MV Agusta R312 wins 2007 Masterbike shootout

[MD]

Just did a web search and it looks like this is the year for MV, after being ripped-off last year by the Riders personal ratings tipping the results to the ZX10, the new MV312R has delivered a win for the Eyeties.
R1 and Triumph 675 runners up. Always makes for good reading when all the mag tests hit the shelves after Masterbike. Wouldn't it be a blast to sit trackside when they do that test - Ok, even better to be on track.

[Black Bandit]

Wouldn't it be a blast to sit trackside when they do that test - Ok, even better to be on track.

Something like this then?

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid771491905/bclid754737564/bctid878819740

[Mr. Peanut]

Its an old design and horrendously expensive. Dubious reliability too.

How can you not take cost into account when a GSXR with money spent on it will destroy an F4?

[Bend-it]

Something like this then?

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid771491905/bclid754737564/bctid878819740

Awesome... :yes:

[TS99]

Its an old design and horrendously expensive. Dubious reliability too.

How can you not take cost into account when a GSXR with money spent on it will destroy an F4?

Yeah but that design is just so goddam seXXXy, it's timeless - Gixxers will never look that good, any day, unless the copy kings do a straight rip-off. Tamburini is the MAN! :rockon:

[BIGBOSSMAN]

Jappa bikes have always been about value for money, but not at the expense of performance. Finally after aeons there's a European that actually competes in terms of ultimate (track, anyway) performance. I'd rather take one of the latest Jap bikes, and pocket the kings ransom price difference for a big fuck-off trip to Europe to watch some MotoGP. Does look beautiful though, dunnit?? :Punk:

[MVnut]

You should have been at Hockenheim on the 2nd of May.....yeehaa:gob:

[crshbndct]

i personally cant see teh point of spending like 80 grand ona bike which is to 95% riders no faster than the 19k one. i mean how good do you need to be to appreciate the better bike? and from what i have heard the 312r is not so nice to ride around anywhere but a track.

[JeremyW]

But it just looks like sex.....

[Dodgyiti]

Jappa bikes have always been about value for money, but not at the expense of performance. Finally after aeons there's a European that actually competes in terms of ultimate (track, anyway) performance. I'd rather take one of the latest Jap bikes, and pocket the kings ransom price difference for a big fuck-off trip to Europe to watch some MotoGP. Does look beautiful though, dunnit?? :Punk:

Umm.. the 675 Triumph was made in Europe last year and did ok with the 6hundies at Masterbike. And it is surprisingly cheap too.
I think Mr T could have taken a contract with any one of the Japanese big four if they had offered one, heaven knows it would be more of a pride than money thing. The MV owes a lot to the designer and to the exclusive nature of the sum of the parts, but I could just as simply see it done to a GSXR mill. Plus the MV people don't follow the Japanese pact of sub 300 bikes, so the big 4 are knobbled at the start line already in stock form.

[JayRacer37]

i personally cant see teh point of spending like 80 grand ona bike which is to 95% riders no faster than the 19k one. i mean how good do you need to be to appreciate the better bike? and from what i have heard the 312r is not so nice to ride around anywhere but a track.

80k?
I thing there going to be around 45 to 50...as the 312 is going to be the replacement for the R model, asnd is only a few thousand more than the R is aus.
I can see the point - not everyone has an MV....

[MD]

So who is this Carl Forgetty chap who is going to enter a MV race team in WSB in 2008, and what the hell does he know about racing?

http://motorcycledaily.com/29may07_forgarty.htm
(I'm really useless at attaching links by the way)
Could be interesting. Bet he's never even ridden an Italian bike before.

[McJim]

Its an old design and horrendously expensive. Dubious reliability too.

How can you not take cost into account when a GSXR with money spent on it will destroy an F4?

Coz after all is said and done it's STILL a Gixxer.

It's like car enthusiasts going ooooh and aaaaaah over Z300s, Z350s and Skylines - at the end of the day - they're still just F*cken Nissans.:rofl:

(To me Nissan is synonymous with mediocrity)

[MVnut]

Well said McJim, a man after my own thoughts, and JayRacer37.....maybe you ride my Tamburini next time you're in Chch, you'll love it. MVs rule:rockon:

[quickbuck]

So who is this Carl Forgetty chap who is going to enter a MV race team in WSB in 2008.

I herd he's a wacker.... or something.

[vamr]

Just did a web search and it looks like this is the year for MV...

This shootout (http://www.stopthatrobot.com/cn-winner.htm) begs a differ.

[NZsarge]

(To me Nissan is synonymous with mediocrity)[/QUOTE]

You'd be wrong then and it's 300Z 350Z, stick to bikes. There is nothing wrong with GSX-R's just because they're affordable and reliable! Heaven forbid! Oh and don't forget kick arse bikes.

[DEATH_INC.]

(To me Nissan is synonymous with mediocrity)
You'd be wrong then and it's 300Z 350Z, stick to bikes
I'm with ya on that one, pretty much the most sought after supercar is the godzilla skyline, and they clean up most races that allow them there....just like gixxers really :Pokey:

[NZsarge]

I'm with ya on that one, pretty much the most sought after supercar is the godzilla skyline, and they clean up most races that allow them there....just like gixxers really :Pokey:

Yeah I reckon, had a '93 Skyline GTS25t and it was a great car, better to drive at higher speed than my XR6 Turbo and the 25t decent brakes too, better that the wodden blocks Ford call brakes!

[Goblin]

80k?
I thing there going to be around 45 to 50...I can see the point - not everyone has an MV....I can see the point too....

If you can afford one....they really are something else! Still puts me in my happy place when I think about riding the Senna :love: around Taupo.

[MVnut]

They'll be $44k to $45k, standard R has come back to $40k. I know it's a lot of money but these things are awesome. Don't compare to cars like Fords or Godzillas, compare to cars like Ferraris & Lambos. The 312 is still pulling HARD when your Jap bike is on the limit. Go ride one if you can, beg or borrow, don't steal. Redline is just over 13000 but engine is good for 15000. I have photos from Hockenheim, will stick one up later.:Punk:

[NZsarge]

They'll be $44k to $45k, standard R has come back to $40k. I know it's a lot of money but these things are awesome. Don't compare to cars like Fords or Godzillas, compare to cars like Ferraris & Lambos. The 312 is still pulling HARD when your Jap bike is on the limit. Go ride one if you can, beg or borrow, don't steal. Redline is just over 13000 but engine is good for 15000. I have photos from Hockenheim, will stick one up later.:Punk:

So it should be for that money! Anyway how fast do you really need to go on a public road? I think when your getting into the upper reaches of these bikes it's all a bit "whatever" really.

[Nonbeliever]

If they wanna compare a 50k bike to 20k Japanese bikes, why don't they add the 100k ducati desmo RR to the test too?

[MVnut]

That's fair enough. The Desmosedici is $125000, mate here has one coming, mate in Ohio has two. When it comes down to it, if you have the money you buy whatever you motherf^^king want. I think the Jappas are great too (shit I got enough of them (H1s, H2s, Z1s etc)) I just think Euro bikes esp Italian have soul and money is just money you can't take it with ya. Most of my mates here ride Jappas, I just like takin the mickey.:dodge: :dodge:

[bane]

(To me Nissan is synonymous with mediocrity)

Funny, my definition is the british motor industry since about 1965....