After moaning recently about how much I liked the SuperVeloce if they had actually bothered to finish the back end, they appear to have sorted the problem with a new model I like the look from the pictures, but never really know till see one in person as I liked the 800, saw it and walked away almost instantly but this does look good from the pics Is there any modern MV owners out there? I hear not so good things about the dealers, and are parts/reliabilty an issue with what is still quite a small manufacturer in real terms? Just got to the price, so maybe not!
I have a MV, IME the worry of not getting parts for it should something break stops me riding it. AFAIK there is no dealer network back up should anything go wrong. I have a rather expensive ornament parked in my garage, at least it’s pretty though.
Had a 2016 800 Turismo Lusso for just over 2 years. At the time I had a local dealer that, post purchase, went to the wall. Then had to face a day trip, or even an overnighter, for servicing at Moto Corsa. There was one a bit closer for a while but not a good reputation. Reliability mechanically was good in my experience. The electrics let it down on a fairly regular basis from the off though. To the point that three, two quite significant, came up whilst on tour. This resulted in me selling and getting a 1260 Multi. The quality of the electrics was substandard and, it seemed, to the lowest price. Not what you'd expect for a premium motorcycle. When I did need spares Moto Corsa managed to get them from Italy reasonably quickly. There may well be issues for certain parts as well as the August closure of Italian industry but for the few parts I needed it seemed OK. This comes down to the dealer's relationship with the factory to a certain extent so I was led to believe. Great to look at, exquisitely designed overall as well as down to little details. Fabulous to ride solo, so nimble. Less so two-up. Resale value was diabolical.
Too much bling for me in those gold wheels, frame / swingarm. i'm sure it would look better in the flesh than the photograph.
My MV was good, Euro 4 bikes generally align to the influence of big investment (ahem from the Russians) and it was flawless. It was the best road bike I’ve had, super super light and easy to ride and exciting. I will say though that when you sit on it and look around at the components and general build it’s not as nice as a Ducati. My 899 just has touches everywhere that feel very Ducati and Italian and the MV’s onboard do feel a bit Japanese, even the super expensive serie oro ones. I’ll finish by saying that KTM have been behind MV for a few years now, there shouldn’t be an excuse for continued poor parts supply and not being close to a dealer any more. I hope we see MV benefit greatly from that. They are pricey though for what they are, that Brutale engine is a F4 1000 engine from 2005… I don’t know another manufacturer trying to pedal its flagship products on a near 20 year old engine platform.
That will be the 'series oro' version , limited first few hundred. The normal ones will have black frame/swingarm I reckon.
Just to add to the MV woes list I had a Turismo for all of 6 months, stupidly purchased new. Issues were constant with the electronics, the bike kept going into limp mode, which needed a switch off/on to reset, indicator LEDs usually only managed one rain shower before failing, clutch basket had serious chatter & needed updated parts. Looked lovely but steered like a tea trolley with a wonky wheel as the rear spring/damping seemed to be miles off what the bike needed & adjustment had no effect.
She still gets my heart racing and now has full blipper/QS set up. The SC project exhaust is unique and the handling sublime. Parts are sketchy, but you make contacts and accept perfection is not always the goal.
That is one good looking bike Came close to getting an RC but a bargain of a 959 came up. I am sure I will end up with an MV one day
Expect things to go wrong and not having a bike for long periods of time and you'll be fine. I have a generation 1 F4 which is no longer supported in any way by MV/KTM. Those bike are actually quite reliable and the finish is excellent. Tig welded frame and parts like the brake and clutch master mimicking the design of the dash. Nice touches. For me, the new ones look cheap in comparison. The gold colour on swingarm, wheel etc mean they're magnesium, the oro (Italian for gold) series always sports a lot of magnesium.
