RIDE REVIEW I 2022 MV AGUSTA BRUTALE 1000 RR
P90
"Man, that is an ugly motorcycle," says Kit Palm-
er as we shoot it for this article. "There's nothing
on it I find even remotely attractive. The headlight,
the seat, even the exhaust, just… no."
For me, I quite like the Brutale's aesthetic. It's
a muscly, angry looking motorcycle, like a gym
junkie in a dinner suit. That bulging 1000cc inline
four-cylinder, holding titanium valves and conrods
and boasting a claimed 208 horsepower between
the cylinder walls, draws the eye in, leading to
a pair of divinely sharp exhaust mufflers that exit
either side of the tiny passenger seat.
The overly manufactured middle triple-clamp,
the liberal lashings of carbon-fiber, the nine-spoke
forged aluminum rear wheel mated to a trademark
MV single-sided swingarm, and the clip-on handle-
