VOL. 50 ISSUE 45 NOVEMBER 12, 2013
ing its customers in the future to
constantly benefit from uprated
maps by downloading them directly to their bike's ECU via a
smart-phone app.
There's no such thing as a badlooking MV Agusta, but even by
the high standards of the marque
the Rivale is indeed outright eye
candy. It looks ready to rumble
even at a standstill – though the
fight it wants to pick must surely
be pistols at dawn rather than
bare knuckle fisticuffs, because
there's an unmistakable air of
class about Morton's entire radical-looking package. Hopping
aboard will entail standing on
P67
tiptoe for shorter riders, since
the 34.6-inch high seat is a fair
bit taller than the Brutale's 31.8inch perch. But the footpegs are
lower and not too far back, which
makes for a comfortable stance
that's really quite upright. That's
also due to the wide, flat-spread
handlebar – that makes this a
