MV Agusta Rivale 800

[Cav]

While my taste for many bikes changes like the eb and flow of a twisting river my eyes always return to a select few.. this is one of them.

This is a bike which, to me, has a character unrivaled by any other manufacture. The savagely short wheel-base and the torquey triple engine coupled with a steep steering rake angle makes for a bike which is very much on it's nose - something I refer to as a necessity. It's a bit of a hoon-machine with an uncompromising seating position which forces you to ride like a Gorilla on a pitbike; all elbows and knees.

I have not ridden one but I sat on the bike at least 4 times during the day at Motorcycle Live... Sadly, it's one of those bikes which I am not sure if I will ever ride - some say you should never meet your heroes, maybe this is mine.

[C00kiemonster]

Your right. Great looking bike.

[dogbot]

Agreed, love it. It and the Brutale... in fact, all the MVs.

Dem zorsts, tho.

[Kwacky]

MV do make some very special looking bikes.

That's not one of them.

[Cav]

TAKE THAT BACK !!

[Kwacky]

It's a bit generic. Let's pick a few things we like and stick them together. To be frank, the limited z1000 for 2016 looks better

[dogbot]

Having seen both bikes in the flesh a couple of weekends ago, no it doesn't.

Subjective, I realise. But you're wrong.

[Perkles]

I have a customer that owns a pantigirdle 1199 superleggera a pantigirdle 899 ,Chas Davies 015 race bike and a Z1000 kwak,he likes riding the kwak the most ,he says its more fun and easier to ride than the others

[Cav]

I like that they've just said, "f*ck everyone's conventions, we're doing what we want!"

Basically a supermoto with superbike performance...

If only the Chassis and handling were done by Triumph, the engine done by Aprilia (V4) and the Styling by MV Agusta then I believe it would be the perfect bike. Oh, and the build quality of a Honda, Kawasaki or Yamaha

[kiwikrasher]

I'm with Cav. I'm not a huge fan of nakeds, but I like that alot.

Would every one stop posting so I can get mine in!

[dogbot]

Mind you, I really dig the MT10, which is an opinion splitter, so whadda I know?

Well, apart from what I like, that is.

[Cav]

I get what you mean with the MT10.. again, it's a bike that sticks the proverbial up to convention.

A few bikes have done that... BMW S1000RR with the wonky headlights, Kawasaki with the H1 triple, Kawasaki with the H2 supercharger...

[kiwikrasher]

I get what you mean with the MT10.. again, it's a bike that sticks the proverbial up to convention.

A few bikes have done that... BMW S1000RR with the wonky headlights, Kawasaki with the H1 triple, Kawasaki with the H2 supercharger...

I will never accept wonky lights. Far too OCD for that.

[Kwacky]

The MT10 looks like it was designed by someone who used to masturbate to the Transformer cartoons.

[dogbot]

I get what you mean with the MT10.. again, it's a bike that sticks the proverbial up to convention.

A few bikes have done that... BMW S1000RR with the wonky headlights, Kawasaki with the H1 triple, Kawasaki with the H2 supercharger...

And all divisive, opinion splitting machines...

I remember seeing the H2(R) at the MCN last year, surrounded by loads of sniffy, overweight old blokes going "well, it doesn't look like a proper bike, does it?"

Well, **** off to the Royal Enfield stand, then. Let those as like it see it!

I had an FZ1 as a loaner last year for about 10 days and I LOVED it. Never had a nekkid streety before. Was fan-bloody-tastic.

And the MT is similar, with a detuned 2015 crossplane engine, instead of a 2006 screamer. Wow. I bet it's awesome to ride.

I saw a mock up with an FZ1 headlight replacing the slightly odd spots, and in customer colours and it looked amazing...

I want a nekkid street hooligan bike, dammit.

[Cav]

Haha.. my mate has one in Matt grey - mint looking bike!

My gf saw it from the side first and said how nice it was, then saw the other side and said "why are their gills on one side and a hole on the other"... then she saw the headlights... She announced there and then that I can never own that bike !!!

I seriously was considering trading my ZX6R in for an Aprilia Tuono V4R... that to me was the ultimate street naked bike

[dogbot]

The MT10 looks like it was designed by someone who used to masturbate to the Transformer cartoons.

As opposed to the Z1000, whose major selling point is being green.

[Kwacky]

The MT10 looks like it was designed by someone who used to masturbate to the Transformer cartoons.

Take it over a Z1000 all day, every day.

have you ridden either?

[dogbot]

Old Z1000s, yeah. The brand new 2016 one, obviously not. Nor the as-yet-unreleased MT10, shockingly.

But I've ridden the Yamaha CP4 engine and I know what it does compared to a standard IL4.

Of course, I was talking about on looks. One of those bikes I like the look of FAR more than the other. Sorry if that was hard to follow.

[Perkles]

The Z1000 looks ace and is like a bmx with an engine strapped to it to ride ,its seriously fun