You wish that was scooter, its just elec - push piece of s... omething for i don't know who....
You wish that was scooter, its just elec - push piece of s... omething for i don't know who....I will not be surprised if they come up with a scooter one of these days.
… wait, they already did, didn’t they.
I agree 100%. I was looking forward to EICMA all year and MV showed up with by far the most disappointing lineup, after Bimota perhaps. Heck, Royal Enfield had better bikes than MV this year. Royal Enfield, that Indian hunk of metal that my grandfather, my father and then I grew up riding. Lol.I am suspecting there are some ongoing changes to MV Agusta’s brand characteristics.
- The suspection was there for some time but emerged more obvious after seeing EICMA this time. There were no major super-sport category related announcements.
- Come to think of it, they made the new 1000cc engine to put it on not the F4 but the Brutale afterall. and there are not any words about F4 so far.
- Current lineup has only 1 pure super sport bike, the F3. I am not sure if I can call the Superveloce a super sport bike.
The past image of MV Agusta that I had was that it was a very racing oriented brand. While these might not mean they are completely deleting the racing heritage, but might be safe to bet that at least some change of colors are going on. I will not be surprised if they come up with a scooter one of these days.
… wait, they already did, didn’t they.
I totally agree that bringing out a new 4 cyllinder super sport, which should be overlooking the competition, is very time consuming and requires a grand sum of money.I work closely with the country distributor. From what I see, MV's strategy currently is based on getting the company profitable again.
The way I see, there are 2 main reasons why there's still no 4 cylinder sport bikes yet.
As for the 950cc platform, with the LXP 9.5, I see around 15 hp increase. That could translate into 160-170 hp future nakeds or F3s next year.
- MV doesn't want to introduce a new 4 cylinder engine until the product has marketable, insane power against competition. Meaning if they ever release a new f4, it has to be more than 215 hp.
- 4 cylinder platform for performance focus is a very, very expensive R&D and given the number of 4 cylinder super sport sales, MV seems to want to take their time on the R&D rather than quick releasing a 4 cylinder super sport just for the sake of it.
I still believe they will come back with a new 4 cylinder engine before 2024, but no sooner.
Above are just my 2 cents![]()
I guess it would be very, very tight. I mean it would be very tough to make profit out of hyper/super-sport market, with small demands and enormous potential expenditure on development.Is the market for a hyper/super-sport bikes worth the investements still?
I work closely with the country distributor. From what I see, MV's strategy currently is based on getting the company profitable again.
The way I see, there are 2 main reasons why there's still no 4 cylinder sport bikes yet.
As for the 950cc platform, with the LXP 9.5, I see around 15 hp increase. That could translate into 160-170 hp future nakeds or F3s next year.
- MV doesn't want to introduce a new 4 cylinder engine until the product has marketable, insane power against competition. Meaning if they ever release a new f4, it has to be more than 215 hp.
- 4 cylinder platform for performance focus is a very, very expensive R&D and given the number of 4 cylinder super sport sales, MV seems to want to take their time on the R&D rather than quick releasing a 4 cylinder super sport just for the sake of it.
I still believe they will come back with a new 4 cylinder engine before 2024, but no sooner.
Above are just my 2 cents![]()
Same when I bought a -2nd hand- RC51 in 2016.. I knew I could of spent nearly half as much and got a jap bike which would out perform it.
Geez your bike is hot and your smile looks priceless.Same when I bought a -2nd hand- RC51 in 2016.
Could have bought a stinky i4 Suzuki for half the price.
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At track days, I wasn't the fastest (nor the most skillfull) rider. But grinned like a monkey in a banana warehouse nevertheless...