Aprilia’s relatively recent rise to prominence as a motorcycle manufacturer has been aided in no small measure by successes gained on the racetrack, particularly in Grands Prix where Max Biaggi’s three consecutive 250cc-class World Championships between 1994-1996 confirmed the Italian firm’s ability to compete at the highest level. The Noale-based manufacturer has also been intensely active in off-road competition, the sphere of motorcycle sport in which it first came to prominence in Italy in the 1970s. Aprilia’s first dirt bikes – 125cc moto-cross and enduro models – went on sale in 1976 with its first trials bike – developed in conjunction with maestro Sammy Miller - following in 1979. This first trials model – the 340 – used a Hiro engine but by the mid-1980s all Aprilia’s off-roaders would be Rotax powered. At the time of cataloguing it had not been possible positively to identify this Aprilia trials bike, but the machine is almost certainly a 277cc TX311, a model built between 1985 and 1988. Presented in substantially original condition, it is offered with bill of sale and original Austrian Einzelgenehmigung.
Aprilia’s relatively recent rise to prominence as a motorcycle manufacturer has been aided in no small measure by successes gained on the racetrack, particularly in Grands Prix where Max Biaggi’s three consecutive 250cc-class World Championships between 1994-1996 confirmed the Italian firm’s ability to compete at the highest level. The Noale-based manufacturer has also been intensely active in off-road competition, the sphere of motorcycle sport in which it first came to prominence in Italy in the 1970s. Aprilia’s first dirt bikes – 125cc moto-cross and enduro models – went on sale in 1976 with its first trials bike – developed in conjunction with maestro Sammy Miller - following in 1979. This first trials model – the 340 – used a Hiro engine but by the mid-1980s all Aprilia’s off-roaders would be Rotax powered. At the time of cataloguing it had not been possible positively to identify this Aprilia trials bike, but the machine is almost certainly a 277cc TX311, a model built between 1985 and 1988. Presented in substantially original condition, it is offered with bill of sale and original Austrian Einzelgenehmigung.
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