Wooo Hoo

Look what's following me, whew talk about a nice bike. Wow good thing he was behind me , other wise I wouldn't have been able to watch the road. haha



Just a quick little ride in the local area here, were waiting for another member of the group to get back.



Thought it was a good time for a photo or two. It was a hoot of a run to say the least.

 

You would be missing your VFR after about 2 hours on that Duc :biggrin:

 

It's actually a MV Augusta... & it sure is pretty... Italian motorcycles are so sexy it hurts...

KC-10 FE out...

 

When did this happen? Today? Man, I hate having to work weekends.

 

I've never even seen a MV Augusta, only read about them, thanks for pointing that out, now I got to do some research on it.

 

Yea, good eye there KC funny thing is he gave me a chance to ride it too, I turned him down as I wanted first to let him know how I ride ,ya know the gentleman in me, but oh baby I was drolling. he did saylater next time and I agreed, on another note, see that yellow Duc in the back ground



That I did ride. Woo hoo again.

Rev WTH man, get a hold of me okay. good to see a local guy, so close too like way close it's wierd. huh?

 

Not so weird, you know me. Stop by Home Depot tool rental and say Hi.

 

Oh to funny, Hi, yep seems i'm in there 2-3 times a week. I'll keep an eye out for you. Wow another PNW vfr owner to cool

 

OOOOWWWWWW
that isn't a duc, it is a MV

Oh the horror!:tongue:

 

I have ridden a MV Senna edition, couple hundred of them in the world, that remains the prettiest bike I have ever seen and/or ridden. Owner is selling it, gave me first right 'cause he knows what it means to me, but out of my budget. Even with a nice discount. Dealer offered him more than he paid for it!

As for comfort, he finds it his least comfortable of his rides. While I find it his second most comfortable, after his BMW R1100S, but ahead of his ducks. We are all shaped differently. The longest time I ever rode it was a few hours, maybe 3-4. Besides the ache from my muscles being so tense to ride it, I didn't have any problems. That and other bikers swinging around to see it. This was HWY 1 in Marin county CA. Stopped for gas and had like a dozen lookie loo's. When he first got it, I met him in the city for a bite to eat or soemthing. When he pulled it out of his building it took us like an hour to get going, cars kept stopping to ask about it.

 

That will teach me to glance at a bike in a picture :lol:

 

Obviously he would require Multiple Bikes, only rider I know with an MV Augusta has had to wait for parts for upto 3 months a few times, then again he has 6 other bikes to entertain himself with in the between times while waiting the lucky bugger...

 

As far as I know, my buddy has never had any problems with the MV so he hasn't had to wait for parts. Now on his (now his wife's) Ducati MH900E, he had some problems at first. Seems in hard riding the rear tire would contact his lic plate, in rip off his entire lic plate bracket. The second time it happened to him, they figured out what happened. This was when deliveries had first started, there were very few out there. Any way, when the dealer called Ducati NA to find out if there was a fix out, their response was "well, we didn't expect anyone to actually F#$%ing ride the things!"
Also had a problem with the engine seals leaking oil on the MH900E, since replaced, no cost to him.

One of the times we went riding, he was on the MH and I was on the MV. We turned a few heads along the ride:smile:

Another time I felt bad for a guy. Right when the MV came out, I think it was the first time I saw it. We went to a fundraiser ride. When we got there, there was a crowd of about 20 guys looking at a bike. Someone had grafted a set of MV pipes to their non-MV bike. With the crowd around it, I couldn't see it, and thought it was another actual MV for a second. So this guy is proud as a peacock about his MV pipes.... and we pull up on an actual MV...:tongue: Poor guy, he was crestfallen.

 

Oh Wow, what a set back for that guy, funny too. Yea I've seen the fitment of the MV exhaust style on other VFRs be hard for a novice to notice the difference from the rear, well sorta. But once you see the whole MV it's a Woo Hoo.. the attention to detail is just Nutz. just the way I like it.

 

Now if only it came in a V4.

 

Oh this was clear once I could see it, but at first with all the people around I couldn't see anything, just got a quick glimpse of the tail of it, and was like "what, two at the same time?" Once people left that bike and went after my buddies, I could see it wasn't. And quickly.

The Senna is just beautiful, really just a piece of rolling artwork, everything just works. Like riding a Rolex, it all just works together....

Ahh, if only I didn't get married, buy a house, have a kid...

 

Well it is 1,000ccs now instead of 750, but they no longer have the Senna version, just a Tamburini version. Which, while I haven't seen one live, I don't like in photos as much as the Senna. The engine config is actually the reason my buddy is selling it, just doesn't like the inline 4, when all his other bikes are twins -- V and boxer. The lack of low end torque annoys him.

I will say this, at least he does ride all his, doesn't keep them locked away gathering dust and waiting to sell them for a profit. I mean the Senna, what was there like 100 built?? and the MH900E, I think 2 or 300? never mind the SPS version of the 996, in black he has. The MV is going 'cause he doesn't ride it enough and hates to see it sit there unused.

 

Hmmm?? :smile:

 

Gixxer will eat MV alive!

MV's are muy cool. My father had a 1975 America. But he, like the modern guys, are somewhat dissapointed when a Gixxer, or the current reigning Japanese bike, will spank them like a bad puppy.

My Dad bought a Z-1 after numerous humiliations!:drum:

(And you don't have to have a van full of Italian Mechanics follow you in a service van!)

 

The new ones are much more competative, the new 1000 does pretty well against the liter bikes, but not quite there. But there is more than just speed, otherwise why would any of us own the VFR? We would all just own a GSXR 750. The GXSR would spank the VFR in any outright speed and handling contest. And the MV would spank the VFR in the tight stuff too. No question. Certainly doesn't make either a bad bike. Just suited to a different purpose.

The GSXR loses what, 20% of the value in the first year maybe? After about 4 or 5 years my buddy is getting more than he paid for it. The GSXR is what, maybe half its original value?

They have come a long way since 1975, a long way.

If anyone buys a MV and is embarrassed by a GSXR750, they are an idiot. They obviously have more money than brains, as they obviously didn't know what they were buying. There was also a time when the Toyota MR2 turbo would beat a current Ferrari in 0-60 and 1/4 mile. Never mind when the RX-7 Turbo and Nissan twin turbo 300ZX could beat corvettes and 911s. It isn't just about the numbers, it is about what it does to your soul.

Heck, even a Ducati 748 is often bested by the 600 cc sport bikes from Japan.

In every day driving, for most of us, the MV is easily the match of the GSXR, while showing some creativity, flair and artistry. Instead of just pursuing the fastest speed and looking like pretty much everything out there except for color scheme.

Besides, won't an '07 GSXR spank a '01 GSXR? They improve outright sportbikes nearly every year, at least a little. So if you want the absolute quickest or fastest, you would have to buy a new bike every year, perhaps 2 in some years.

At least this MV, has never had a problem at all.
Most of his Ducks are the same, the exception was the MH with the small problems listed above. And that was very early in the production run.

Now that I think about it, the only time we have had a mechanical failure while riding together, was when my RR went on the '98 VFR. None of his bikes have ever failed us. Outside of other people on different rides having a break down.