So you've got £14K to spend on a sportsbike
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rockjock620
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Very nice, I suppose one has to ask the two questions - Availability and tank range.......
Freak
Is it still summer?
Isn't Charlie a MV dealer? Quick call there should suffice Pete.
Oh ask if there's a Satnav mount while you're at it eh?
Sorry fella couldn't resist
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ProjectImola004
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its pretty snappy styling isn't it - I always liked them. But where the heck are you gonna use all that power (especially the guys that buy them from the Scottish dealer north of Inverness)!!!!! 
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ProjectImola004
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I reckon this beats the socks off the MV for exoticyness!!! mind you I don't think it will be that hot anymore than 5 degrees from vertical!!! (I hate choppers!)
...oh yer, I don't think the engine alone (Aussie Rotec aero engine) will leave you much change out of £14k
...oh yer, I don't think the engine alone (Aussie Rotec aero engine) will leave you much change out of £14k
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ProjectImola004
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...err, yer!!!!
I just love the engines, forget the crappy bikes.
...with just short of £14k you could have a bike like mine, but you would be nearly 100hp short of power....
blimey, that's scary - my first Porsche had 180hp - the world has gone power mad. ...its all just pub talk I say"how much power....? how wide its rear tyre...?
239desmo
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Elgin. 30 odd miles east of Inverness.
I heard about this last year as I know this chaps best mate type idea. Did strike me as an odd location for an MV dealer but I was told he has also got an agency for Husqvarna as I recall.
I keep meaning to look in on way past as he is keen to do deals I'm told.
rockjock620
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Jon, I thought about spending the 14k on the Satnav itself.
rockjock620
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or on a few reams of paper and some felt tip pens!
Gizmo
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I've been close to buying one a couple of times, 2 months ago I was about to do it then realised I don't need to spend another 7 K on a bike I use for 2000 miles a year and my 999 does the job anyway.
TBH Jon MV are one of those brands where you have to be into it, more so than Ducati, I've always wanted one ever since i saw the 500 and buying it wouldn't be about the performance. I very much doubt that many MV's get used hard. I'm not a big fan of the F4 styling, its now looking a bit dated and its got a couple of little niggly faults like trapping my wrists betwen bars and tank but if one came up as a direct swap for the 999S I'd probably take it
TBH Jon MV are one of those brands where you have to be into it, more so than Ducati, I've always wanted one ever since i saw the 500 and buying it wouldn't be about the performance. I very much doubt that many MV's get used hard. I'm not a big fan of the F4 styling, its now looking a bit dated and its got a couple of little niggly faults like trapping my wrists betwen bars and tank but if one came up as a direct swap for the 999S I'd probably take it
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ProjectImola004
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...and according to the dealers I know down south, it's a bugger to work on too, everything being so tightly packed in. Oh and it sounds like a Jap 4
Neepdocker
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Most definetely a Suzuki gxr prepared and painted in the by the great "TEAM BERTO".
That should leave £13999 to buy a decent back up bike.
That should leave £13999 to buy a decent back up bike.
dseered
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Ian, the MV's available in white too
I love the MV's - would love a 749r, in RED with WHITE wheels and frame though !
weeian
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So what's out there for £14K, exotic, great design and power to match the best of the Japs???
Well the 1098 is one good choice, but then I stumbled across this
[qimg]http://www.mvagusta.com/upload/news/img/z_434_2.jpg[/qimg]
Full spec here
MV Agusta F4 1000 R312
312 for top speed (Km) equates to 190mph I think - fastest production sportsbike
180Bhp too
nice bike but dosnt sound italian when it fires up, sounds like a beehive
can u buy Termi's for it jon ?!?!?!?!
/ian
Gizmo
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nice bike but dosnt sound italian when it fires up, sounds like a beehive
can u buy Termi's for it jon ?!?!?!?!
/ian
I've never seen Termi's but there are factory race cans
and Zards available ( and no its not a 1098! )
i'd keep the original MV style design, the ZARD and other twin can options are too similar to 1098/R1
Jon, why did you start this thread? I'd given up on changing the 999 and its got me started on it again :grr:
Biscuit
andpotato
there was a chap in at DL this morning with an Arrow system the same a this but in stainless finnish, it sounded awesome!
BDG
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Mmm £14k to spend
I'd buy a 996R (or something more practical like an RC30 with top box and panniers), and a dirt bike for looning about off road, and use whatever spare cash is left for petrol for blasting about Europe.
MV looks nice but still doesn't quite hit the mark for 14K
I'd buy a 996R (or something more practical like an RC30 with top box and panniers), and a dirt bike for looning about off road, and use whatever spare cash is left for petrol for blasting about Europe.
MV looks nice but still doesn't quite hit the mark for 14K
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ProjectImola004
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...actually, thinking about it, £14k would just about buy you 2/3 of an original 750ss (Imola Replica- like wot I copied). Never mind yer Termigurines & Hushpuppyslipperclutches, this thing was a true racer out of the box!.
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