Can MV's new Dragster 800 out gun its rivals - MOTOR GERR

The MV Agusta Dragster is the cutting-edge version to return from the enduring Italian logo – and it is a chunk of a confused beast. Using the 798cc triple and cycle parts from the Brutale 800 roadster, it has a layout just like that of Ducati's Diavel performance cruiser or even runs a huge 2 hundred-phase rear Pirelli, but greater for classy impact than some thing else.

So it begs the question: what’s the new MV surely for? Is it a amusing naked motorbike like Triumph’s tremendously-acclaimed Street Triple R, or is it more a road-supermoto, like Ducati’s Hypermotard?

The MV appears to have one wheel in each camp. The supermoto-like bar-stop replicate trick turned into utilized by Ducati on the authentic Hypermotard, yet the MV’s bars aren’t as wide, and its stance may be very extraordinary. The Dragster also has many similarities with MV’s personal Street Triple roadster-rivalling Brutale 800, on which the Dragster is based totally. Its headlight, clocks, suspension and brakes are all same, at the same time as the rear stop looks like it’s been guillotined. Whichever manner you observe it, the Triumph is bland in evaluation.

Personally, I really like the appearance of the brand new MV. I love the rear cease which I think is one of the best searching in the enterprise. The triple-exit exhausts sound as true as they look, the pinnacle yoke and adjustable bars are a piece of artwork, as are the rear signs built into the numberplate hanger, and the hand stitching on the seat. Everywhere you look there are pleasant touches. Even the adjustable levers sense like they’ve been stolen from a race motorbike. As a result, the £10,990 asking charge is (almost) justified. It’s were given large Brembo brakes, multi-adjustable suspension, switchable rider modes, ABS, traction manage, a quickshifter as preferred, and it says MV on the facet.

But what about the using revel in? Well, the MV’s inline 3-cylinder just wants to celebration. It simply desires to rev and pass ballistic, like an old-school 500cc two-stroke. The acceleration is so ferocious, I actually idea the speedo was in kph at the beginning. Just one bang of electricity after the next; you don’t feed it in, you flick it like a light transfer and keep on tight.

But there’s a flip side to all that a laugh. It’s hard to modulate the throttle, it’s either all or nothing. The fuelling isn’t terrible, it’s just so competitive. Ask for forty% throttle, and it feels find it irresistible’s giving you 70%. Of course you can personalise and pick a custom engine map, or revert to rain mode to calm it all down.

Tweet