MV Tamburini ties Champ car to 60mph

**justsomeguy** · 8th October 2005, 16:09

From Road and Track

In the pounds-per-horsepower battle, this limited-edition MV Agusta Tamburini — named after Massimo Tamburini, the man who designed the Ducati 916 that many consider the prettiest production bike of the last decade — has the cars handled, with each horse needing to move only 2.4 pounds of vehicle. And this shows in its acceleration, which is nothing short of phenomenal. With Cycle World's fearless Mark Cernicky aboard, this 2-wheeled Ferrari — whose screaming 4-cylinder engine has variable-length intake trumpets — ties the Champ Car to 60 mph, is second quickest in the quarter mile, is third quickest at three-quarters of a mile and is fourth quickest at the mile, while having only the ninth-fastest peak speed.

Link to the article:
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....&page_number=1

Link to the section on the Agusta:
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....&page_number=7

**justsomeguy** · 8th October 2005, 16:11

You guys think they should have picked this bike?? Or would a Bus or R1 or K5 thou been faster?? Or even a ZXR-12R??

**SPORK** · 8th October 2005, 16:27

Originally Posted by justsomeguy

You guys think they should have picked this bike?? Or would a Bus or R1 or K5 thou been faster?? Or even a ZXR-12R??

Repost, I believe.

If they picked it to represent all bikes, then it was probably a bad choice. Looks and prestige probably had a bigger part in their picking. Plus they didn't want the cars to be whooped

**TonyB** · 8th October 2005, 16:35

Originally Posted by OMGWTFBBQ

Repost, I believe.

If they picked it to represent all bikes, then it was probably a bad choice. Looks and prestige probably had a bigger part in their picking. Plus they didn't want the cars to be whooped

The standard MV 1000 is a smidgeon quicker than a GSXR1000 in acceleration

**SPORK** · 8th October 2005, 16:47

Originally Posted by TonyB

The standard MV 1000 is a smidgeon quicker than a GSXR1000 in acceleration

Really? Learn something new every day. The Mamba's supposed to be absolutely wicked.

**TonyB** · 8th October 2005, 16:56

Originally Posted by OMGWTFBBQ

Really? Learn something new every day. The Mamba's supposed to be absolutely wicked.

Now you can learn TWO things-
The only part of the rev range that the Aprilia RSV-R1000 and Ducati 999S make more torque than a GSXR1000K5 is from idle to just under 4000 revs. After that the K5 doth stomp on them contemptuously.

**Gremlin** · 8th October 2005, 17:00

I'm surprised that it faired reasonably well. We all know how quick bikes are, but the let down is getting it to ground through one wheel, and without the front lifting, which is just about always going to happen given the power all big bikes have.

Also, the bike had no acceleration in the last 100ft, it had already reached its top speed... aerodynamics playing a part...

Still love bikes over cars... they're just better, don't really care what a test says.

**SPORK** · 8th October 2005, 17:09

Originally Posted by TonyB

Now you can learn TWO things-
The only part of the rev range that the Aprilia RSV-R1000 and Ducati 999S make more torque than a GSXR1000K5 is from idle to just under 4000 revs. After that the K5 doth stomp on them contemptuously.

Yep, knew that. Did you know that the K5 Thou is smaller than a K5 GSX-R600?