Brutale 800: A new Italian middleweight naked bike that feels and performs more like an Open-class sportbike.

2013 MV Agusta Brutale 800 – First Ride A new Italian middleweight naked bike that feels and performs more like an Open-class sportbike.

March 13, 2013 By Bruno dePrato 3 Comments

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As the old saying goes, if you want to extract all of the potential from an engine, stroke it! Well, that’s exactly what MV Agusta has done with its three-cylinder Brutale 675 to create a new, higher-performing 800cc middleweight naked bike. MV’s engineers kept bore at 79mm and increased stroke from 45.9mm to 54.3. Everything [...]

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2013 MV Agusta Brutale 800 – First Look This three-cylinder Italian naked middleweight brings more torque to the backroad party.

November 5, 2012 By Bruno dePrato 2 Comments

MV Agusta’s 800cc Brutale promises to extract the best from both the three-cylinder engine and the chassis to which it’s harnessed. Extra displacement came by increasing stroke from the original 45.9 to 54.3mm; the 79mm bore is unaltered. The super-compact result delivers a claimed 125 horsepower at 11,600 rpm and 60 foot-pounds of torque at [...]

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