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MCN got a chance to test ride the prototype

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It looks very vanilla. I was expecting something a bit more, I don't know, MV.

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D6Nutz wrote:It looks very vanilla. I was expecting something a bit more, I don't know, MV.

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Got to agree.
15% heavier than the Tiger 900, and looks just like pretty much everything in that sector imho.
You'd expect an alloy frame perhaps, and some of those neat little MV style touches.

Apparently it's a reworking of a QJ Motors bike that has also robbed a few parts from Benelli along the way.....which probably doesn't bode well.

It might be a few kg heavier than the Tiger but it's got 50% more power.

This is the prototype test mule. I don't think MV have released any official photos of the final product.

D41 wrote:Apparently it's a reworking of a QJ Motors bike that has also robbed a few parts from Benelli along the way.....which probably doesn't bode well.

I thought that was just the 5.5 model?

So did I.
I just read an article that seemed to say that MV designed the motor & QJ Motors were building it.
But the article was bouncing between the two bikes (9.5 & 5.5) and I may well have misread it.

And now I can't find it again. Grrrr!

saw a ducati version yesterday and it looked nice, when I go green laning there are loads of kitted up adventure type bikers blatting about

Does this sort of bike appeal? Purely from an aesthetics point of view. I'm open to the looks of most bikes but I struggle with this one.

Cav wrote:..I'm open to the looks of most bikes but I struggle with this one.

Fwiw you're not alone in that view Cav

I quite like it....at least in black. It gives off a kinda cool retro vibe.
But if they start painting it in naff faux Paris-Dakar color schemes they won't be doing it any favors.