VOLUME 59 ISSUE 4 JANUARY 25, 2022 P89
O
k. Full disclosure here. I'm a fan of MV
Agusta. Have been for many, many
years. I think my fandom emits from
a love of the brand's history, when Giacomo,
Mike and Phil, glorified the 1960s with their
dashing displays of motorcycle daring on the
world's most lethal circuits.
Or perhaps it was solidified when "the most
beautiful superbike ever created" (my opin-
ion, not universal), the original 750 F4, was
released in the 1990s. Or when MV created a
mobility scooter that looks like something a
New York artist would roll into his studio on.
Who knows?
MV Agusta pushes the boundaries of ar-
tistic mechanical flair harder and further than
any other. Art and motorcycling is, for some,
inexorably linked, and it's easy to see our test
bike, the Brutale 1000 RR, has been whacked
pretty heavily with the artist's brush.
MV AGUSTA MAKE STUNNING
MOTORCYCLES. INDEED,
THEIR COMPANY SLOGAN IS
"WE CRAFT EMOTIONS." BUT
IS THE BRUTALE 1000 RR A
STRETCH TOO FAR?
THE
EYE
OF THE
BEHOLDER
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT PALMER
