Rev-happy Italian Beauty
HEN I WAS 17, I HAD THREE POSTERS ON MY W wall: a white Lamborghini Countach, Pamela Anderson in a swimsuit, and a Britten motorcycle. If I were 17 again, I would add a poster of the MV Rush to my collection, because this is the poster bike of 2020, assuming 17-year-olds still have posters. Maybe, it’s the screensaver of 2020.
Either way, the Rush is a stunning bike and when it was unveiled at EICMA in November 2019, jaws hit the floor.
The Rush is a limited-edition run of 300 units of the already highly acclaimed MV Brutale 1000RR. And when your base bike is already hugely desirable, you’re not going to be far off the mark with the special; in fact, it’s a bit like giving a supermodel a makeover. From every angle, it’s stunning, the huge carbon-enclosed rear wheel, adaptive cornering headlight, restyled rear end, and small pillion seat, even a neat plate by the ignition switch to remind you which of the 300 bikes you have — and there’s more carbon than in an F1 car. However, as you would expect, the Rush isn’t a cheap date and is priced at £31,890 (Rs 31.25 lakh) with the race kit (with homologated exhaust and fuelling) and £29,290 (Rs 28.70 lakh) in standard form with four protruding exhausts like those on the 1000RR.
But don’t be fooled, this isn’t just
