MV Agusta, the exotic Italian bikemaker, has what is perhaps one of the most gorgeous street nakeds in the world in the form of the Brutale 800. For 2017, the bike’s gone under the knife, and is all set to hit Indian showrooms sometime around July. I headed to Varese, Italy, to find out what’s new about it.
The styling changes are subtle and the Brutale 800 looks smoother overall. Its trapezoidal tank has been redesigned, and also new is an LED headlight with a newly designed cowl, revised fenders, and a new tail section. It now gets a double saddle, concealed passenger grab rails, a new handlebar and the addition a hydraulic clutch. The instrument panel has also been updated, along with the switchgear and handlebar buttons.
The signature three-pipe exhaust has been redesigned, and is slightly larger now, which produces a minutely stronger exhaust note from the 798cc, inline-three cylinder engine. Power, however, is down from 123hp on the older model to 109hp now; although it wasn’t exactly noticeable during the test. There is however a bump in torque to 83Nm, with most of it kicking in from as low as 3, 800rpm.
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