MV Brutale 800 RR vs Ducati Monster 1200S - MOTOR GERR

Which is in which MV Agusta’s new Brutale 800 RR is available in – an Italian tremendous-bare which raises exotica stages to a new high. But does it? And, in that case, is it well worth over £11,500 for what remains ‘best’ an 800?

To find out we determined to pit the new MV in opposition to the definitive example of the Italian bare style, Ducati’s Monster 1200S, a bike which has a whole lot of what the MV offers, for the same fee and yet is a full 1200. The similarities don’t stop there. Both are from appropriate manufacturers, every with a long history of racing fulfillment, and both have that wow factor. Both also have single-sided swingarms, light-weight race wheels, and racing Brembo brakes which can be ABS assisted. They additionally have in addition-styled trellis frames, despite the fact that the MV’s is the greater conventional, as the Ducati uses the engine as a stressed member.

Engine-sensible, however, they're very, very special. The new MV uses an 800 triple, which has been revised for 2015 with new twin injectors, a brand new air-box and a new exhaust which now not most effective pushes electricity of the 675 Brutale-derived motor to 140bhp but has made the strength shipping smoother. Ducati, however, have opted for water-cooling. Monsters have been particularly air-cooled but the present day motorbike uses the 1198 V-twin from the Multistrada, albeit detuned barely to present improved decrease stop torque at the fee of slightly decreased height energy. They have carried out this by means of upping the compression ratio slightly, changing the gas mapping and making the throttle our bodies smaller: 53mm and spherical not oval just like the Multistrada. This method the brand new Monster for 2014 produces 145bhp, 5 more than the MV with, as you’d count on, greater torque.

As we’ve opted for the pricier ‘S’ version, the Ducati comes with completely adjustable Öhlins suspension all round while the MV has Marzocchi up the front and a Sachs rear, each absolutely adjustable. The Öhlins at the Ducati add a bit extra attraction as do the very elegant clocks. In Urban mode the clocks simplest display limited facts, the speedo is multiplied in length and also you don’t have a rev counter. But it’s almost the opposite in Sports mode, as the rev counter now appears and it’s extra like a race sprint. In visiting mode it adjustments once more: mpg is extra distinguished in conjunction with different useful info for lengthy trips.

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