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Hitcher
25th June 2008, 11:54
When the Italians get something right, they get something right.

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/24june08_2008mvagusta_brutale1078rr.htm

jrandom
25th June 2008, 12:27
I may not buy one immediately after launch, but that's a bike I'll own someday.

:yes:

Mikkel
25th June 2008, 12:29
Might be worthwhile planning that mid-life crisis well ahead then...

unrealone
25th June 2008, 12:33
That's hot.. if only...

jrandom
25th June 2008, 12:34
Might be worthwhile planning that mid-life crisis well ahead then...

I'm already there. It's just a matter of prioritising...

Swoop
25th June 2008, 12:36
At last.
I was wondering what DMNTD would replace that old, worn out, 1098 with.
Is is getting close to a week old now.

Mikkel
25th June 2008, 12:50
I'm already there. It's just a matter of prioritising...

You must be very mature for your age then :D

jrandom
25th June 2008, 12:51
You must be very mature for your age then

There are those who would disagree with that.

Colapop
25th June 2008, 12:54
On first look, I'm not that enamoured with it. Is it the styling that people like or the engineering they assume has gone into it? Not trying to be devil's advocate here, I just don't think it's THAT wonderful looking. :sleep:

jrandom
25th June 2008, 13:01
On first look, I'm not that enamoured with it.

Try riding one.

:yes:


I just don't think it's THAT wonderful looking. :sleep:

That seems to be the usual complaint. You either love the Brutale or you think it's blechhh.

Personally, I love it.

TonyB
25th June 2008, 13:02
As the engine is detuned to 154hp, human nature dictates that upon purchasing this bike, the owner will immediately start wanting the 190hp version...

jrandom
25th June 2008, 13:14
detuned to 154hp

I love that phrase.

Colapop
25th June 2008, 13:16
Try riding one.
:yes: That seems to be the usual complaint. You either love the Brutale or you think it's blechhh.
Personally, I love it.
I have ridden a Brutale and it was ok. But then I wouldn't say I have the skill or ability to apreciate the subtlies that other better riders may be able to see. Perhaps you could teach me oh wise one?

jrandom
25th June 2008, 13:17
Perhaps you could teach me oh wise one?

It's all in how you use the right wrist. I've had a lot of practice at that.

:done:

McDuck
25th June 2008, 13:29
I want two of them. Or DMNTDs 1096 now that he will be board of it.

Hitcher
25th June 2008, 13:31
he will be board of it.

Ply or MDF?

DMNTD
25th June 2008, 13:31
Heh! Cheeky bitchs! Buy my Brutale-R :scooter:

nodrog
25th June 2008, 13:34
..... Or DMNTDs 1096 ......

fuck has he broken it already?

RC1
25th June 2008, 13:35
Heh! Cheeky bitchs! Buy my Brutale-R :scooter:

wheres the new ride pics :drool:

McDuck
25th June 2008, 13:36
Ply or MDF?

:tugger: <ygujnhfcnghfcnhgcnmh>

Kornholio
25th June 2008, 13:42
At last.
I was wondering what DMNTD would replace that old, worn out, 1098 with.
Is is getting close to a week old now.

Lol was thinking the same thing :D

nodrog
25th June 2008, 13:42
wheres the new ride pics :drool:

its in the back

Finn
25th June 2008, 13:45
Heh! Cheeky bitchs! Buy my Brutale-R :scooter:

And mine as well.

Blackbird
25th June 2008, 14:04
Nice bike , but given the choice, I'd have the Benelli 1130 Cafe. (just based on personal preference for looks, not performance).

Swoop
25th June 2008, 15:00
Heh! Cheeky bitchs! Buy my Brutale-R


And mine as well.
I will start the bidding with $1-.

Her_C4
25th June 2008, 15:41
:drool:
When the Italians get something right, they get something right.

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/24june08_2008mvagusta_brutale1078rr.htm

OMG - :drool: that is very nice - wonder if I should trade the 1098 - the whole leg / knee / foot looks a loooooot more forgiving .. :2thumbsup

Finn
25th June 2008, 16:04
I will start the bidding with $1-.

For both or just one?

SpankMe
25th June 2008, 16:08
Nice bike , but given the choice, I'd have the Benelli 1130 Cafe. (just based on personal preference for looks, not performance).

That is NOT a café racer.

Big Dave
25th June 2008, 16:11
Nice bike , but given the choice, I'd have the Benelli 1130 Cafe. (just based on personal preference for looks, not performance).

:blink: Like a transformer robot fell in the machine while they were making it.

jrandom
25th June 2008, 16:28
That is NOT a café racer.

<img src="http://i25.tinypic.com/63u6na.jpg"/>

Perfection.

Edit: Well, I'd lose the mufflers.

SpankMe
25th June 2008, 16:43
Perfection.

Edit: Well, I'd lose the mufflers.

Also needs to be a bit smaller. Seat height is higher than a SV1000s. The GB500 is my perfect café racer.


<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Honda_GB500_Clubman_Rechts.jpg/800px-Honda_GB500_Clubman_Rechts.jpg">

jrandom
25th June 2008, 16:49
Also needs to be a bit smaller. Seat height...

:shutup:


The GB500 is my perfect café racer.

Yes; I recall you looking quite happy and managing a fair turn of speed on yours straight out of the driveway of the chap you purchased it from.

Blackbird
25th June 2008, 17:00
That is NOT a café racer.

That's what Benelli call it and it's no more or less cafe racer than your GB in modern terms. In today's parlance, a cafe racer is pretty much any tarted streetfighter too. If you want to be pedantic, the term only applies to British Iron of the 60's.

When I was a sad little bastard at school we used to ride on our bicycles to the local cafe to watch the locals on their Nortons, Triumphs & BSA's stick music in the juke box and try to do a lap of town before the record stopped. Probably the biggest single influence on me getting into bikes, even if it was a Suzuki 50 with a windscreen the size of a house:niceone:

BTW - this is an exceptionally nice Kawasaki W650 done up in cafe racer style. Highly tempting as a winter project:love:

avgas
25th June 2008, 17:17
That ducati is fat rubbish - i was so disappointed on that bike when you thing of all the lovely sports stuff they make.
The Darmah was more cafe' than that and that over 20 now.
As for the Brutale 1078 i was hoping for more.......its really only a big Brutale - with f'all extra design. Shit if thats all they were going to do in 4 years design i'd hate to think that all we get from the lovely design house......especially when you consider the competition is wacking out new designs (Bimota Tesi2D, Benelli TnT variant a b or c, Buells, Speed Triple, CB1000, FZ1N.....). Not to mention all the after market crowds getting in there again (Spondon, Harris etc)

Swoop
25th June 2008, 17:25
For both or just one?
Both, of course.
Business is business.

imdying
25th June 2008, 17:26
Does nothing for me... wheels and those calipers are lovely... but the tail looks like any old jap bike tail, as does the headlight... rearsets and other detailing is yawn, except for maybe that lower triple clamp, that's fat that is. Exhaust wouldn't look out of place on any cheap jap bike, not exactly what I'd expect for my mega bucks Italian. Tank area is typically late model MV, overly detailed for details sake, but that's cool if that's what you like. I assume it's a trick of the light, but the grey in the middle doesn't match the surrounding silver which sorta sucks a bit.

Given that sort of coin, I'd want to save for that Bimota DB7 :yes: There's much of that bike that doesn't appeal either, but still appeals a lot more than this. Being an Italian bike, I expect they'll milk this design for as long as they can, so it's almost expected that the later versions will be much prettier/covered with more exclusiveness.

I've said it before, but worth saying again... photographers are doing a pretty shitty job these days, so definitely reserving final judgement till I see it in the flesh (or Big Dave shoots it, his are generally more flattering to new bikes imho).

SpankMe
25th June 2008, 17:34
BTW - this is an exceptionally nice Kawasaki W650 done up in cafe racer style. Highly tempting as a winter project:love:

Tempted to replace the GB with the W650 as you can still get them new.

Big Dave
25th June 2008, 17:43
(or Big Dave shoots it, his are generally more flattering to new bikes imho).

Thanks - Stunning NZ locations deserve some credit.