Griff is literally a walking encycloaprillia

Halfway through this video and wanted to stop and say: Pay this man whatever he charges. This is the guy you want working on this kind of machine. A perfectionist who knows all the details. Amazing knowledge and recollection for something 20 years old.

Get it on the road with new tyres and let that man take it for a blat. Anybody enthusiastic enough to notice the mudguard screw is wrong deserves a chance to ride it. Putting a smile like that on a mates face helps justify the purchase price!

@44Teeth you have to offer Griff a proper ride out on that. A man that passionate about a particular bike needs to have a good go!

Griff should definitely be a honourable member of the team, he is well spoken and knows his onions, and has some classy banter ‘pissing like a puppy’…etc🤣😎👍

Griff has serviced and worked on every Aprilia I have owned,Griff is an absolute legend and wouldn’t have anyone else work on my Aprilias 🤘

“Find a job you love and you’ll never have to a work a day in your life.” Fantastic stuff!

This guy is great. Another great video as well, Chris. Cheers!

Just remember it's only original once so why bother re repainting it back to standard looks sexy as is.

“That screw’s wrong!” Haha, love it. Bike is cool as fuck and looks seriously great in that paint scheme. Can see why previous owner had it in his living room.

Bike looks great in that livery! All the time and expense to take it back to the factory paint just to make it look worse would be a bitter pill to swallow. I would leave it as a period-correct custom that looks fantastic. Hopefully you can piece together the full history on the bike. Nice work, Grumble! -Tim

Griff is a legend in his own right , take him up on his offer and film it for us. The road version and your SP comparison. I remember being given a ride on a full factory race team 851 Ducati back in the 90’s . I could still tell you exactly how it felt to ride nearly 30 years later. This is how Griff would feel about a ride on the SP, Some things just mean that much !!! Thanks for sharing such an awesome bike, great content.

You had me at dodgy warehouse.

Loving the amount of videos coming out recently!

I just LOVE Griff's enthusiasm for this bike. It's contagious!

The two of you have single handedly made me an Aprilia fan. The genuine stoke throughout this entire video and the giggling and grinning going on shows there is truly something special about that machine. Can’t wait for the ride video. Congrats on the purchase!

That grif-guy seems to know his stuff! Always cool when technerds get going! 😁🙌

This is bloody awesome!!!! Would love to see more nostalgic bikes with history like this!!

I love this bike so much. On my 2000 RSV mille I had these pipes running and even the Arrow manifold for the street legal bikes (because the cosworth heads have different manifold mountings). Only the 2-2 connection to the mufflers were missing and I planned to let me make some, to be able to enjoy the real 2-2 sound and power. Unfortunatelly there was an accident distroying my plans.. The sound of these two pipes (Aprilia SP Titanium) is so good.. not even too loud, but so so deep and crisp! I am really happy for you to get such a good pick with this bike. Enjoy!

Love this, I can listen to Griff talk all day. That is a real enthousiast

Griff is THE #1 man in Europe for 'Prillas. Bit of a top dude too!

8:10 MS is a brand of italian cigarettes we had mostly from the '70 until the '00

I think this is the best video you've ever made. Both of you were so happy like 2 kiddos in the candy shop. Genuine joy to watch.

Love this. Grif seems like a total legend. Exactly the kind of guy you want working on your bike

This is the type of moto vids I personally have been longing for. Unique insights into unique earlier bikes. This should be a 44Teeth special segment going forward. Love it!

What a top bloke. He’s genuinely happy for you! If I ever get one of those Aprilllllllia things for track then he’s the man to go to!

The current paint really highlights the gold accents and makes the orange pop in contrast with the finish being a matt instead of high gloss. I personally think it looks better like this than the original paint job. Carbon fibre stands out more to. Happy for you and the bike is legit.

Love AP, had a smashing day chatting to Griff as he serviced my humble ETV 1000 with (nearly!) as much enthusiasm and attention to detail. Great vid, great shop.

Nice to see Jason Newsted working again after Metallica ..... 😁 Lovely bike

Stand out Vid. More of this. Grifs knowledge, passion and detail is supreme, almost zen. He needs to feature more. Love that bike, i had to pause the vid before you started her up i was that nervous. Congrats on an amazing purchase.

Griff getting excited over all the parts etc, loved it. Even more so the cable tie near the end :)

Awesome bike. Griff is amazing to listen to, love all the nerdy tech stuff! I needed this today. Keep em coming

Thank you for sharing this. I badly needed something positive today, and it did the trick. I have a soft spot in my heart for that era Aprilia's and awesome rotax engines. Couldn't stop smiling.

Absolutely beautiful. It's amazing listening to Griffs knowledge.

The amount of passion this guy shows for bikes makes me so happy.

That was a great video, so neat to see two grown men behaving like kids at Christmas.

It's great to see the enthusiasm, knowledge and love for these machines! If I ever own a Aprilia, I'll be using AP x

You went to the master (Griff), so you can rest assured you own a piece of history, congrats!

the paintjob is absolutely awesome especially this being a WSBK homologation bike having a unique and fantastic looking WSBK replica color scheme!! congrats!

I love to watch someone who actually knows their stuff and geek out on it. Griff wasn't throwing the knowledge at us, he was helping us learn about what it actually is. One of the best videos I have seen in months!!!

What an absolute minter! We'd all be lucky to have a Griff working on our bikes too, and you can tell he loves what he does.

Will you PLEASE invite Griff on the first run!

Griff seems like a top bloke, could probably talk about that bike for hours and it not be boring

Thanks for making this great video! Cheered me up! Currently isolating 44teeth has been my savior!

Love this Griff guy, have to bring it more often on the channel. He has great attitude and energy... He genuinely is jealous of this Mille SP.

Griff was so excited, awesome to watch!

Looks stunning Chris. Griff will be loving it as he's working on an FP1 atm. Loves his Specials does that man.

If you ever sell this Griff should be the only person allowed to buy it or another person who truly understands just how special these old factory race machines are. You can see the enormous amount of pride he has just looking at that machine. Really have made a fantastic purchase. As a bit of a Aprilia nut having the RS125, 08 RSV1000R and all being well soon a RS250 along with a 98/99 Millie 1000 would complete the stable of these phenomenal bikes. Might have take a leaf out of the person you purchased this from and start keeping them in the front room. Who needs a sofa,bookshelves and a TV when all you want is a folding deck chair to admire these great bikes. 44Teeth, You boys smashed it out the park once again

Dealt with Griff a good few times. Genuinely one of the nicest blokes on the planet. What a great looking bike, please keep that paint scheme.

I want one, I've always wanted one, what a great find well done Chris, keep the paint as it is.

Really enjoyed that.. Really chuffed for you Chris.. She sounds incredible! Can’t wait to see/hear her out on the road 👍🏼

Griff is an incredible guy - as are all the folks at AP Workshops. They all have helped so many Aprilia folks, and they ship parts the world over! I purchased some bits and bobs from them, and I'm in the States. I'm glad Chris made it up to see Griff. As *soon* as I heard Chris state he was heading to AP Workshops, I knew I was going to like this video. As always - top quality from 44 teeth.

This has got to be the best video 44Teeth has ever done. Me owning a 2002 Tuono R Limited might make me a bit biased though.

That exhaust note beats any of the others V Twins of the era. Super snarly and super horn. Griff is now in the hallowed club of James, and the Solicitor bloke that I would instantly use if I ever needed what they can offer. Thanks 44T for bringing these guys to our attention.

Stunning bike and Griff seems like a top bloke. It’s always good spending a day watching a master of their craft at work. You can see how passionate he is for these bikes. Cracking vid! 👍🏻

I have never seen this bike in my whole life, but listening to griff talking about the bike with such passion, and the facts, just makes you hooked to the video

Wow, total Jizz machine. That sound ! Congratulations ! What a legend Griff is too , more Griff pls.

griff, what a legend. love that level of geekery. what a bike!

What an absolute stunner. Griff seems like a proper legend, would love to see the comparison video.

Absolutely loved this - that zip tie for the build sheets!

Loved that - Chris, give that lad a spin on your bike!

Awesome bike. Look forward to a Jason/Sue review between the SP and your Factory… maybe a track review as well would be awesome 🙏 Great video ‘series’? 👏

I got goosebumps when it fired up! Beautiful bike...can't wait for the follow-up videos on this machine!

Old mate Griff is awesome. I love listening to him nerd out on the bike and spew a waterfall of knowledge.

so so good to see genuine boyish excitement over a special bike :)

My God it’s gorgeous ! When it first fired up on the video, I was grinning like a idiot, just like the two of you were 😆. Don’t you dare remove that beautiful “period correct” paint job 😱.

Bloody fantastic!! What a happy face Chris - and Griff's as well 😀 ... sounds gorgeous, so smooth. Next we"ll see you wheel standing her around Oulton Park...

I'm fairly new to the world of bikes and was totally unaware of this era of Aprilia. Really enjoyed the vid and Griff's enthusiasm is infectious. Great stuff.

Just a tip when strapping the bike in your van, add one large (heavy duty) strap straight back from the rear wheel, in the event of a hard brake/accident it will stop it coming forward into the seats and potentially hurting you. Straps lose strength when not directly load in a straight line from the direction of force, the wider the angle the load effectively goes up so their effective load rating is massively reduced if that makes sense?

Griff is a legend , I wouldn't take my RSV anywhere else.

love the enthusiasm and geeky details, so much more interesting than a modern bike. Great video.

Glued to this video. Awesome content from a truly knowledgeable guy. Love the passion. Great purchase, Chris.

"It was quite a lot of money"... so, how much?? Peter Goddard? A great Aussie, live right here in Wollongong!!!

Keep the paint scheme. The exhaust though 👌. If I lived closer I'd totally use Griff as my mechanic, what a guy!

Griff seems like a nice guy; I’ll give them a call about my Tuono, doubtless he can answer a few questions. Great video too, something a bit different, really good to watch 👍🏻

Nice!! Makes me miss my old red Tuono 2003 with beige frame, original race exhaust sounded great. Love the twin rear lights.

That’s a stunning bit of kid Chris, Griff clearly knows his stuff, I wouldn’t paint it looks awesome 👍

Gotta say, that paint job is awesome. No way I'd be repainting that if it were me.

Please buy more of these specials and have this guy run through the details explaining why they're special.... great watch MORE MORE Please film him doing the others!

looks awesome, sounds gorgeous !! keep the paint as it is, register it and ride it !! love it

My god Aprilia and Ducati are just something else,absolutely beautiful,stunning masterpiece

Love the paint job. I'd keep it, no doubt about it!

Absolutely mega! Looking forward to the follow up video down the line and seeing you ride it ! Hopefully hear the history of it too!

Happiest story of 2021 so far. Well deserved.

I feel like he's earned a ride on it.

I’d absolutely love to own that!!

This video made my day! My two favourite KZfaqrs on the same video. Thank you Chris and Griff. I need to get my Tuono factory out for a play now. 😃

Absolutely stunning. Love this. Looking forward to more content like this.

Hi Griff, 100% with you on the bolt identification details (Mark at TimeMachine)

As a '83 Monkey (Z50J) owner I love that Honda Dax in the background !

Wow what a great video!!! He is so knowledgeable about Aprilia I love this kind of stuff. Thanks for sharing Baron

LOVE how he's absolutely nerding out on this bike... Great video. Big thumbs up.

Griff is an absolute legend and the holy grail in the Aprilia knowledge world..AP Workshops rule 👍🏼🇮🇹

That's a fookin beast Chris I'm well jealous the paint job looks good I'd leave it personally.

Massive knowledge and massive enthusiasm, lovely bike. Thoroughly entertained, thank you.

Hands up, those of you who went online straight after this and looked for a RSV Mille SP! Great buy, Mr Baron. 🤩

paint looks good, don't change it...

I know it's not the 'proper' paintwork, but 1: it looks absolutely stunning, and 2: it makes this bike a number 1 of 1 machine, instead of number 017 of 150. Sounds gorgeous.

I honestly absolutely loved watching that video! Really in depth information and enthusiasm was never ending!! Such a beautiful bike and always wanting one so I’m soo jealous of you and that beautiful aprilia sp 😍 Griff, what a top guy 👌

Half way through, got to say - I'm excited for you! Brilliant video. So much nostalgia, i miss hanging out at the garage! Back to the video, get the brew on!