found my next bike

manius · 19 Aug 2015 at 16:30

its a shame they dont do it in the 1090 but ill be happy with a 800 triple

http://www.mvagusta.com/en/motorcycles/brutale-800-dragster-rr/

Macwhite97 · 19 Aug 2015 at 16:44

Looks like an absolute beauty! Looking to pick up the Honda CBR650F next year and have it restricted for my license

tom_e · 19 Aug 2015 at 16:48

I dribbled.

That is a stunning piece of machinery, I'll probably never be able to afford one though!

manius · 19 Aug 2015 at 16:50

it will be next summer b4 i get can buy a new bike but at the moment this is top of the list

wazza300 · 19 Aug 2015 at 16:51

I saw one in wolvo triumph they do look nice in the flesh,similar to the triumph speed triple I thought in size and general shape

ttaskmaster · 19 Aug 2015 at 17:33

They actually called it a "Dragster"?
Be prepared for people to confuse it with Yamaha's Dragstar series, then... and for them to call it a Drag Queen!!

Not really into Agustas, but that Stradale looks kinda interesting, actually. I'd have to pronounce it 'Stra-Dale' though, rather than 'Straddle'!

TallPaul_S · 19 Aug 2015 at 18:27

It's pronounced stra-da-lay, not straddle

http://forvo.com/word/stradale/

Can see it now, some northerner goes into MV's best showroom:

"Ey up love, you 'ent got one of 'em MV straddles have thee?"

Kreeeee · 19 Aug 2015 at 20:06

Very unique, a really interesting choice.

One · 19 Aug 2015 at 21:55

Not a fan of that whacking big box just under the three pipes! The spoked wheels look cool though.

gcaster · 19 Aug 2015 at 23:27

Sat on a few of the MVs about a month back. Absolutely gorgeous machines but the nakeds are just a bit too compact for me. I'm reasonably tall (6'1") and felt like I was right over the bars.
The Turismo though... Do I really need 2 kidneys???

Yaayuh! · 20 Aug 2015 at 09:00

Meehhhh. I would much prefer the 1290 Super Duke R.

4T5 · 20 Aug 2015 at 10:42

Back end just doesn't balance with the front, Front end is mont though. That rear guard plate holder assemble looks terrible.

Tefal · 20 Aug 2015 at 10:44

4T5 said:
Back end just doesn't balance with the front, Front end is mont though. That rear guard plate holder assemble looks terrible.

im sure rizoma will have some sexy parts made up to fix that soo nenough

Tefal · 20 Aug 2015 at 10:45

one thing i do find amusing though is the inclusion of pillion foot pegs

Sandycheeks · 20 Aug 2015 at 11:27

Tefal said:
one thing i do find amusing though is the inclusion of pillion foot pegs

Yeah, didn't notice that at first...you'd have to be brave to get on the back of that.
Slip backward and you'd end up wrapped around the tire...ouch!!!

growse · 20 Aug 2015 at 11:55

Followed one of these home the other week. They sound epic, but not sure they're use for much more than posing though.

ttaskmaster · 20 Aug 2015 at 12:08

TallPaul_S said:
It's pronounced stra-da-lay, not straddle

Lo siento... errr.... je nais parlays Italiano, mein freund... yeh...

'Stra-da-lay' just sounds all sing-songy!

"Bru-ta-lay, Stra-da-lay,
Keeps you riding, night and day..."

Stra-Dale at least has a strong, Northerner sound to it!

4T5 · 20 Aug 2015 at 13:50

Tefal said:
im sure rizoma will have some sexy parts made up to fix that soo nenough

After market items need to catch up on all these tail tidies they need for the new bikes as most of them have hideous pieces of plastic stuck on the back. It's almost like they forgot about a rear guard & rear lights when designing it so just chucked a lump of plastic on the back to do the job.

bloodiedathame · 20 Aug 2015 at 17:27

Aww it's got a little backpack on the rear wheel. And it looks like the rear end fell off somewhere.

Nice though, in a weird way.

One · 20 Aug 2015 at 18:17

4T5 said:
After market items need to catch up on all these tail tidies they need for the new bikes as most of them have hideous pieces of plastic stuck on the back. It's almost like they forgot about a rear guard & rear lights when designing it so just chucked a lump of plastic on the back to do the job.

The tail peices are literally that though. It's only law that means the reg plate has to be at behind the rear wheel. This means bike manufacturers have two options:
1 They spend a lot of time and money designing something that's never really going to suit the bike and end up having to charge more for it or
2 Put some cheap crappy thing on the back to pass the law knowing full well the owner will swap it for something much nicer within a few days/weeks.