Quiz: MV AgustaBrutale 800 - Is the "two-wheeled Ferrari" really that special?
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I remember about fifteen years ago I was driving along the road to the sea, somewhere near Vrhniki, driving behind a German motorcyclist who had previously sat in these places in a rarely seen car. M. V. Agusta. Model F4, with exhaust battery under the rear. Uh, already prestige and the highest Italian design, a kind of Ferrari for two. Live she was even more beautiful than in the photographs.
It still deviates from the average
Today everything is different, according to M.V. Agusto, you can contact Radomlye, from where these Italian beauties are now brought to Schuebel. Only the "tochel" should transfer and add the money purchase. There I borrowed a fresh, almost clean MV AgustoBrutale 800. I take my time and take a closer look: it really differs from the average. "Naked" is like a heavily sharpened fatalka and a bulldog at the same time, so excitingly pulling the broad shoulders in the front and narrow hips of the buttocks, perfect shape and design consistency.
There are no parts that are not artificially constructed. The hole under the seat, however, wins. Somewhere, for a moment or two, in some elements it reminds me a bit of the TNT Benelli model. Remember him, he was like the beautiful lines of sin? "Um, beautiful beautiful" I think, “But beneath the excesses of design in its mechanical internals, can you taste and feel the same excitement that poisons the rider's soul and elevates his ride? Will this meet expectations? " You know, Italians are first of all aesthetes, then mechanics, the Germans have a different order, for example. Is this still true or is this some kind of bias?
Aviation history graph name
I have always wondered how motorcycle brands were born, how they started. As a rule, European, especially Italian brands, like BMW, were initially associated with aviation. Check out the neighbors in Mandello del Lario at Moto Guzzi. It's the same with MV. Count it up (yes, so the mark is blue-blooded) Giovanni Agusta he founded an aircraft company near Milan in 1923, motorcycles were not yet in use, and after his death his sons continued to work. The devastated Italy after World War II required simple and inexpensive vehicles, jobs were scarce, and a motorcycle was the perfect solution. This was seen as a business opportunity in Cascina Costa, where MV Agusta is from.
In Bologna, Ducati started out with small bikes, so similar models were built on Agusta (not Augusta, please). The first larger and heavier motorcycle was released in 1950. five hundred cubic feet Turismo modelotherwise, they are betting on lighter, caféré-style bikes. They saw the possibility of creating a tunnel in the racing car market, so they developed special racing models in parallel with the road models, their three and four-cylinder models were unrivaled, in which John Surtez, Mike "Bicycle", among others won the fame and titles of the world champion Highwood and Giacomo Agostini. Until they were choked out by a two-stroke Yamaha in the mid-XNUMX's; Used to forget about patriotism, home brand, and he jumped on Yamaha too.
New times, new owners
In the following years, mainly due to high production costs and costly labor, motorcycles did not find sufficient buyers and Agusta ceased production in 1980. The production of helicopters continued. In 1991 she bought the brand Cagiva and in 1997 introduced the new MV Agusto to the market, the first model of a new era, the F4 mentioned in the introduction. Things did not go according to plan, and in 2004 it was bought by a Malaysian company. Proton, they sold it to you Harley to Davidson two years later, and the Americans - Claudio Castiglioni, who teamed up with Mercedes Benz... The Germans became the owners of 2016% Agusta in 25, but this is still not a problem. Well, Lewis Hamilton has his own Agusta, the F4 with his name will make it easy for you for just over $ 44.000. The connection with him is clearer now, isn't it?
Pose to stroke you
Enough about the history of the brand, so I have before me a three-cylinder "Brutalka", which confirms its sharpness with three side exhausts and aggressive appearance. Well, the Brutale has been on the scene for over a decade and a half, the first of which was the 2003 Brutale S in 750, before that name was the “stripped” F4 without armor. He's harder every time, uh, yes, harder.
I put the key in, start the three-cylinder engine - now Euro4 compliant - which makes that distinctive, high-pitched, slightly raspy sound at idle. I sit on a rather high-set, expertly cut seat, as a hardy girl can sit, the position of the armrests is more forward than it might seem at first glance.
The wide and flat handlebars allow for good control of the motorcycle. In front of the driver's eyes is a small LCD panel with a digital speedometer, underneath is a RPM indicator. Keeping pace with the times, there is Power with Technology in the driver-controlled menu on the left lever. MVICS extension (Motor & VehicleIntegratedControlSystem) selects four different engine programs - Rain, Touring, Sport and Custom, which are distinguished by the transmission of maximum power. Under the rebar line with noon poorly visible control lights (for example, the work of flashers). The bike also has an eight-level anti-slip rear wheel adjustment.
I switch to the first one, and just a slight twist of the throttle lever is enough to make Brutale brutal. He barks and wants to start 116 horses at once. Driving is poetry, driving is precise like everything else, the brakes are sharp too, especially the electronic gearbox, the "quickschifer" EAS 2.0. up and down, allowing you to shift without a clutch. Race. Indeed, despite the truncated pedigree, it would be worth driving a couple of laps around the track with Brutalka, I'm sure with pleasure.
Yes, and that. Do you know what this clip means before the name Agusta? Meccanica Verghera. If "meccanica" doesn't need much explanation, then it probably is. Shame... The first Agusta was made here.
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photo: Sasha Kapetanovich, factory
Basic data
Sales: Avtocentr Šubelj service in shops, doo
Base model price: Price: 13.690 EUR €
Test model cost: Price: 13.690 EUR €
Technical information
engine: three-cylinder, in-line, four-stroke, liquid-cooled, 798 cm3
Power: 81,0 kW (116 hp) at 11.500 volts / min
Torque: 83,0 Nm at 7.600 rpm
Energy transfer: six-speed gearbox, chain
Frame: steel pipe
brakes: 320mm front disc, 220-piston caliper, XNUMX mm rear disc, twin-piston caliper, Bosch ABS
Suspension: fully adjustable, 43mm front telescopic fork, rear center shock, swing arm
Tires: 120/70-17, 180/55-17
Growth: 830 mm
Ground clearance: NP
Fuel tank: 16,8
Consumption on test: 5,9 l / 100 kmWheelbase: 1400 mm
Weight: 175 kg
We praise and reproach
appearance
character
popped block, gearbox
controller indicator on counters is too small
limited vision in the rear-view mirrors
