It’s an outdoorsy week, with a 1970s Harley Sportster equipped for the Vintage 1000 rally, another Husqvarna Norden 901 teaser, and an electric snow bike. But first we look at a tastefully modded Aprilia RSV Mille, and a Yamaha SR500 street scrambler.

Aprilia RSV Mille by Jett Design Based in Virginia, USA, Andrew Jett has a thing for ?future classic? sport bikes. His latest work is this 2000-model Aprilia RSV Mille, lightly resto-modded for a client. And while the man on the street wouldn’t know the difference between this and the stock version, aficionados will spot a plethora of clever mods.
Most of the nipping and tucking centers around the Aprilia’s bodywork. Andrew ditched the lower fairings for a half-fairing design, that sharpens the look but also exposes more of the bike’s motor.
Areas like the mirror and accessory mounts on the upper parts of the fairing have been smoothed off, and it now sports a trimmed Zero Gravity windscreen.
Andrew fabricated new fairing brackets too, and installed integrated LED turn signals up front. The rear’s been tweaked with an LED taillight and turn signal combo unit, along with a custom-made license plate bracket. The seat’s sporting a neat hand-stitched Alcantara cover.

On the performance side, Andrew modified the OEM air box and added a K&N filter, plus a titanium Leo Vince SBK muffler. The controls have been upgraded with adjustable Apex clip-ons, Domino grips, CRG mirrors and levers,...