FIRST RIDE
P40
MV AGUSTA F3 800
rpm, with maximum torque of
88Nm/8.97kgm delivered at
10,600 rpm – a 10 percent step
up from the 800 Brutale's and
produced 2000 rpm lower.
The rev-limit has been reduced to 13,500 rpm from the F3
675's 15,000 rpm redline, but in
weighing exactly the same at 381
pounds, it results in a huge step
up in the power-to-weight ratio of
13.5 percent that allows MV's latest and greatest to compete on
overall performance terms with
bigger-engined, more potent, but
heavier and less agile one-liter
Superbikes.
It also gets the slipper clutch
that's missing from the F3 675,
REALIZE ALMOST AT ONCE
" YOU SMOOTHER THE THROTTLE HOW
MUCH
ACTION IS, HOW MUCH MORE
CONNECTED IT IS TO THE ENGINE.
and MV claims a homologated
top speed of 167 mph for the new
bike - 10 mph up on the smaller
model, obtained via a longer final
drive ratio raised from 16/43T to
17/39T.
To achieve this lift in output,
MV has fitted the same cylinder
head as the F3 675, with titanium
valves all around (the 800 Brutale has steel valves), while the
three 50mm Mikuni throttle bod-
"
ies each now carry twin injectors,
same as on the smaller F3.
"These injectors are specific
to the F3 800, with 15 percent
more flow compared to the F3
675," says MV's American F3/
F4 Platform Director, Brian Gillen. "They're operated in an overlapping sequential mode, which
means the lower injector works
first for the lower rpm range, and
small throttle openings. Then
