Love your enthusiasm Chad, after all these years its nice to see someone still excited by their job. Given the price and probable lack of off-roading use by the vast majority of owners surely a 19" front wheel would have made more sense? Wet and cold northern european roads would benefit from a bigger contact patch with the obvious benefit of turn in speed.
Husqvarna Norden 901 all day every day.... 24kg lighter than Veloce and more torque at lower RPM. Norden with Arrow midle pipe is just great sounding bike
As a MV Agusta F3 800 owner and a Triumph 1200 Explorer I can see that this bike is like Range Rover, that can go offroad without making a fool of it self and then cruise to southern Italy with no hassle. A MPV bike for cumuting and then pack it up go for a holiday. Just like my old Land Rover 🙂 It looks like the Triumph might be replaced
Love Italian bikes and ride a Multi but MVs are so rare on British roads. Apart from the cost, dealer back up, reliability issues etc. they are not popular despite their looks, it’s a shame but I can’t see this changing anytime soon…
At £14k-£16k it would fly out of the dealers, but at that price it will only be bankers that will be happy to pay the brand markup to look that good sat outside a posh coffee shop.
@@kugangles9860 Hmm, Had no trouble on my F3 800 2014 model with 35000km, never got stranded on my trips, maybe lucky or the bikes are better than it's reputaion?
I have mixed feelings about this bike. MV stands (stood?) for Motorcycle Art. One could easily see what that meant. Sculptures on two wheels. With this bike however, I struggle seeing that. It happened what I feared most to see - a KTM-ish version of MV. Look at the exhaust, the display and the overall design.
There's a recurring theme with reviews of modern adventure motorcycles with 21" wheels, everyone is saying "it doesn't feel or behave like 21" wheels". I am a relatively new rider with very little experience on adventure motorcycles, but maybe it is something that is from older motorcycles?
You’re right. When riding with high speeds, the larger the wheel, the slower the turn in of the bike. There is a massive difference when transitioning from side to side in the twisties. With a slow steering bike, you have to push harder when counter-steering because the bike wants to stay upright. That is one of the appeals of a 21 inch front wheel when riding offroad, through sand for example. However people don’t like this on the road. So they started to change the geometry of these bikes so that it turns easier and faster with a big wheel. However by doing this, defeating one of the purposes of having that larger wheel. You loose some stability offroad. In this sense, the recent bikes are different from older bikes. Other purposes like easier rolling over obstacles and the availability of more aggressive offroad tires stay intact. 21 inch fronts are also narrower than 19 or 17 inch wheels and that has advantages in sand, mud and deep loose gravel, but the latter have a bigger contact patch that provide more grip on wet cold roads for example.
I am admittedly, an Italian fanboy with MV being top of the heap for me. No electronic suspension at that price point??? Are the wheels tubeless? No adjustment on the windscreen? As others have said this fits more in the 15 to 17 K range USD.
If somebody said to you, don’t worry about the cost, you can have this MV, or a Multi V4s, or a GS1300, (or something similar of a similar ilk) and if they were all the same price, and all affordable, then which one would you choose?
@@UncleWally3 interesting response and context. V-Strom certainly a good bike, expect with good reliability, but taking the barrier of cost entirely out of the decision, you’d still pick the suzuki over all the other options?
@@alanprice9938 Well, my main bike is an Africa Twin but I have the ‘Strom as a great spare. Personally, I can’t think of a bike I don’t enjoy riding . . .
@@tobanhoffmann8347 Met a fellow riding a Bergman in Atlantic Canada riding from California on his way back home to Texas. Met another fellow that was slaying Tail of the Dragon in Deal’s Gap on a Burgman; couldn’t keep up with him. Now that was a hit in the hubris . . .
With what price? I think it’s going to be flop and I doubt that will se one in the road because they will be so rare. Yes it’s appealing but the África twin is just if not more beautiful more than enough engine more than enough tech and cheaper.. with that money difference I would ride a lot of kms
Seems that the direct comparison to be made is the Triumph Tiger 900, both being triples with ~900 CCs, but the Tiger barely gets a mention. Anyone know the firing order is for the MV?
Is this not a Tracer 9gt with a 21" front wheel and bigger suspension for another 10k ? .. Cmon Yamaha , bring out the Tenere 900 already and show em how its done.
What i think? I think you did not mention a suspension,anty dive maybie,is it electronic or whats going on. Just don t tell me that for that kibd of money you don t get anything?
If it’s no good offroad and overpriced for offroad, why not having all the fun on a street-oriented bike instead, then, the veloce or a 19” version, lower, like a mini pikes-peak. A “touring” supermoto… When I look at the price, I’d love to have a MV, but I actually do not want a tourer that makes me a traffic racer. I’m too fast on my Indian Chieftain already, let alone having such a weapon. So for all terrain traveling for non-tarmac that I wouldn’t put my Indian through (it does a lot, well did already with 98tkm since 2019) I’m more in favor of a AT1100, a GS1xx0, even a Guzziv85tt and buy a F3 instead for real road fun.
Far too expensive, power you don't really need, too heavy a dealer network would be needed which limits its adventure capabilities. There are far better choices for a real adventure bike, which may be less powerful but have better support internationally.
@@vvevvevvvv I am an old fart. I have ridden more bikes than you can name. That's why I say what I say. Go and ride EVERYTHING on the market, and then ride a GS and come back to me and say what you think.
Italian bikes (Ducati, Moto Guzzi, MV, and Aprilia) are awesome…when they work. Reliability and maintenance is simply not worth the trouble in long run.
Are all Italian motorcycle unreliable? How about the German motorcycles,i.e., BMW? BMW has had major issues with their shaft drives for over a decade. Then there was that major issue with their telelever front suspension. Do these issues count towards making BMWs less reliable or what? I've always owned Japanese motorcycles myself and I have found them to be utterly reliable. However, I have been looking at the bikes from both Ducati and MV Augusta and they do look very appealing.
Not convinced you'll be able to get parts for it in 5 to 10 years. Or it will take months. MV have left 4 cylinder bike owners up a tree on that front.
The critical question for me (I'm an older, experienced rider) is, has MV finally made a solid, reliable bike? Their sports bikes have been very exciting, involving, 'emotional' rides - that hasn't been a problem. However, needing to get repairs done (and sourcing parts!) after less than 10K miles - on a premium-priced vehicle - is just unacceptable! At this point, I can only ride a bike with an upright, 'open' riding position (and I have no interest in bloated 'touring' models) - that makes ADVs my first choice. The problem (or, question) is - when are the European manufacturers going to get their production-processes together?
I don't think these are pitched at the everyday rider. MV are still a small concern and reliable or not, parts are less likely to be quickly available than the Japanese or even Triumph and KTM. Soul and emotion in a vehicle is entirely down the the individual rider's perception.
This guy is on so many different channels where is chris? Ps bike is too expensive for what it is. Another Italian brand with a huge mark up plus not many dealers around
