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Exclusive driving report MV Agusta F4 1000 Mamba T-1

Strong poison

Only one person is allowed to make an MV Agusta F4 1000 lighter, faster, stronger and more elegant: Massimo Tamburini, its creator. Based on the good series 1000s, he created one of the best motorcycles in the world, the MV Agusta F4 1000 Mamba T-1.

Dendroaspis polylepis: The black mamba is the fastest snake in the world. It has a slender head and the eye has a round pupil. It occurs mainly in the savannas of southern Africa. Africa ?? Right.
The thermometer in the pit lane of the Autodromo Santamonica in Misano shows 37 degrees. The pulse is racing, but not just because of the heat. The master himself, Massimo Tamburini, hands MOTORRAD his latest creation. A MV Agusta as he imagines it: light, noble, strong, uncompromisingly suitable for the race track. You feel honored. And throws himself into a group with the noble part
Angry Italians accelerating who are currently completing a race training session. Right in the middle between a number of blades, R1 and GSX-R, a good test bench for the Mamba.
Food: The black mamba mainly feeds on small mammals and birds. It is reminiscent of being eaten up, like the mamba between the visibly
troubled guys through arrows. The thing goes bestial, tears from 6000 / min to
Limit everything down to 13,000 rpm. 170 real horsepower pulling on the chain? MOTORRAD has already put the performance kit used in the Mamba to the test
measured. What is really impressive is how well you can use this performance. And that although the mamba was translated a tooth shorter than the series.
Behavior: Although it moves just as agile and nimble on trees, it mainly hangs out on the ground. The Mamba remains pious, strives consistently forwards and not upwards, offers a previously unknown mechanical grip. And incredibly easy and precise handling. Why? First, because the Mamba is a good 25 kilograms
weighs less than the series product. Flat steel, aluminum and
Plastic becomes more noble, lighter
Material replaced. Magnesium swingarm, Kar-
carbon wheels, carbon / steel brake mix at the front,
Carbon disc at the rear, carbon cladding and tank, swing arm bearings made of magnesium, exhaust system made entirely of titanium ?? without a catalyst: that saves a lot
Weight. It is 167 kilograms dry, so only 193 with a full tank of fuel.
Second, the fork and strut set-up has been drastically changed. Softer springs are used at the front, and significantly harder at the rear than in
Series. In this way, the Mamba remains tilted forwards in a fully leaned position, even with a lot of pressure on the tires. To do this, Tamburini uses a Formula 1 shock absorber from Sachs, the damping of which can be adjusted in many ways and which acts extremely precisely. The third factor is the tamburini factor: the immense experience of over 30 years of chassis construction. Tamburini is the creator of such two-wheeled celebrities as Bimota DB1, Ducati 916, M.V Agusta 750 F4. He knows how a machine has to behave. Precise and accurate in fast corners, light-footed in chicanes, stable and full when braking and accelerating.
The Mamba implements all of his knowledge in a perfect way. Hammer down the home straight in Misano, turn into the double right in full lean position as if on rails, brake to the point on the narrow left, which can be taken at high speed in second gear, accelerate powerfully in an inclined position through the triple links, on theirs Queuing at the end of a good 235 km / h. Then she nails down the back straight; Brake hard at 260 km / h and over the front-
With the T-1, sliding your bike into the 190-degree left goes by itself. It doesn’t come up with the rear end when braking as quickly as the series MV.
The center of gravity appears to be much lower. Apply gas ?? The only flaw: the mamba is too hard in the transition ??, fully accelerate two gears, the elevated right, dance through the chicane in the third, left, right, left, everything in third gear, and off again on the home straight . That makes you feel good. It would not be
so hot you could go on forever. So the box must be due to lack of fitness-
will run. And you would like to look at the poor Pirellis, who, however, put up with this torment and go perfectly with the Mamba.
Reproduction: During the mating season, the males engage in ritualizing fights, holding their heads up to
one meter high. Usually in November up to 14 eggs are laid. Together with his son, Tamburini builds the mamba to order.
He founded the company MV Agusta Corse especially for this project. The Cagiva Research Center CRC, which he runs together with MV boss Claudio Castiglioni, is located in the same place in San Marino. One can certainly conceived that MV Agusta Corse will soon be building real racing motorcycles, and the Superbike World Championship will be enticing. And the mamba shows that the basis for such a commitment is right.
Poison: Just two drops of poison from the black mamba are enough to make one
Killing adult humans. Well, a small heart attack can overtake you when Mr. Tamburini names the price for the wonderful machine. He settled the small amount of 52,000 euros. And so the mamba is really poison? but only for the wallet.

Technical data – MV Agusta F4 1000 Mamba T-1

engine
Water-cooled four-cylinder four-stroke in-line engine, four valves per cylinder, arranged radially, injection, Ø 46 mm, titanium exhaust system, secondary air system.
Bore x stroke 76.0 x 55.0 mm
Displacement 998 cm³
rated capacity
125 kW (170 hp) at 11750 rpm
Max. Torque
110 Nm at 10200 rpm

landing gear
Steel tubular frame, magnesium swing arm, fork and spring strut fully adjustable, double disc brake at the front, Ø 310 mm, four-piston fixed calipers, disc brake at the rear, Ø 210 mm, four-piston fixed caliper.

Tires 120/70 ZR 17; 190/50 ZR 17
mass and weight
Wheelbase 1408 mm, steering head angle 66 degrees, caster 98 mm, spring travel f / r 118/120 mm, weight with a full tank 193 kg, tank capacity 21 liters.
Price 52,000 euros
Additional costs 200 euros

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