Test Ride Report:
Brutale R - Upright and uptight, almost angry you might say.
F4 - Down low, not slow and it sounds nice.
Action shot...
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Test Ride Report:
Brutale R - Upright and uptight, almost angry you might say.
F4 - Down low, not slow and it sounds nice.
Action shot...
e mare libertas
Photos attached.
This F4-1000 was definitely the best-sounding bike I've ever ridden. The non-stock exhaust gave it the perfect combination of growl and howl.
Handling-wise, very different, very interesting. At first I thought it was a little recalcitrant, overly heavy perhaps, but then I figured out the inputs required and it was just fine. It's much more settled and solid feeling than your average Jap literbike. Move over slightly and push into the bars rather than down on them and it gently carves into corners rather than tipping and skipping. Inputs that would have a GSX-R jumping all over the place simply do not affect the F4 at all.
A number of times I thought 'oh dear, this is going to have me feeling unsettled', but the bike simply flowed through the corner without any fuss whatsoever. I could have safely used twice the power I did at almost every point on our test ride.
It's a bike that can be ridden very, very fast, I'd say, and can use all of its power, unlike the cheap 'n' cheerful K2 GSX-R1000 I rode to get to AMPS for the demo!
The rear Pirelli Diablo on the F4 was well and truly shagged; both Finn and I had it sliding under brakes on Old North Road. AMPS will have to bite the bullet and fit a new rear pre-sale on this bike, one way or the other.
In terms of power, it feels about as fast as the current crop of Japanese literbikes. The particularly-sensitive fuel injection is noteworthy. Winding the throttle on, though, particularly with the exhaust on this bike, gives you much more of an immersive experience. It's intense. Intimidating almost. One gets the feeling that mastering the F4-1000 would result in a large number of cheaper superbikes being left struggling far behind in one's wake.
Frankly, it'd be too much bike for me.
Finn's Brutale, on the other hand?
I've always wanted one, and a quick blast on the Brutale R confirms that I was right. I was actually giggling into my helmet coming down the set of twisties below the intersection of Old North and Peak Roads.
I'll 'ave one, I will I will. The power and the glory and the rush and the fear are not so present as with the F4, but the Brutale is just so easy to ride.
- jrandom, your friendly local MV Agusta fanboy for life
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
Taranaki Hardcore Biker
Nice, now lets hear all the doubting Thomas'sNow some of us know that naked is where it's @.
As mad as a spider, and twice as hairy !
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You will have to go for a ride on a Speed Triple if thre brutale was your favorite out of the two you will love the TrumpyOriginally Posted by jrandom
e mare libertas
Yes, I've always wanted a go on a Speed Triple. I'll definitely consider it along with the Brutale and a few others for my next road bike.
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
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i've ridden Finns and Steves... gotta say they're both fun but i'd prefer the F4.
If i was going for a nakid.. They all have there merits, but the 990 woul;d be the beast to have.. i reckon
Nice write up Fish..and Allan.. BUY THE MOTHER FOOOKAH!! either that or the duc from the matrix
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on the wagon
Wicked!
Gosh, isn't it pretty...
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imagine.. no more porridge for you mate.. only the posh cereals from then on in !!!!Wicked!
Gosh, isn't it pretty...
DO IT... Do iT!
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on the wagon
mmmmmmm
yes
where to put the plate?
e mare libertas
Ask Finn. He had the front of the F4 waving at the sky in no time flat. I didn't dare.
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
The TV collector.
Excellent report Mr Random sir! Now that goes some way to helping me understand what all the fuss is about.....not just "oh they are some awesome! better than any other bike" statements. well done.
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They are sure are nice nakedi've ridden Finns and Steves... gotta say they're both fun but i'd prefer the F4.
If i was going for a nakid.. They all have there merits, but the 990 woul;d be the beast to have.. i reckon
Nice write up Fish..and Allan.. BUY THE MOTHER FOOOKAH!! either that or the duc from the matrix
Hardcore Biker
hmmm...wonder how much that ferry crossing is...U turns on MVs are not much fun Surfchick, but hairpins are nice and challenging (the really really tight alpine ones )pity were on different islands or we could swap-a-ride one day.
e mare libertas
Mmm, yes indeed.
In fact, the best concise way that I can describe the F4-1000 is that the engine feels and sounds like it wants to kill you, and the suspension simply doesn't let it.
Corners and velocities which would have me starting to pucker up and feel both ends of the bike get unsettled on my current stock-suspension K2 GSX-R had the F4 doing no more than lazily clearing its throat and flexing its knees.
In fact, it's the very first bike I've ridden on SH28 and Old North Road that's left me genuinely feeling that, given a few days to play, I could have my knee down on many of those corners without a care in the world.
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
Forum whore
If you're gonna ride all this way to the MVland, I'll pay the ferrymanhmmm...wonder how much that ferry crossing is...
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