Thursday, May 23, 2013

MV Agusta F4

When it comes to beautiful motorcycles, nothing beats the MV Agusta F4. Designed by the legendary Massimo Tamburini, it displays true Italian finesse and attention to detail. The quad tailpipes for instance, they just look magnificent. Its engine is a 4 cylinder inline putting out about 190 ps of power (the F4 RR for 2011 produces 201 ps of power). Its shod with the best pirelli road racing tires money can buy, and comes with racing heritage of a marque which has won several racing accolades. It first appeared on May 1999, and has been catching eyeballs ever since. It is also tatued as the fastest bike in the world, since the special editions like the F4 R 312 attained a speed of 312 km/hr (194 mph).



 The MV Agusta F4 was the motorcycle that launched the resurrection of MV Agusta in 1998. The F4 was created by famous motorcycle designer Massimo Tamburini at CRC (Cagiva Research Center), following his work on the Ducati 916


The F4 is unique with its single-sided swing-arm, large front forks (49 or 50 mm diameter) and traditional MV Agusta red and silver livery. The F4 is also one of the few production superbikes to have hemispherical chamber 4 valves per cylinder engine. 


Its prime rivals are the all powerful Suzuki GSX-R1000, the sublime Honda Fireblade , the crossplane Yamaha R1, the monstrous 200 ps Kawasaki ZX-10R, the gorgeous Ducati 1199 Panigale, the cool BMW S1000RR and the massive Suzuki Hayabusa.