR gauge and Tune ECU to get the perfect fueling for your Aprilia Caponord .PART 2
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How to use an AFR gauge and Tune ECU to get the perfect fueling for your Aprilia Caponord .PART 2
How to use an AFR gauge and Tune ECU to get the perfect fueling for your Aprilia Caponord. PART 1
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How to use an AFR gauge and Tune ECU to get the perfect fueling for your Aprilia Caponord. PART 1
Tune ECU and vacuum gauges on the Aprilia Caponord
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Tune ECU and vacuum gauges on the Aprilia Caponord
Airbox breather mod for Aprilia Tuono and RSV
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Airbox breather mod for Aprilia Tuono and RSV
Aprilia Caponord charging, voltage,temp displays.
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Aprilia Caponord charging, voltage,temp displays.
Aprilia Caponord Dash has left me in the Dark. part 2🤞
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Aprilia Caponord Dash has left me in the Dark. part 2🤞
Aprilia Caponord Dash has left me in the Dark. part 1
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Aprilia Caponord Dash has left me in the Dark. part 1
Aprilia Caponord oil temp gauge installation
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Aprilia Caponord oil temp gauge installation
Aprilia peagso first attempted start up in four years Will it run
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Aprilia peagso first attempted start up in four years Will it run
Aprilia Pegaso first wash in four years
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Aprilia Pegaso first wash in four years
Aprilia Peagso 650 Cube the next project has arrived .
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Aprilia Peagso 650 Cube the next project has arrived .
Aprilia Caponord side stand bypass mod
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Aprilia Caponord side stand bypass mod
Aprilia Caponord valve shim adjustment.
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Aprilia Caponord valve shim adjustment.
Aprilia Caponord ETV ,Rsv, Tuono, falco valve clearance check.
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Aprilia Caponord ETV ,Rsv, Tuono, falco valve clearance check.
Where can i find the caliper adapters?
The caliper adaptors were made as a special order for a group of people on the Aprilia forum if I remember right, I purchased mine from one of those people . I think any good machine shop could make them easy .
Hi, Changed fuel pump lines and replaced quick release connectors. The bike now refuses to start. Engine just spins over and makes no attempt to run. Is it necessary to prime the fuel system after the hose replacement? Besides a spark plug change, I cannot think of anything I have done to cause this problem? Any advice would be appreciated. Regards.
The only thing I can think of maybe you have a kink in your fuel line when reinstalling it we have all done that one. Or the quick releases are not allowing fuel to pass ? Does your fuel pump prime when key on if so disconnect the supply quick release to see if you have fuel there , then repeat on fuel return quick release if you have fitted one.
Sorry no prime needed it will self prime in seconds when starting
Buying a 2002 caponord with 22000 miles, this channel has been great in helping me make a decision due to straight forward maintenance of the bike. Cheers.
Thanks for your kind words at the moment on my capo in the Pico's mountains in northern Spain such a capable machine two up enjoying the sweeping bends up and down the mountains .
Very informative, always had the idea to do this never had the courage to start, i may now :) Thank you
It's work checking for peace of mind.
I think I'm gonna have a project and install MaxxECU to the bike, since TuneECU never works.
What's max ECU?. I've never had a problem with tune ECU
@@captbarb6642 MaxxECU is aftermarket ECU, which I already have put into another bike. Installing it to Caponord is pretty simple since it is already EFI bike so all the necessary components are there, and also fuel and ignition maps are available on internet so it would be piece of cake to install, especially when compared to EFI conversion from carburetor. Of course it isn't very cheap but which hobby is? :D
@@sippilandia sounds great but I've not had a problem with the old efi system . The only problem I had was getting the pc you had tune ECU to run slow enough to talk.
@@captbarb6642 Yeah, it's not like I would really need it either, but it would just be fun to do.
@@sippilandia nice to keep our brains active .
East Germany, not East Anglia!
Oh yes but this one is living in East Anglia
Excellent, its a complete pain in the proverbial taking the tank off. I'm ordering a connector immediately 👍
Yes the best thing to do but I brought some cheaper ones on eBay, jmp and all of them failed after running fuel and disconnecting once . The ones that are £50 are the quality ones with no problems . It's peace of mind .
@@captbarb6642 thanks for the tip 👍
Digging that front fairing!!
It slows me down at my age and gives it a cafe racer look . Thanks . Is that the soul daddy from the AF1 site ?
It sure is sparkly clean in there, alright. One would expect to see a small bit of oil residue that was left behind from the oil that came up and then drained back to the motor, but not even that bit of left over film? Interesting. I'm more curious about the carbon oil tank, though. What's that all about? Could it be a molded cover or might it be nicely applied vinyl wrap?
It traps the oil and then runs back to the rear head when not in use ,it works well. The carbon cover for the oil tank yes that was like that when I purchased the bike many years ago I assume a carbon company had made them ,it might offer some scratch resistance if one was to have a little slide .
I did exactly that switch a month a go with the drain bolt 😄. Tock me a little while to find that KTM oil drain bolt. It was really close that I didn't get the old one out.
Yes that's what I've been experiencing with my old ape drain bolt, I have a much better feeling with that 12mm nut .
Thank you
I have a 2007 aprilia tuono and apparently these have the same rotax engine but mine has stator problems that make it so it burns out every year, have you done anything to prevent this?
Yours should be a gen 2 being a 2007. I know some gen 2 suffered with what you mentioned and there expensive to sort out , they also suffer with the dash resetting and the mileage going back to zero.
Well set up that bike 😉
A joy to ride on twisty roads .
They wouldnt let me in the aprilia factory incase i stole some of their old parts .
might copy that one
Like I say if you have ever removed the old one it is always a risky undo so why not replace it .
Just about to put Bridgestone Battlax AX41 on,, have you thoughts on tyres?
I'm on my second set of Michelin anekee3 tyres after getting 12k miles . So very hard wearing great grip just keep of wet grass stones are ok .
Great job thanks, if it’s not the bearing check the spokes (watch out for the small grub screws), the only other I can think of is it a new tyre tread pattern singing at a particular speed!!?
I could only hear the noise at 2.6 k revs fully loaded . The only thing I can think of is the chain tension when I set mine up I set the 15 mm on the centre stand so wheel not loaded so going to do that again . Just checked tiny bit tight so spot on now 👍
wow
I also went to the factory that was interesting.
very nice
Are you ready for your trip ? And thank you it's a pleasure to ride . .
Rescheduled for early September , just need to have a closer look at ECUTune , the laptop is not recognising the connection.. Whats the starter issue? I’ve had a problem with the capo starter where it keeps cranking, even ater ignition turned off and emergency switch flipped.. I stop it by stalling it out , thinking its a sticky solenoid at the mo!! but that doesn’t explain why stalling it would work!!?
@@pardonwhat yep get rid of that solenoid switch. With tune ECU check the pc connection speed it's got to be slow for that old ECU . When I used my son's pc I had to tell it what speed but I've since brought my own and it must adjust itself . Have you used your Ali afr yet ? Also check your battery properly low voltage high current welding those starter contacts together so it I was off abroad change both . Im going to get one of those starter packs so the battery doesn't leave me stranded just in case . Our engines really do give the battery a hard time in start up .
afr?
@@pardonwhat thought you had purchased an Air fuel Ratio gauge with an O2 sensor to read your fueling from Ali express?
Am holidaying in Italy now but in the South and nowhere near Ducati or Aprilia 😞
I hope you're on two wheels .
@@captbarb6642 If only I was, family holiday, family car! Weekends away on two and Portugal on two next year via the Pyrenees!
@@jonathantatleryou should do the Picos . I'm going back in August Pico's and Portugal.
@@captbarb6642 thanks for the thought, I'll have a look
Fantastic, my garage cannot get the drive shaft out, so I'm going to show them this
Took an hour to remove the shaft and an hour to install on axle stands so don't let them overcharge you also .
Hello, can you give us the Product SKU you order please?
I don't have the product number but if you Google it you will find it ,it came from Germany and is great quality and works a treat .
after days of searching and seeing little snippets here and there but never quite enough. I find your videos and you nailed it. as far as i have seen you are the only one who covers Finding TDC and locking crank to ensure reassembly is done at tdc. thanks mate.
Thanks for your kind words , it's quite easy just take your time there all marked up from those boys from Rotax . Just block all holes up so nothing drops in them .
Never heard of that problem before, is it a big issue, had my bike serviced and its never been mentioned.
I've had it happen on all of mine even the caponord it enables you too run the proper oil level also .
@captbarb6642 many thanks for that, dam another job I need to sort, bloody bike is a nightmare 😳.
@@paul8161 trust me if you do this mod , you shouldn't see any oil in the air box . The engine might even run a little cleaner also , it's a really good mod to do.
@captbarb6642 OK sounds good many thanks.
How did you remove the clocks out of their holder?
I think they just gently push out upwards out of the rubber housing .
am so bummed you didn't film this. I just got valve cover off and there is a hose with a broken nipple there I have no factory service manual and don't know what to do; what could possibly go wrong
Send us a pic. captbarb1967@gmail.com
Did it stop smelling lol?
I then re tuned it with an AFR gauge and an oxygen sensor in the pipe and it was as good as I could get checking plug colour it probably still smells at certain times due to the crude ECU.
What’s your kill times ?
Not sure I know what you mean kill time , it's my son's Tuono,is it related to the quick shifter .
@@captbarb6642 I mean milliseconds that engine is interrupted for to slip into the next gear some quickshifters you can adjust the time
@@bigjam8429are yes on the heal tech quick shifter I think it was something like .60 ms but it's my son's bike so would have to check with him. It's also set to shift above 7000rpm we tried lower but it was poor .
LOL I HAD TO LAUGH MISSILE THEY ARE THE SLOWEST 250 EVER MADE BAR NONE FACT.
It's a pun to the movie with the GP racer who defected and sold his sole to Suzuki and paid the price in the end. Ernest Degnar. The missile from the East
Latest repot fuel economy whilst in Italy riding worst mpg was 43mpg two up with luggage at 85-90mph. Best mpg 53mpg 65-75mph two up. And up and down tuscan hills having fun two up 48mpg lower speeds but fun 😊
Where does the cam locking tool go?
If you watch my video it will show you. Right hand side of bike bottom engine bolt look on video
@@captbarb6642 which video please?
@@theblackwoodproject3861 I can't remember which but I've only a few on the valve adjustment you will find it if you look .
@@captbarb6642 I found it! thanks!
I have to do this job. I'm very nervous to try it. So glad i found this video. Thanks for making it. It's a great video
Take your time nice and slow ,checking is easy . If you do dismantle block all the little holes etc up so nothing can drop into the engine .
Another "Hey, look at me!" video with absolutely no value. Please stop clogging up CZcams with this garbage.
Hi very nice, good to do your thing ,I copied you and lifted my saddle. Joseph in Paris
Makes a difference for us long legged people .
What a dream run to the Italian Alps,, its on my list! We’ll have to settle for France in September this year! Be safe and post a youtube of the best bits svp..
Thanks and I will do you will enjoy France .
I think you had enough flesh left. I don't use the rear very much. But hey, better safe than sorry. And how on earth do you manage to make that aluminium shine so much?!
I think maybe because I'm two up I'm heavy in the rear pads . The bright bling bits must be the Norfolk air , Mario I have no idea why they are that bright .
Are there really 2 metal plates at the beginning? Can you show the notched one?
Hi no from the clutch plate it goes steel then clutch friction plate in that order . But the friction plate the last one (nearest the clutch plate ) is offset by one notch. Does that make sense.
Hi The order is steel then friction plate starting from the clutch plate and the first one nearest the clutch plate is offset by one notch .I think it's nine friction plates and ten steels if my memory is correct .
I would say one of the idle air ports is plugged on the mouth of the carburetor. Not sure if left or right port is it, but it's a similar problem with Keihn carbs on Harley products. Carb cleaner through the straw into the port. Good luck, looks pretty clean!
Yes your right if you find the latest video after taking apart and cleaning and then bathing them in my new gadget they seem good and run without choke oh I had to change the inlet rubbers also .
:)
How's that capo coming on .
Unfortunately my old fella passed the other day so all on hold at the mo.. I’ll be back to it before long and I’ll do a few videos for ya..
@@pardonwhat I'm so sorry my thoughts are with you.
Much appreciated, thanks..
Hi my friend. Replacing the coils didn‘t solve my problem. Now I‘m on the fuel lines. Could you give me a link with all lines and connectors I need? Thanks so much
What was your original problem I wouldn't want you wasting time and money
@@captbarb6642 so the thing is, I replaced the coils - unfortunately not the problem. I have rough idle, missfire etc. No EFI tough. So the next step, even if only preventive, I wanted to do the vacuum lines new. My question now is, what is exatly needed? Espescially the quick release from the fuel tank.
@@Maxi-ff6to my fist thing to check are all the plugs firing when they should do . This will test coils,leads and remember to check plugs aswell.remove one plug at a time leave connected earth on engine and looks for the spark .
Hi guys, Ive been experiencing the odd backfire on deceleration in 3rd and 2nd and had lump idle.. Setting the rear cylinder vacuum to slightly higher than the front has cured the idle and its reunning so much better ( not missing).. All four plugs are the right colour now and I believe the back fire has been mapped in bc it doesn’t donit in any other gear!! just my thoughts but open to being educated.. Cheers
@@pardonwhat when I changed my cans to the Leo Vince sbk cans I inherited a little one only if pushing extra hard and shutting off , I believe it was just sucking in air on the exhaust pulses on the exhaust joints , which I have now sealed up to get the AFR to read correct . You could go round all the pipes rubbers inlets etc with wd40 to see if the engine note changes.
Thank you
You're welcome
Are you the original owner of this aprilia cube by any chance ?
@@captbarb6642 No, i'm not, i still have my own '98 Pegaso Cube Red and gray.
Any pointers you can help me with ?
@@captbarb6642 I'm sorry but i'm not a very good mecanic, just a fan off this motorbike, i think that my best advise for you will to be patient and don't surender.
Forgot to say I’ve a tractor that had a revOmeter that began jumping around like that just before it became an ornament !! spray some white grease down from the top,, you maybe lucky 🍀
Will do
Never heard or seen one before but sounds even as far as I can tell from a tinny phone microphone..
It has a twin carbs twin exhaust port and a five valve head ,three inlets. How's that capo coming on have you ever thought about joining the Aprilia forum and joining us on the capo ralleys they do two a year one in Llandovery in may which you have just missed .
That sounds awesome! That needle dancing around may be caused by a tired cable. My guess.
I want see you start the mower in front!
Such eagle eyes you have I've had that for 26 years normally third pull Karl.😂. If you buy my house I will include the mower for you.
That’s 10 valves for two cylinders, what were they thinking 🤔 It has a race pedigree I’m guessing.. I’ve always got stuff going on but the idea of a Capo rally sounds interesting.. where would I find the details for the next one? Just about to do the remap and tune so I may do a before and after vid.. Hopefully it won’t be too traumatic..
Many years ago I have exactly same mz. With chrome plates on tank. I replaced TS engine with ETZ engine.
Thanks so you still wish you had it today .
Good sounds
Gorgeous
p,s, you can consider me your 76th subscriber,,,👍👍☘️☘️☘️✌️
Thank you very much 👍
Great video,my friend,,,,looks great,sounds even better,,,,,looking forward to your next video,,,,,,From Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪 👍👍☘️☘️☘️✌️
Thanks very much i haven't taken the MZ out this year but she will be out soon.
The sound on this machine ❤
Exactly music to my ears