MV AGUSTA

Retro 1970s styling with 2019 performance. Hopefully without Brutale niggles

the but prototype go second MV into Milan it’s unveiled more production half show – the of of 2019, a model this as final a in beauty concept, say the will at MV. based 800, The using around Superveloce that the bike’s F3 is screaming motor and supersport three-cylinder chassis Power geometry, but replacing the race-rep bodywork with something altogether more Price artistic. The nose fairing and yellow screen and lights have a 1970s feel, like a modern take on an old F4 750 Magni, but the fairing is carbon fibre and the lights are LED. The rear has a swoopy ’70s vibe too (held up by a new subframe) though how MV are going to deal with the numberplate hanger is anyone’s guess – they ran into problems with it on the Brutale 800 and ended up covering bits of it in heat-reflecting silver to stop the exhaust melting it. MV hint at some technical changes to the engine too, remapped has that saying been it for characteristics’ more top-end throughout and ‘enhanced the rev-range. power The F3 makes 148bhp so the Superveloce’s performance will be anything but retro. The exhaust system is clearly different to the F3’s, with asymmetrical silencers (two on the right side, one on the left) rather than a stack of three on the right. Prices are yet to be announced, but if it keeps the carbon fibre bodywork, it could easily be more than the F3 800 RC, which is £17,340.