mv agusta's

watters · Post by **watters** » Oct 9th, '06, 13:05

anybody been on one of these?
what do you think of them?

speedy(delboy) · Post by **speedy(delboy)** » Oct 9th, '06, 13:40

I'm not sure but I think Maver Nick is thinking of getting one so he may well have ridden one as well.

SueC · Post by **SueC** » Oct 9th, '06, 15:20

Yes.

Haven't had a chance to really try her yet though.

sonic · Post by **sonic** » Oct 9th, '06, 18:02

are you serious...

age · Post by **age** » Oct 9th, '06, 18:53

SueC wrote:Yes.

Haven't had a chance to really try her yet though.

Nice bike !

Did ya get her from SP ?

Age

SueC · Post by **SueC** » Oct 9th, '06, 21:46

Nice bike !

Nice?

Much better than "nice".

Thank you though.

Did ya get her from SP ?

Erm...

I did start at SP, but...

Red Dog in Kent found me a silver one, so I bought her from Red Dog.

Yeah, I know, I'm not really up to an MV Brutale, the bike is really wasted on someone who rides like me and parking her really will be an embarrassment (though I am practicing

), but I couldn't help myself.

As for what I think. Beautiful, desirable, sharp, twitchy, turns very quickly, not a novice ride, unforgiving, needs the width of a football pitch to u-turn, responsive, hard suspension...

Who cares? This is an MV....

I allowed WezC a little ride and his opinion was 'they've taken a rocket and strapped it to a scooter.'!

Oh dear.

However, MV are more than just the Brutale, so maybe you were asking about a different MV.

Little Loris · Post by **Little Loris** » Oct 10th, '06, 09:48

My brother bought one from Red Dog in Kent as well. It's a red and silver F4 1000. Sounds the nuts and when it goes passed me when I'm doing 80mph on my NC30 it sounds gorgeous. *Swooon*

It looks big close up but when it goes round corners it looks like a 250! My bro won't let me ride it funnily enough...

watters · Post by **watters** » Oct 10th, '06, 14:11

sonic wrote:are you serious...

insurance is on;y £100 more than my TL so why not

DynaMight · Post by **DynaMight** » Oct 10th, '06, 16:54

Are MV Agusta owners allowed to be a smug as Ducati owners?

SueC · Post by **SueC** » Oct 10th, '06, 17:18

What do Ducati owners have to be smug about?

I think SP1 owners have more reason to be smug than Ducati owners.

Though I'd personally make an exception for owners of Tamborini designed Ducatis.

Post by **TLS-Moose** » Oct 10th, '06, 23:39

SueC wrote:Though I'd personally make an exception for owners of Tamborini designed Ducatis.

Why Tamborini

Ing. Taglioni was the man behind the Desmo

watters · Post by **watters** » Oct 11th, '06, 02:34

so anybody know the service intervals?
parts easy to get hold of?
many mv dealers around?
anything i should look out for?

SueC · Post by **SueC** » Oct 11th, '06, 09:58

Which MV are you thinking about?

Your nearest dealership will be SP in Exeter, after that 3x in Ferndown. There's barely what you'd call a dealership network.

SP don't always have bikes to test-ride, but 3x normally do. The MVs are very different from the TL though. You might not like it if you test-ride one.

Parts can be difficult to get and expensive. Servicing is ridiculously expensive, 400+ quid for the first one at 600 miles, unless you can get a deal when buying new. Then it's every 6000 km, (less than 4000 miles). Not a problem in the UK, it's a hot-house flower and it's not that often sunny enough to bring out.

I don't know anything about any MV other than my Brutale though. Except that the MV Tamborini is the most beautiful and desirable bike in the world. (imho)

Jonny · Post by **Jonny** » Oct 11th, '06, 10:08

SueC wrote: the MV Tamborini is the most beautiful and desirable bike in the world. (imho)

Amen

:P

watters · Post by **watters** » Oct 11th, '06, 13:56

i was thinking of something like this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MV-AGUSTA_W0QQite ... dZViewItem