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MV Agusta F4 |
| Date: |
23/10/00 (1260 review reads) |
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Advantages: Great Looking
Disadvantages: Lods of Probelms
My neighbour was in the fortunate position of being able to decided between a MV and 996SPS earlier this year. I of course went along to help keep his head in control and heart out of the equation. Also helping spend £13K is always fun especially when it not yours!
Anyway off we when down to Salisbury to look at a brace of registered but basically unused MV. Seeing one close up after all the hype was a bit disappointing to be honest. We all seen them at five feet under the careful spot lighting of a marketing mans making at the NEC last year but close up erm! The Finnish is just not up for it. The head stock (which is made of billet aluminium I think) was already tarnished and this a bike not having seen the rigors of British weather. All the clips holding the body panels on seems fragile to say least. The body panels the same thin design, the paint work did not have the deep gloss finish we have come to expect. The bike was built to mauch on looks for in my view. So go spend your money on the SPS I said.
How right has that decision been. The MV is a rich mans plaything never able to be used day it day out, mileage’s of 500 a year are in order. The bike has also been littered with recalls due to poor workmanship. My neighbours SPS on the other hand has be fine tuned for years building on the reputation Duccati have won though racing.
So SPS or MV …. SPS you know it makes sense.
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- 31/03/03 Christine,
these bikes are made by people that live and breathe to please bikers, make something different. You should think twice about insulting them: first of all because you have never ridden the bike, secondly, because the world has just escape the bankrupt of MV Agusta. Once you come near to Varese in Italy, go and see the factory, the bikes and the people, try one bike and you will think twice before unduly criticising like a rich girl. |
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- 06/05/01 A little unfair to criticise a bike that you have never ridden, Christine.
It may be a rich mans plaything, but then so is the SPS, unless you're going racing.
I was torn between the proven Ducati 996 and the new unknown MV...I definitely made the right choice! The MV still brings a smile to my face every day. |
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- 20/03/01 Hmmm, looks and finish as sole selection criteria for a bike seems to be a little limited. Owning a bike is more than this - obviously. How about the quality of engineering, performance, handling, reliability, etc.?
On the subject of MV vs. SPS, I've been through the same selection process myself recently. The MVs I looked at (including one that has been ridden on salty scottish roads through the last part of winter!) all had a superb finish - far better than the SPS. Maybe Christine saw a bad batch? :-)
I've ridden both, and I know which I prefer - I've just put down a deposit on the MV. That's not to say Christine's friend made a bad decision. Just that the MV is the right bike for me at the moment. |
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