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New MV Agusta F4 .....
only a teaser but they finally went ahead and did the redesign......
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10-07-2009, 05:12 PM
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Yawn..........................................:rol leyes:
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10-07-2009, 05:41 PM
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10-07-2009, 05:48 PM
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What did they redesign? The catalog?
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10-07-2009, 05:53 PM
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I think Nov. 8th is the release date.
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10-07-2009, 05:53 PM
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What did they redesign? The catalog?
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Yup. They've added "Limited Edition Chromed Floorboards" and "Willie G. Signature Saddlebag Fringes". |
10-07-2009, 07:06 PM
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They made it more Japanese like everyone else...
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10-07-2009, 07:14 PM
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10-07-2009, 07:23 PM
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10-07-2009, 07:27 PM
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Yup. They've added "Limited Edition Chromed Floorboards" and "Willie G. Signature Saddlebag Fringes".
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Ah yes, that Harley thing. Wonder if it`ll also come with ape hangers ? Any truth to the rumour the new mill is an OHV push-rod design? |
10-07-2009, 08:02 PM
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lol @ the replies so far
I've never been able to confirm this; but wasn't the original F4 design intended to be the next ducati after the 998 style?
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lol @ the replies so far
I've never been able to confirm this; but wasn't the original F4 design intended to be the next ducati after the 998 style?
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It's possible as they were both designed by Tamburini.
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10-07-2009, 08:16 PM
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AFAIK the original plan was what became the MV was going to be a flagship for Cagiva. I would have to search through my archive of magazines from that time, but IIRC Cagiva purchased the MV name in 1992 or 1993. Ferrari was briefly involved in initial concepts, the radial valve actuation is the only part of their input that remains. Their design had reversed heads with intake on the front and was deemed impractical.
The engine went through several iterations and a long gestation period. One magazine I have had it being tested in a test mule chassis with Cagiva 500GP racer bodywork. The inline four-cylinder was foreign to the heritage of Ducati who had always produced singles and twins. Ducati was already kicking butt in WSBK with its twins, I doubt management would have wanted to completely start over when they were so comeptitive.
In November 1993 the Ducati 916 was unveiled and from the first moment it was obvious that this would be the face of Ducati for some time, it was universally loved. Tamburini and the others at CRC started working then on the MV chassis, obviously using lessons learned from the 916 on components such as the swingarm.
The insolvency and brief shutdown of Ducati followed by the subsequent purchase by the Texas Pacific Group in 1996 saw Cagiva and CRC part ways with Bordi and Ducati.
In many ways, IMO, the MV F4 is the sprititual successor to the 916, but I'm not sure it was ever intended to be a Ducati. The 999 compared to the 916 looks like it is almost from a different company.
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As long as it's not a V4 I don't care what it looks like. 
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10-07-2009, 09:08 PM
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Ah yes, that Harley thing. Wonder if it`ll also come with ape hangers ? Any truth to the rumour the new mill is an OHV push-rod design?
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Close. Its a flathead based on the KR-series roadracers. |
10-07-2009, 09:31 PM
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Close. Its a flathead based on the KR-series roadracers. |
oooh, me likey  State of the art HD engineering at work.... |
10-07-2009, 10:34 PM
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you guys are blind... they added led light thingys to the 11 year old headlight its like fresh new diapers on grandpa... worth at least 10 HP at starbucks
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Should be interesting, maybe they'll sell 12 bikes this year, topping the 10 units they sold last year.
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MV Agusta V4...
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10-07-2009, 11:50 PM
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