VOL. 50 ISSUE 6 FEBRUARY 12, 2013
bella – see you around. Maybe…
So for someone like me who's had an MV Agusta F4 750 tucked up in his garage for the past 14
years (which has one-quarter of the miles under
its wheels that a certain Italian V-twin I've owned
for half that time has on it), the fact that the oneliter versions of what the late Claudio Castiglioni
termed Massimo Tamburini's works of "Motorcycle
Art" were beautiful to look at but less than fulfilling
P63
to ride, meant that I'd never been tempted to trade
my 750 in for one of them.
Now, however, I (and many others like me) am
faced with a crunch decision, thanks to the advent
of the completely revamped range of 998cc F4
models launched by MV Agusta under the direction of Claudio's son Giovanni – motorcycles all
powered by the same ultra short-stroke Corsacorta version of the company's established radial-
The MV Agusta
F4 is stunning to
look at. Well, now
it's equally as
impressive to ride.