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2020 MV AGUSTA BRUTALE 1000 PROTOT YPE
RIDE REVI EW
(Above) Brembo has fitted their
latest Stylema calipers in the
same fashion as the Ducati
Panigale V4 R and the Aprilia
RSV4 1100 Factory. (Below) Isn't
that one of the most stunning
back-ends you've ever seen?
the R&D testing of the new model has been done, with the
Italian tire company's latest and greatest Diablo Supercor-
sa III rubber naturally fitted to the BST carbon fiber wheels
that are standard on the Brutale Serie Oro.
These come complete with an improbable red weave
inside the material the wheels are made from, which
shimmers in the sunshine—a technical step forward by the
South African manufacturer that brings added bling to the
Brutale, and helps justify all those zeros on its price tag.
Equally admirable is the way that Adrian Morton has so
successfully captured the stylistic spirit of Massimo Tam-
burini's original mind-blowing Brutale design (which Adrian
had a hand in creating) unveiled two decades ago at the
2000 Intermot Show in Germany, but once again in a con-
text that's bang up-to-date. The result is an accomplished
piece of two-wheeled design theatre complete with the
Brutale's trademark quad exhaust outlets—the Tamburini
organ has become the Morton harmonium, but without
losing its dramatic appearance, or its haunting howl at high
