In the annals of US-based motorcycle motorsports, we are in a rare period of ascension. Driven by the goal of delivering US talent onto Europe’s doorstep for inclusion in WSBK and MotoGP championships, MotoAmerica has one of America’s top pilots at the corporate helm: Wayne Rainey. Today’s bike comes from the MotoAmerica series, and is…
From the VERY talented pen of Massimo Tamburini – co-founder and chief designer of Bimota (including the DB1), father of the Cagiva Mito, author of the Ducati 916/748 design language and more – comes a swan song. Tamburini closed out his storied motorcycle design career with the passion to bring MV Agusta back to life.…
Normally, the goal here on RSBFS is to feature rare, unusual, or quirky sport motorcycles and we generally try to stick to machines in good, stock condition or bikes that have been tastefully modified. But today’s MV Agusta F4-1000 track bike is exactly the kind of thing I’d love to put together myself, if I…
Featured in the 2004 film i,ROBOT, the MV Agusta F4 SPR tumbles in an early action sequence and give its all to take out a few wayward automatons. Unlikely more than a few moviegoers knew of MV Augusta’s recent revival with Cagiva backing, still less knew what a bike Hollywood had just sacrificed for the…
I know some people think of the MV Agusta as “the-Ferrari-of-motorcycles”, in large part due to the fact that the engine was derived from the 1990–1992 Ferrari Formula One engine. While it is true that early in the design process Ferrari engineers assisted in the development of the engine, MV deviated from the Ferrari design pretty…
The MV Agusta F4 1000 pretty much represents the bargain of the decade, with nice examples of the very sleek, and genuinely very fast F4 trading for right around $10,000. Which is about what a nice 2013 GSX-R600 will set you back. For commuting or track days, that Gixxer is very likely the better choice:…
We have posted before about the Senna version of the MV Agusta 750 and comments seem to fall into two camps; either desired collectible or overpriced version of the standard 750cc edition. The Senna version (which was built to commemorate the life of Formula 1 driver and motorsport legend Ayrton Senna) has as its basis…
The rebirth of MV Agusta started in 1997 under the Cagiva banner, and was seemingly created with the notion that all models would be limited editions. The concept is not surprising considering Cagiva was the parent company of Ducati, long famed for marketing unlimited numbered and special edition variants. The MV Agusta F4 was the…