MV Augusta Brutale

[Mickyg]

Hi has anyone any info re reliability and re-chipping ,to get better fuel economy of the 750 Brutale 04-05?

[jrandom]

A. It's MV Agusta, you knob.

B. Why the fuck would anyone buy a Brutale and then worry about fuel economy?

[merv]

Check out matthewt's words on this http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=14475 he mentions re-chipping it so perhaps PM him about it.

[MVnut]

Yeah Matt did rechip his, with a bit of help from a mate in Hamburg, but really, all you need is to get to the next gas station. It's not exactly a 'tourer' so just find yourself plenty of twisties with gas every 200 or so :Punk: ey and we do an MV tour in Europe every year, next one July 08, welcome to join us.:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[RantyDave]

B. Why the fuck would anyone buy a Brutale and then worry about fuel economy?
Because (legend has it) it's really bad.

If you look at the numbers on a second hand MV they're not actually that bad. They do the majority of their depreciation in the first year and right now there's quite a few Brutale 750's hovering around 15-20k ish. A lot of cash down, sure, but if it's not going to depreciate any faster than a Jappa then there's an argument for it not actually costing that much more, in practice.

Except there's the fuel. Because you don't just have to wear two/three years depreciation, you have to pay for 20,000k of fuel as well. And while I don't have the figures to hand I believe that a re-chip of a Brutale can get you an additional 25% fuel efficiency with no loss of power at all.

Dave

[Idubbs]

Do a search on www.mvagusta.net forum ..... there's plenty of info there. In reality, gas economy isn't much different to a spirited v-twin IMHO.

[Gubb]

Sounds like a post designed to gloat.