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MV Agusta back in the game? - Ulvetanna_imp - 12-21-2017
Just read a press release that MV Agusta may be back at it.
[url=https://www.ridersdomain.com/magazine/motorcycle-industry-news/mv-holding-acquires-remaining-shares-mercedes-amg/]MV Agusta PR
RE: MV Agusta back in the game? - Henrik_imp - 12-21-2017
Too much. The original Brutale was stunning, and I think the orange and black 910R to be one of the best looking bikes ever. In my opinion, it has been downhill since then.
RE: MV Agusta back in the game? - Houtman_imp - 12-21-2017
(12-21-2017, 05:50 AM)Henrik_imp Wrote: Too much. The original Brutale was stunning, and I think the orange and black 910R to be one of the best looking bikes ever. In my opinion, it has been downhill since then.
The only MV's I like is the ones produced in the seventies.
RE: MV Agusta back in the game? - the Ferret - 12-21-2017
F4-s was stunning. I agree new ones are too much.
Did you know MV was the only mfg not to sign the agreement to limit top speed on their motorcycles to 186 mph?
RE: MV Agusta back in the game? - Ulvetanna_imp - 12-21-2017
Lol, it's all in the eye of the beholder
RE: MV Agusta back in the game? - LongRanger_imp - 12-21-2017
This beholder says both of those bikes are way overdone and unnecessarily ugly. Pity too, because they're probably technological marvels. But not for me.
In the 90's, BMW was the last manufacturer to voluntarily limit its bikes to 100 hp. It then found itself losing ground to other manufacturers and quickly scrapped the idea.
RE: MV Agusta back in the game? - Ulvetanna_imp - 12-25-2017
(12-21-2017, 11:51 AM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: This beholder says both of those bikes are way overdone and unnecessarily ugly. Pity too, because they're probably technological marvels. But not for me.Indeed. I find the YZR-M1 unnecessarily swoopy, the RC213V abhorrent, the Ducati GP17 an abomination. And the Kawasaki ZX-10RR World Superbike is a blight to the eyes.
In the 90's, BMW was the last manufacturer to voluntarily limit its bikes to 100 hp. It then found itself losing ground to other manufacturers and quickly scrapped the idea.
Just kidding, of course. Each to his own. I must say I myself have never seen an ugly motorcycle. Ever.
RE: MV Agusta back in the game? - rotor - 12-25-2017
(12-21-2017, 03:51 AM)Ulvetanna_imp Wrote: Just read a press release that MV Agusta may be back at it.
[url=https://www.ridersdomain.com/magazine/motorcycle-industry-news/mv-holding-acquires-remaining-shares-mercedes-amg/]MV Agusta PR
so... how do you go on a trip of any kind with a bike like this? where the heck do you put your luggage?
I'm sorry, but if I can't see myself riding a bike across the Rockies to the Pacific, it is not a motorcycle, it is an ornament...
RE: MV Agusta back in the game? - the Ferret - 12-25-2017
Not even an NM4 or DN-01?
RE: MV Agusta back in the game? - Ulvetanna_imp - 12-25-2017
(12-25-2017, 02:02 PM)rotor_imp Wrote:(12-21-2017, 03:51 AM)Ulvetanna_imp Wrote: Just read a press release that MV Agusta may be back at it.
[url=https://www.ridersdomain.com/magazine/motorcycle-industry-news/mv-holding-acquires-remaining-shares-mercedes-amg/]MV Agusta PR
so... how do you go on a trip of any kind with a bike like this? where the heck do you put your luggage?
I'm sorry, but if I can't see myself riding a bike across the Rockies to the Pacific, it is not a motorcycle, it is an ornament...
so... how do you go on a trip of any kind with a bike like this? where the heck do you put your luggage?
I'm sorry, but if I can't see myself riding a bike across the Rockies to the Pacific, it is not a motorcycle, it is an ornament... I rode a 1983 Honda XL600 from Ketchikan, Alaska, through most of British Columbia to Vancouver. That was 1600 km or about 1,000 miles. I kept going and finally ended up not far from the Mexican border. That was the only bike I owned at the time, so it was a touring bike. It rained almost the whole time until I got south of Portland, Oregon.
I am pretty sure that the MV Agusta, or my Z900 (which is equally lovely) would serve much better as a touring bike than a single which only had a kick starter, and was dang cantankerous to start.