Hi all,
A couple of months ago I took delivery of a "new" (ie. unused and unregistered F4. Love the bike, however a few things about the bike are causing me issues.
I've done a total of 1400 miles on the bike now and the main source of worry is that if I'm on a motorway (I've just come back from France where this was very apparent) and trying to hold a constant speed of around 80mph (seems to be around 6-6500rpm) the bike will surge and then lose power around this area. It is a total pain to ride.
According to my MV dealer this is a "normal" characteristic of the F4 engine. For real? I've been riding 30 years and had a lot of bikes (I've come from Yamaha R1s (my last one was stolen) and never ever experienced this before. On something as top-end as and MV I'd expect perfection. I suspect I'm being fobbed off. Is this normal?
The bodywork on either side of my rear lights appears to have distorted (where there are some internal lugs - I'll try and get some photos of this). The dealer has taken pictures of this to send back to MV - personally I couldn't care less what MV say; they sold me the bike, the panels need replacing.
I have what appears to be condensation inside the display - it seems to have originated from the bottom left where the red hazard warning button is; has anyone else had this issue? I personally don't think it's acceptable (I've thrown dirt bikes into rivers and never had the clocks get wet inside).
ETA: it is this EXACT problem...
http://www.mvagusta.net/forum/showthread.php?t=50896
My trip recorders seem to randomly reset and the traction control switch itself off. Again - any suggestions?
Overall, despite the bike being beautful, I am beginning to wish I'd just bought another R1. On top of the above has been the fact that not one of the recalls had been done on the bike (subframe fix, heat shields - who knows what else) and the rear tyre started splitting! The dealer isn't filling me with confidence either - as the customer I should not be having to point out to them that recalls haven't been effected.
All the above can be fixed, I hope, however I'd appreciate any views on my "surging" at 80-90mph constant throttle. Very frustrating.
A couple of months ago I took delivery of a "new" (ie. unused and unregistered F4. Love the bike, however a few things about the bike are causing me issues.
I've done a total of 1400 miles on the bike now and the main source of worry is that if I'm on a motorway (I've just come back from France where this was very apparent) and trying to hold a constant speed of around 80mph (seems to be around 6-6500rpm) the bike will surge and then lose power around this area. It is a total pain to ride.
According to my MV dealer this is a "normal" characteristic of the F4 engine. For real? I've been riding 30 years and had a lot of bikes (I've come from Yamaha R1s (my last one was stolen) and never ever experienced this before. On something as top-end as and MV I'd expect perfection. I suspect I'm being fobbed off. Is this normal?
The bodywork on either side of my rear lights appears to have distorted (where there are some internal lugs - I'll try and get some photos of this). The dealer has taken pictures of this to send back to MV - personally I couldn't care less what MV say; they sold me the bike, the panels need replacing.
I have what appears to be condensation inside the display - it seems to have originated from the bottom left where the red hazard warning button is; has anyone else had this issue? I personally don't think it's acceptable (I've thrown dirt bikes into rivers and never had the clocks get wet inside).
ETA: it is this EXACT problem...
http://www.mvagusta.net/forum/showthread.php?t=50896
My trip recorders seem to randomly reset and the traction control switch itself off. Again - any suggestions?
Overall, despite the bike being beautful, I am beginning to wish I'd just bought another R1. On top of the above has been the fact that not one of the recalls had been done on the bike (subframe fix, heat shields - who knows what else) and the rear tyre started splitting! The dealer isn't filling me with confidence either - as the customer I should not be having to point out to them that recalls haven't been effected.
All the above can be fixed, I hope, however I'd appreciate any views on my "surging" at 80-90mph constant throttle. Very frustrating.