MV AGUSTA BRUTALE 1000RR 7TH
You have to hand it to MV Agusta – it doesn’t do things by halves, especially when it comes to how its bikes look and how the spec sheets read. The 2021 Brutale 1000RR is no exception – with the biggest price tag, highest quoted BHP at the highest RPM, and most bonkers styling of all the bikes in the test.
It’s got all the right ingredients to qualify as a thoroughbred MV Agusta, right down to how awkward it is to ride on the road. The fact that it’s finished in last place is not to say it’s especially bad, it’s just that the others are much more refined and capture the spirit of what a naked bike – “super” or otherwise – should be; an antidote to the sportsbike they are based on, and the other side of the same coin.
Where a sportsbike has an intensity and a single-minded purpose that demands you bring your A-game, if you want to experience what it can do, a
