Driving report MV Agusta Brutale 800 Dragster

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Driving report MV Agusta Brutale 800 Dragster
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Driving report MV Agusta Brutale 800 Dragster

Driving report MV Agusta Brutale 800 Dragster

Driving report MV Agusta Brutale 800 Dragster

Driving report MV Agusta Brutale 800 Dragster

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A matter of opinion: the short rear of the dragster with a free-standing 200 tire.

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The dragster cockpit is multifunctional, but not easy to read.

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The dragster handlebar is adjustable, the ABS modulator sits in the short rear of the dragster.

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No question: the beguiling exhaust system really comes into its own in the dragster.

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The F3 models: now also with ABS.

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MV Agusta Brutale 800 Dragster in the driving report.

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MV Agusta Brutale 800 Dragster in the driving report.

MV Agusta Brutale 800 Dragster in the driving report

A brutal without a tail

MV Agusta is expanding the three-cylinder model series. After the 675 and 800 variants of the F3 and Brutale, after Rivale and Tourismo Veloce, there is now the MV Agusta Dragster. But it’s actually not a really new model, but rather a brutal one with no rear end.

Those who can still remember the old times, when a 750 was a “heavy machine”, are facing the new one M.V Agusta Brutale 800 Dragster and be amazed. Is that really an 800? Ultra-compact the three-cylinder, encompassed by a skin-tight corset made of tubular steel and set in scene by the Italian feeling for exciting shapes. So delicate, so filigree, you think. And then the surprise: where has the stern gone?

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Driving report MV Agusta Brutale 800 Dragster

MV Agusta Brutale 800 Dragster in the driving report
A brutal without a tail

Suspension settings only slightly different from Brutale

Especially since he is largely outdoors, the mighty slipper. Broad and dominant, only covered by a license plate holder screwed to the single-sided swing arm and a dainty splash guard under the stubby tail. “What does the driver’s back look like when it rains?” Ask pragmatists. And hope in the rain for a passenger as a living splash guard, because a pillion should still find space on the stub rear of the MV Agusta Brutale 800 dragster. In any case, there are footrests.

What else differentiates the MV Agusta Brutale 800 Dragster from the Brutale? Especially the handlebars, because instead of a wider tubular handlebar, the dragster has two handlebar halves that are 60 millimeters narrower and clamped over the fork bridge, each of which can be adjusted by seven degrees or 40 millimeters. Then the mirrors, because they are mounted on the ends of the handlebars on the dragster. And the suspension settings, but only minimally. “Closed another half a turn for both compression and compression”, says Marco Casinelli, the technical director of MV Agusta. Otherwise everything is brutal.

MV Agusta Brutale 800 Dragster from 13,390 euros

That means: Of course, the MV Agusta Brutale 800 Dragster also benefits from the latest Bosch ABS generation, which is now used in all three-cylinder engines. And, of course, the latest mapping variant is also installed, which finally ensured an accurate throttle response on the rival and can be updated on all three-cylinders. There is also the Quickshifter from the F3 as standard on the Dragster.

But unfortunately all of this has its price, which allows the new MV Agusta Brutale 800 dragster to drift far away from the low-price strategy with which the three-cylinder series was once started. 13,390 euros – in view of the 9,990 euros that MV asked for a basic Brutale 800 just a year ago – that’s a hefty surcharge. Even if ABS and Quickshifter were not on board as standard. In relation to the 7,995 euros that Yamaha demands from its customers for the three-cylinder MT-09 (including ABS), even more.

Adrenaline-ridden ride

But Casinelli does not want to hear about it. This is an MV Agusta, high-end instead of mass-produced goods. You can’t compare that. The quality of the components alone – here he probably means the robust Brembo four-piston calipers, the Marzocchi fork and the Sachs shock absorber – the finish, the design. And in terms of performance, you are ultimately playing in a different league. MV promises 125 hp, 121 horses were there in the most recent brutal measurement. And how these 121 PS of the MV Agusta Brutale 800 dragster march, it really has something very special.


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No question: the beguiling exhaust system really comes into its own in the dragster.

Rather restrained around the bottom, but at least in mapping mode “N” neither rough nor delayed. And then, from 6000 rpm and again from 8000 rpm, the dragster afterburner ignites in two stages. Then the front wheel snaps skyward, even in second gear, because the triple, with a dry weight of 167 kilograms and a wheelbase of just 1380 millimeters, has an easy time. But there is something else that makes the ride on the MV Agusta Brutale 800 Dragster so adrenaline-filled. The “translation” between ride-by-wire throttle and throttle valve is extremely progressive even in normal mode, so that the triple opens a barrel with every little gas-hand sugar. This may be entertaining for very experienced drivers, but it is just as bad for relaxed natures as it is for racing line junkies chasing the last furrow. And there’s something else: the wide 200 mm skin in combination with a hard strut and soft fork set-up brings plenty of movement into the load on undulating slopes in addition to the nervous engine characteristics.

So much for the debit side. On the credit account there is a splendid handling, brutal stoppers and the throaty, roaring triple sound, which would make even phlegmatic people nervously slide back and forth in the saddle if the MV ergonomists had not built it beforehand. Because of the short, deep seat recess with a strong front wheel orientation, the seating position is almost cemented. Probably, so that nothing slips during the wild acceleration ride on the MV Agusta Brutale 800 dragster. For example over the stern.

The F3 models

Now also with ABS

Of course that had to happen, because an ABS is now acceptable even in Italian super athletes. So now also in the two F3 variants with 675 and 800 cubic centimeters. In contrast to the other three-cylinder engines, however, the F3-ABS has a race mode, and this is urgently needed. In the standard setting, the F3-ABS controls sensitively, but earlier than the rider in a hurry would like.

Quite different in racing mode. The rear rises more into the sky than the extremely snappy Brembo brake calipers release the discs. It can be decelerated far into the corners of the French race track at Le Castellet without the ABS having a negative impact. The same applies to the new F3 mapping, which can also be adjusted in several stages. Directly, but not rudely, the three are on the gas and push forward courageously well into the five-digit speed range, with the 800 impressively proving its performance plus and giving the little sister no chance.

Technical specifications

MV Agusta Brutale 800 Dragster

engine
Water-cooled three-cylinder four-stroke in-line engine, a balance shaft, two overhead, chain-driven camshafts, four valves per cylinder, bucket tappets, wet sump lubrication, injection, Ø 47 mm, regulated catalytic converter, 350 W alternator, 12 V / 9 Ah battery, mechanically operated multi-disc oil bath clutch , Six-speed gearbox, O-ring chain, secondary ratio 2.563.

Bore x stroke: 79.0 x 54.3 mm
Displacement: 798 cc
Compression ratio: 13.3: 1
Rated capacity: 92.0 kW (125 hp) at 11600 rpm
Max. Torque: 81 Nm at 8600 rpm

Landing gear:
Steel tubular frame, load-bearing motor, upside-down fork, Ø 43 mm, adjustable spring base, rebound and compression damping, single-sided swing arm made of aluminum, central spring strut with lever system, adjustable spring base, rebound and compression damping, double disc brake at the front, Ø 320 mm, four-piston Fixed calipers, rear disc brake, Ø 220 mm, two-piston fixed caliper, traction control, ABS.

Cast aluminum wheels: 3.50 x 17; 6.00 x 17
tires: 120/70 ZR 17; 200/50 ZR 17

Dimensions + weights
Wheelbase 1380 mm, steering head angle 66.0 degrees, caster 95 mm, suspension travel f / h 125/125 mm, seat height 811 mm, dry weight 167 kg, permissible total weight 364 kg, tank capacity 16.6 liters.

Guarantee: two years
Colours: Matt gray, white
Price: 13,390 euros
Additional costs: 275 euros

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