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Yeah nowt to do with Aprilia in general. All Ohlins forks tend to blow seals more often. Less stiction on single lip seals, I guess that's why they use them. I'm a stickler for suspension servicing these days and it makes even more of a difference on the fancy stuff.
Aprilia in the 90s were really ahead of their time - the Pegaso, the big adventure bike, the Futura and the RSV (and the bonkers SXV450/550)....Ducati are damn lucky they were bought by TPG and got good at marketing because the Aprilia line up was smoking them back then.
Fun to look at the factory in Noale - still only a little place!
J.
Jung
Think the front issue used to be poor quality seals and single lip seals I think? There were ways around it, think it was some yamaha twin lip seals. But the more the bikes were used the less the seal failed. Think sitting for long time didn't help.
Also remember that there was something about the difference between proper ohlins kit and the ohlins kit that were factory fitted. But that may have been hear say.
You remember how long I had my mille.