MAGNI MV AGUSTA FILOROSSO
ROAD TEST
P86
is two-wheeled audio paradise. So too when you
crack the throttle open is the suction roar coming
from the trio of 50mm Mikuni throttle bodies nest-
ling openly beneath the fuel tank. Each is pro-
tected against stones and debris as was the way
back then by a wire mesh cover over its induction
trumpet (aka velocity stack), thanks to the stock
Brutale airbox having been jettisoned.
We'd come to the Pista Pirelli for me to ride the
bike because, ahem, it isn't road legal in Italy, in
spite of being supplied with full lighting equip-
ment, with the front headlamp neatly inserted in
the nose of the GP-style fairing, and covered by
a yellow raceplate that can be unbolted. The turn
signals and other such hardware come courtesy
of the neighboring Rizoma factory close by Moto
Magni's base, whose R&D boss is coincidentally
ex-MV Agusta GP mechanic Fiorenzo Fanali, later
The way to ride a motorcycle
like this is definitely not to try
to hang off it and stick your
knee on the ground.
