
There is a tongue-in-cheek joke amongst moto-journalists when it comes to new MV Agusta models: that each new machine is "the best motorcycle yet" from the Italian brand. The unspoken punchline of course is that each new model has such an incredibly low bar to surpass, that it is a relatively...
In his First Impression and First Ride reviews of the MV Agusta Brutale 800 Dragster RR, our European Correspondent, Tor Sagen, lays out the nuts and bolts of the Dragster RR. Similar to the Brutale 800 RR I rode as part of MV Agusta USA's recent media meet-n-greet, the Dragster benefits from...
Last week we posted a First Impressions ride review of MV's hottest Dragster model, the new RR version. Today, our Euro correspondent, Tor Sagen, delivers a full review of the Dragster 800 RR. MV Agusta's leader, Giovanni Castiglioni, describes the Dragster RR as "the pure, radical Brutale."...
I have to admit, I approached the MV Agusta F3 800 with a bit of trepidation. Despite reading our European correspondent, Tor Sagen's, mostly glowing review of the bike from its overseas debut at Misano, I'd just finished riding MV's Brutale 800, featuring the same basic engine, last week with a...
Certification documents from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board reveal a new MV Agusta model to be called the Brutale 800 Dragster is on its way for the 2014 model year. The new Brutale 800 Dragster name first popped up in EPA on-highway motorcycle...
In early 2016, I was fortunate enough to ride the revamped and Euro4 version of the MV Agusta Brutale 800. On paper, the Brutale 800 lost power and gained weight, but the reality is that MV Agusta improved upon already one of its best-selling machines, in subtle and clever ways. Now a...
The stroked 675 MV Agusta Triple our man Bruno dePrato heaped praise upon in his recent gallop aboard the new Brutale 800 has now found its way into a fully faired sportbike version: the new MV Agusta F3 800. Bore remains 79.0mm in the MV three-cylinder, but stroke is increased from 45.9mm to...