{"id":780,"date":"2013-08-07T14:18:44","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T04:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/?p=780"},"modified":"2013-09-02T13:43:04","modified_gmt":"2013-09-02T03:43:04","slug":"2013-mv-agusta-brutale-1019rr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/2013-mv-agusta-brutale-1019rr\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 MV AGUSTA BRUTALE 1019RR"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Scary clown. Fast clown. Clown will get you.<\/p><\/div>\n

URGENT DELIVERY<\/h3>\n

Do not be fooled by its happy-clown make-up. It might be painted up like some kid\u2019s toy, but the 1090 Brutale is a tombstone serious, murderously quick and insanely powerful weapon, clearly intended to raise a man\u2019s excitement levels into the heart-failure zone.<\/p>\n

From the second you press the starter button, you\u2019ll understand that you\u2019re not dealing with an ordinary motorcycle. It doesn\u2019t start. It detonates into angry, vicious life. It doesn\u2019t idle. It grinds what sounds like metallic power-bones into performance dust. And it doesn\u2019t accelerate. It simply f**ks the f**k off. When you\u2019re seeing 7000rpm in top, you are no longer breathing. You are just hanging on and holding your breath. This candy-coloured bastard really goes. And of course, it handles \u2013 but it\u2019s the kind of handling I would need time to come to terms with. It\u2019s sure-footed, but somehow the weird-sit-on-top riding position, the hell-short wheelbase and the Not-Ohlins suspension (it\u2019s Marzocchi and Sachs) didn\u2019t combine to inspire instant confidence in me. This is the kind of motorcycle I would spend a while learning the limits of.<\/p>\n

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I took it to Walcha and back for an overnighter up Thunderbolt\u2019s Way, a broken-bitumened bastard of a road with some very redeeming fast stuff in places \u2013 and I reckon you can tour on the Brutale if you were so inclined. Its urgent, aggressive and maniacal power caused my love to flow unrestrained and that certainly outweighed the way its high-speed vibrations cracked the number plate and sent the rego label holder spinning into oblivion. Meh, I said to myself \u2013 I can live without such rubbish.<\/p>\n

But I was smart enough to tape a sheepskin to the seat, which mitigated the manhood-crushing that goes on when you\u2019re on and off the throttle like a mad thing. The headlight is a good one, the instrument cluster is far too confusing, but the important stuff (speedo and tacho) is prominent, and even after a long and hectic day in the saddle, the Brutale will make you smile and shake your head in awe. It is a bike that will challenge you and reward you \u2013 and you will never ever tire of it.<\/p>\n

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NUMBERS<\/h3>\n

Start mileage: 2790<\/p>\n

End mileage: 5324<\/p>\n

Fuel economy: 5.8 per 100km<\/p>\n

WHAT\u2019S GREAT<\/h3>\n

The way this thing goes is simply breath-taking. Yes, there is a hiccup with the fueling down low \u2013 but when you\u2019re on it, the bike is in its happy place. And its happy place is a place of intensity, both in terms of acceleration and performance. This is weapons-grade stuff, pilgrims. The detail and finish are stunning and like all MVs, the Brutale is truly a work of art from every angle.<\/p>\n

WHAT\u2019S GOOD<\/h3>\n

The steering damper. Great thing, that steering damper. Very helpful. The maniacally short first gear is also bulk fun. It\u2019s also just impossible not to feel really good about yourself and the world when you\u2019re mounted on an MV. The marque is coveted, revered and venerated \u2013 rightly or wrongly is hardly the issue. How you feel when you\u2019re riding it is.<\/p>\n

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WHAT\u2019S CHALLENGING<\/h3>\n

That white seat. Do you know how long it stays white? Not that long at all. Rain turns it gray. Everyday use seems to age it. White is not a good colour for seat vinyl. The hydraulic clutch is heavier than it needs to be and the bars could be wider for a little more leverage. A smoother, less manic and easier throttle would also be nice, but you do get used to that. Just don\u2019t ever get lazy and stop paying attention. It won\u2019t like you when you do that. Oh, and it\u2019s a real chore to clean.<\/p>\n

WHAT\u2019S DISAPPOINTING<\/h3>\n

I did not enjoy the way the back wheel sprayed water all over my back in the rain. I did not enjoy the inane mega-complexity of the dash functions and readouts. If Sam and Ralph struggled with this nonsense on the naked bike shoot-out, I had no hope of working out how to scroll through the options. So I didn\u2019t bother. And lastly, that whole spitting and hacking that goes on with the fueling just the other side of 2000rpm gets really old really fast. It\u2019s 2012. Ducati and Harley have worked out how to get the fueling right on their twins. This is a four, for pity\u2019s sake. Fix it. Fix it now.<\/p>\n

WHAT EVERY OWNER SHOULD DO<\/h3>\n

Refuse to leave the MV dealer until the fueling is sorted. It\u2019s to hell and gone better than it was with the original model (so MV is aware of the issue), but it\u2019s still not right. Oh, and set of Arrows race pipes is a must. The world needs more Arrows-equipped MVs.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s fast, it\u2019s powerful and it\u2019s every bit as much fun as its crazy four-tone paintjob indicates it would be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4,58],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3029,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions\/3029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}