BRUTALLY BRUTALE MV AGUSTA BRUTALE 1000 RR
Fast Bikes HQ is a place that’s no stranger to the coolest, fastest, trickest motorbikes. Park a Panigale in the bike bay and nobody bats an eyelid. Turn up on a brand new ’Blade; who cares? But every once in a while, a motorbike appears at the office that makes everyone stop and stare. It doesn’t happen very often, but when it does, you know you have got something pretty darn special in your midst.
And that was exactly what happened when the new MV Agusta Brutale 1000 RR arrived for us to test. It was wheeled out the van to a chorus of gasps and sharp intakes of breath (sorry if they are the same thing – dramatic effect and all that) because, forgetting about what the spec sheet says for just a moment, the new Brutale is one hell of a looker. Church organ pipes, single-sided swingarm, aerodynamic winglets and carbon fibre infills here, there and everywhere, added to the bike’s sharp lines and aggressive stance, made the Brutale one hell of a thing to look at. And even if, for some strange reason, you didn’t like the look of it, you would’ve had to have admitted that this is one striking-looking bike that will definitely get heads turning.
But the question on all of our minds was:
