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MV AGUSTA SUPERVELOCE 800

As far as first impressions go, I really wasn’t sure how I’d take the Superveloce. It looks stunning in photos but they can be deceiving – yet the first time my retinas met with that gorgeous red colour scheme, I knew I was in for a treat. Even though it was just silently sitting there, the Superveloce’s presence is so loud it makes a Boeing 747 sound quiet, with everything from the rear LED light that looks like Iron Man’s Arc Reactor to those organ-style exhaust pipes making it stand out from the crowd. But then again, getting up close and personal with the 800 only shows the extra thought that’s gone into it… perhaps a little too much, in my opinion.

See, alongside the nice touches – like the fact that there isn’t a single exposed screw on the fairings – are a few oddities. They’ve stuck a leather belt buckle on the tank that would look more at home on a cruiser, and the funny lump of plastic that goes across the top of the screen? Well, it reminds me of one of

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