Can someone lend me $25,000?

**98tls** · 21st March 2014, 18:55

Fuck i hate getting old,no doubt its awesome but looks like a fucking Transformer thingy to me.

**merv** · 21st March 2014, 19:02

Yeah how would you pull chicks with that ridiculous rear end?

**98tls** · 21st March 2014, 19:13

Originally Posted by merv

Yeah how would you pull chicks with that ridiculous rear end?

Speaking of such things motorcycles are supposed to have curves etc how can that thing be sexy when its all pointy n weird like some old witches nose.

**cheshirecat** · 21st March 2014, 19:27

Originally Posted by rustyrobot

I hadn't noticed. Not sure how long the pillion would last - was is that a 5cm square pillion seat?

The rather nice attractive Italian pillion would only have stride around the corner to the nearest in cafe 'cause that how far the owner would take it - until weekends when they'd be at Daddy's villa amongst those twisty mountain roads and she'd take the Lambo anyway

**BuzzardNZ** · 21st March 2014, 20:05

Originally Posted by Mike.Gayner

Yes, but it's an easy fix for this otherwise-gorgeous machine.

it may go like stink, but nothing about that bike is gorgeous, it's a hideous looking fucking thing!

**Mike.Gayner** · 21st March 2014, 20:21

Originally Posted by BuzzardNZ

it may go like stink, but nothing about that bike is gorgeous, it's a hideous looking fucking thing!

To each his own, I personally think your SV is one of the ugliest bikes ever made.

**SpeedMonger** · 22nd March 2014, 17:04

Looks good but that's about it. MV don't seem to have mastered ride-by-wire.

**Kelz** · 23rd March 2014, 06:48

I had a sit on a Dragster yesterday. It's upright with wide bars and just feels like it'd be a wheelie machine. I think it looks better in the flesh than in piks, cause in piks it doesn't always do it for me, but in the flesh it does. I could live with the funny mudguard, and all pillions being very slim girls

. Now just need to find a spare 26K...

MD · 23rd March 2014, 12:56

Originally Posted by SpeedMonger

Looks good but that's about it. MV don't seem to have mastered ride-by-wire.

They have now. MV issued an upgrade late February that is not just a revised fuel map. The revised fuel maps worked fine by the way. But this new release is a complete software replacement and initial reports from the Owners forum is it's bloody fantastic and you wouldn't know it's a RBW. Can't wait to get my bike in to the shop for the free upgrade. Owners that were happy with their bikes in the first place are raving about the improvement.

The Dragster is beautiful in the flesh for sure. Looking forward to the full dress touring Dragster. That's a joke but there is a MV Agusta tourer (Tourismo Veloce ) coming out soon that is equally gorgeous.

**Banditbandit** · 25th March 2014, 16:05

Originally Posted by Mike.Gayner

It's not clear to me exactly where the pillion would sit on this bike....

Isn't that the point???

Originally Posted by 98tls

Fuck i hate getting old,no doubt its awesome but looks like a fucking Transformer thingy to me.

Yeah - I'm with him . maybe in a few years I might like it ... but right now it's all angles and pointy bits - not to my taste at all. But hey - if that's what floats your boat ... (but no, I won't lend you $25grand - If I had that much I get a new wife ... err sorry - new BIKE)

Originally Posted by merv

Yeah how would you pull chicks with that ridiculous rear end?

Hmmm .. the fact that people ride bikes is what pulls chicks .. most chicks have bugger all taste in bikes ... if it was a Harley it might have more pulling power ... the number of chicks who look disappointed when I say, 'No, I don't ride a Harley' ...

But hey - I do OK .. for an aging married man ...

"The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle. You know, the kind who lives on the edge, the free spirit. But he's also gotta have the soul of a poet and a brilliant mind. So, you know, good luck." -Lucinda Williams

**Mike.Gayner** · 25th March 2014, 16:12

Originally Posted by Banditbandit

Isn't that the point???

Absolutely, but why bother with the rear pegs at all?

Anyway, checked one out at Red Baron My Maunganui in the weekend - man what a bike. Feels like nothing else when you're sitting on it.

**SpeedMonger** · 25th March 2014, 23:15

Originally Posted by MD

They have now. MV issued an upgrade late February that is not just a revised fuel map. The revised fuel maps worked fine by the way. But this new release is a complete software replacement and initial reports from the Owners forum is it's bloody fantastic and you wouldn't know it's a RBW. Can't wait to get my bike in to the shop for the free upgrade. Owners that were happy with their bikes in the first place are raving about the improvement.

The Dragster is beautiful in the flesh for sure. Looking forward to the full dress touring Dragster. That's a joke but there is a MV Agusta tourer (Tourismo Veloce ) coming out soon that is equally gorgeous.

Just as well, haven't ridden one myself but the dodgy throttle has killed the Brutale's in all of the comparos I have seen. I am happy with my low tech cabled speedy r, smooth as a babies bum all of the time.

**SpeedMonger** · 25th March 2014, 23:17

Originally Posted by Mike.Gayner

Absolutely, but why bother with the rear pegs at all?

Anyway, checked one out at Red Baron My Maunganui in the weekend - man what a bike. Feels like nothing else when you're sitting on it.

But how does the bike feel with you sitting on it? Can't help but feel that mine is a bit disappointed ....

**yevjenko** · 31st March 2014, 08:54

The non-matching wheels would just piss me off.

Why do that? The back wheel is lovely, make the front look the same

sent from my phone (so scuze auto correct typos)