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Introduced 2020

Aprilia RS 660

Aprilia unveiled the RS 660 at EICMA in November 2019 and put the road bike into production in 2020. The idea was straightforward: give a middleweight sports bike an aluminium twin-spar chassis, serious brakes and a level of electronics more familiar on bigger machines, then build it around a compact 659 cc parallel twin.

Engine:659 cc

Power:105 hp (77.2 kW) @ 10,400 rpm

Torque:70 Nm @ 8,400 rpm

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Introduced 2011

Aprilia Tuono V4

The Aprilia Tuono V4 takes Aprilia’s compact V4 performance platform into a high-handlebar road bike, and it has done so as a model family since 2011. The name has moved through several technical phases since then.

Engine:1,099 cc

Power:180 hp (132.4 kW) @ 11,800 rpm

Torque:121 Nm @ 9,650 rpm

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Introduced 1997

MV Agusta F4

The first-generation MV Agusta F4 is the motorcycle that put the MV Agusta name back into production at the end of the 1990s. It was a 750 cc four-cylinder superbike, shown publicly in 1997, with the first production Serie Oro machines following in 1999 before the standard F4 750 S.

Engine:749.4 cc

Power:125 hp (93 kW) @ 12,500 rpm

Torque:74 Nm @ 10,500 rpm

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MV Agusta F4 and Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro motorcycles shown side by side

Italian Motorcycles Inline-Four Engine

MV Agusta F4 vs Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro: what's changed?

The Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro recalls the F4's wheels and four-outlet exhaust, but its engine, electronics and aerodynamics belong to a different era.

By Aley Shah

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Aprilia RSV4 and RS 660 motorcycles shown side by side

Italian Motorcycles V4 Engine

Aprilia RSV4 vs RS 660: which sport bike suits you?

The Aprilia RSV4 and RS 660 take different sport-bike approaches. Compare their engines, standard equipment, electronics, weight and everyday priorities.

By Aley Shah

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Ducati 916 and Aprilia RSV Mille motorcycles shown side by side

Italian Motorcycles V-Twin Engine

Ducati 916 vs Aprilia RSV Mille: two Italian V-twin approaches

The Ducati 916 and Aprilia RSV Mille shared an Italian V-twin superbike brief, but their engines, chassis and mechanical choices took different approaches.

By Aley Shah

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Ducati 916, 996 and 998 superbikes shown in a three-panel comparison

Italian Motorcycles V-Twin Engine

Ducati 916, 996 and 998: differences explained

The Ducati 916, 996 and 998 share familiar superbike styling, but their engines and model-year specifications reveal three different stages of development.

By Aley Shah

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Italian superbike imagery for a comparison of Ducati, MV Agusta and Aprilia.

Italian Motorcycles V4 Engine

Italian Superbikes Compared: Ducati vs MV Agusta vs Aprilia

Ducati, MV Agusta and Aprilia built three distinct Italian superbike identities. Their motorcycles reveal different approaches to engines, design and the line between superbikes and other performance bikes.

By Aley Shah

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Ducati superbike image for the 916 and 999 design comparison.

V-Twin Engine Italian Motorcycles

Ducati 916 vs Ducati 999

The Ducati 916 and 999 are often framed as a design argument. This comparison explains how they represent two different Ducati superbike moments without declaring a winner.

By Aley Shah

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Aprilia superbike imagery for a comparison of the RSV Mille and RSV1000R Factory.

V-Twin Engine Italian Motorcycles

Aprilia RSV Mille vs RSV1000R Factory

The Aprilia RSV Mille and RSV1000R Factory sit in the same V-twin superbike story, but they do different jobs: one as the foundation, the other as the later Factory route.

By Aley Shah

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Aprilia RS 250 and RS 660 motorcycles shown side by side

Italian Motorcycles V-Twin Engine

Aprilia RS 250 to RS 660: two lightweight sport-bike eras

The 1998 Aprilia RS 250 and current RS 660 share an RS badge but not an engine or direct documented succession. Their engineering shows two different sport-bike eras.

By Aley Shah

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Ducati 916 and MV Agusta F4 750 motorcycles shown side by side

Italian Motorcycles V-Twin Engine

Ducati 916 vs MV Agusta F4: two Italian superbike design landmarks

The Ducati 916 and first MV Agusta F4 share a design connection, but their engines, frames, exhausts and place in 1990s superbike history differ.

By Aley Shah

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MV Agusta F3 RR and Aprilia RS 660 motorcycles shown side by side for comparison

Italian Motorcycles Three-Cylinder Engine

MV Agusta F3 RR vs Aprilia RS 660: two different middleweight sport-bike answers

The MV Agusta F3 RR and Aprilia RS 660 share the middleweight sport-bike label, but their engines, output, chassis and purpose tell two different stories.

By Aley Shah

29 Oct 2026

V-Twin Engine Italian Motorcycles

Ducati 1098 R Explained

The Ducati 1098 R sits in a focused road-superbike space: not a normal 1098, not a race bike with lights, and not a ranking exercise against the 916 or Panigale V4.

By Aley Shah

29 Oct 2026

Ducati superbike imagery for the 851, 888, 916 and 1098 R homologation story.

V-Twin Engine Italian Motorcycles

Ducati Homologation Bloodline: 851, 888, 916 and 1098 R

Ducati’s superbike identity reaches from the 851 and 888 through the 916 to the 1098 R, tracing how its road motorcycles and homologation history developed.

By Aley Shah

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MV Agusta F4 imagery illustrating a feature on the model’s variants.

Inline-Four Engine Italian Motorcycles

MV Agusta F4 Variants Explained

The MV Agusta F4 is not one flat model. This guide explains the main F4 family routes, from early 750 orientation to named editions and later R, RR and RC boundaries.

By Aley Shah

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Aprilia Tuono V4 and RSV4 shown side by side for comparison

V4 Engine Italian Motorcycles

Aprilia RSV4 vs Tuono V4: same V4 family, different job

The current Aprilia RSV4 and Tuono V4 share a 1,099 cc 65-degree V4 foundation, but their power, bodywork, ergonomics and setup give them very different jobs.

By Aley Shah

27 Oct 2026

Aprilia superbike imagery accompanying the RSV Mille to RSV4 evolution story.

Italian Motorcycles V-Twin Engine

Aprilia RSV Mille to RSV4: why Aprilia changed from V-twin to V4

Why did Aprilia move from the RSV Mille’s 60-degree V-twin to the RSV4’s 65-degree V4? The story runs through the RSV 1000 bridge, a tighter engineering brief and a road/race programme built together.

By Superbike Vault Editorial Team

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Ducati superbike imagery illustrating the evolution from the 851 to Panigale V4.

Italian Motorcycles V-Twin Engine

Ducati superbike evolution: from 851 Tricolore to Panigale V4

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By Superbike Vault Editorial Team

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Fuel tank detail of a Ducati Monster 900 motorcycle.

Italian Motorcycles V-Twin Engine

Ducati Monster 900: how the original Monster took shape

How the 1992 Monster prototype became the 1993 M900, and why its stripped-back Ducati hardware helped define the sports-naked idea.

By Superbike Vault Editorial Team

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Italian Motorcycles Inline-Four Engine

MV Agusta F4: The Superbike That Revived a Legend

How the first-generation MV Agusta F4 750 brought a dormant racing name back to production — and why it mattered even without winning every test.

By Superbike Vault Editorial Team

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Aprilia

Italy5 ModelsWhat is Aprilia? Aprilia is an Italian motorcycle and scooter marque within the Piaggio Group, but the badge covers a much wider spread of machinery than the racing image alone suggests. Small-capacity road bikes and scooters sit in the same family as high-performance sports and naked motorcycles, while Aprilia Racing carries the name into top-level competition. Aprilia is a registered trademark of Piaggio & C. S.p.A., the company at the centre of the Piaggio Group. That corporate position matters because Aprilia isn’t a family-owned independent manufacturer today. The identity is still tied closely to Noale in Veneto, while the organisation behind the bikes now reaches across Piaggio Group engineering, production, distribution and support operations. From bicycles to motorcycles Aprilia’s own history begins immediately after the Second World War, when Alberto Beggio established a bicycle factory in Noale. In 1962 the sole proprietorship became a partnership. The motorcycle story starts later: in 1968 Ivano Beggio took charge and, with a workforce of roughly a dozen people, built the first Aprilia motorcycle, a 50 cc machine. Those are different milestones rather than competing foundation dates. The post-war business predates Aprilia’s first motorcycle by roughly two decades. The early motorcycle range grew through small-capacity road and motocross machines, including the Scarabeo name from 1970, before Aprilia expanded into larger road motorcycles and international racing. Racing became a formal part of the company’s development in the 1970s, and Aprilia entered the 250 cc Grand Prix World Championship in 1985. Its first Grand Prix victory followed at Misano in 1987 with Loris Reggiani. The road range then widened dramatically through the 1990s, including the RS 250 in 1995 and the RSV Mille in 1998. Who owns Aprilia today? Piaggio Group acquired Aprilia, together with Moto Guzzi, on 30 December 2004. Current company material identifies Aprilia as a registered trademark of Piaggio & C. S.p.A. Piaggio & C. is itself controlled by IMMSI S.p.A., which held 50.5675% of the company at 31 December 2025. The Aprilia marque sits inside a wider corporate structure. Piaggio’s chairman and chief executive hold Group-level roles; current corporate material does not attach an Aprilia-specific brand-chief title to either post. Noale, Scorzè and where Aprilia works Noale remains central to Aprilia’s engineering and racing identity. Piaggio describes Noale as its technical centre for motorcycle development and as the headquarters of Aprilia Racing. Scorzè, also in the Venice area, is identified as a production site for Aprilia-branded two-wheelers; Piaggio has also documented Aprilia V4 engine production and assembly there. That makes a one-place answer to “where is Aprilia based?” misleading. Piaggio & C.’s registered office is in Pontedera, Noale carries motorcycle-development and racing functions, and Scorzè carries Aprilia production. Recent Group reporting also lists its Baramati plant in India as producing two-wheelers under the Aprilia brand, so the manufacturing footprint is broader than a single Italian address. Aprilia Racing: what the 54 titles mean Aprilia’s familiar 54-world-title figure has a defined basis. Piaggio and Aprilia break it into 38 titles in the Grand Prix classes — 20 in 125 cc and 18 in 250 cc — seven WorldSBK titles and nine off-road titles, seven of them in Supermoto and two in Trial. The WorldSBK figure counts rider and manufacturer championships separately: doubles in 2010, 2012 and 2014, plus the 2013 manufacturer title. That breakdown is more useful than treating 54 as one undifferentiated racing total. The small-capacity Grand Prix record belongs to a different era and competition structure from the RSV4’s WorldSBK programme, while off-road titles include Supermoto and Trial. Each says something different about Aprilia’s sporting history. Aprilia Racing also remains an active factory MotoGP operation. For the 2026 season the RS-GP26 was presented for Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martín. Aprilia runs the factory programme from Noale. V-twins, V4s, RS and Tuono Aprilia’s road-motorcycle language changed as the range expanded. The RSV Mille, introduced in 1998, marked the company’s move into large-capacity superbikes around a V-twin platform. The RSV4, introduced in 2009, established the later narrow-V4 superbike direction. Those two families belong to different technical eras even though they occupy a similar flagship role. The RS name is used across Aprilia sports motorcycles at several capacities and across different periods, from the RS 250 to current RS 125, RS 457 and RS 660 families. The name is therefore useful as a sports-family marker, not as a promise that every RS shares the same engine, chassis or technical specification. Tuono is the high-handlebar performance side of the road range. Over time it has been applied to motorcycles related to Aprilia’s sports platforms at different capacities, including the current Tuono 125, Tuono 457, Tuono 660 and Tuono V4 families. Exact engine, chassis and electronics differences belong to the individual motorcycles rather than the name alone. Five motorcycles that mark Aprilia’s road story The RS 250, RSV Mille, RSV4, Tuono V4 and RS 660 mark distinct points in Aprilia’s road-motorcycle development. The RS 250 represents the mid-1990s lightweight two-stroke sports-bike era, while the RSV Mille marks Aprilia’s 1998 move into large-capacity superbikes. The RSV4 then brought the narrow V4 and a WorldSBK-linked flagship programme into the road range. The Tuono V4 shows how Aprilia developed an upright road motorcycle around its V4 performance family rather than treating the naked-bike line as a separate low-performance branch. The RS 660, introduced much later, marks a modern middleweight sports direction and a broader family of 660-based road motorcycles. These motorcycles do not make up Aprilia’s full history or its full current range. They are useful markers because together they show the shift from lightweight sports machines to large-capacity twins, the V4 era, high-handlebar performance motorcycles and a newer middleweight generation. Aprilia’s current UK range On 18 September 2026, Aprilia UK’s configurator listed RSV4, Tuono V4, RS 660, Tuono 660, Tuareg, RS 457, Tuono 457, RS 125, Tuono 125, SX 125, RX 125, SR GT 400, SR GT and SXR families. That is a much broader line-up than the five motorcycles above and includes sports, naked, adventure, 125 cc and scooter products. The configurator shows what Aprilia UK was presenting on that date; it does not show what every dealer had in stock or could deliver. Piaggio’s 2025 results give a separate measure of market position: the company reported Aprilia as the leading brand in Europe’s faired sports-bike segment that year, with a 13% segment share. Piaggio does not publish a separate global Aprilia unit-sales total in those results; its vehicle-volume reporting is at Group and business-area level. UK warranty, servicing, dealers and parts Aprilia’s current range literature states a two-year factory warranty for Aprilia bikes. X-Care+ Premium Warranty can add one or two further years, with roadside assistance, subject to the coverage available in the relevant country and through the authorised network. The prominently advertised “up to four years” programme needs a separate qualification: the current UK offer applies to Aprilia scooters bought through the official network, not automatically to Aprilia motorcycles. The range brochure describes that scooter programme separately from the two-year bike warranty and optional bike extension. Aprilia UK also provides scheduled-maintenance information, manuals, recall-campaign access, repair and maintenance information, original-parts routes and sales/service-centre search tools. The existence of those services does not guarantee that a particular dealer holds a particular part or motorcycle, but it does establish the manufacturer’s current support routes. What can be said about Aprilia reliability? One reliability score for the whole of Aprilia doesn’t tell you much. A 125 cc single, a scooter, a middleweight twin and a V4 superbike differ too much in age, design, use and maintenance requirements for owner anecdotes or review averages to become one meaningful verdict. If you’re looking at an individual Aprilia, the useful evidence is model- and year-specific: service history, scheduled-maintenance requirements, recall or campaign status, standard versus modified equipment and the support available for that exact motorcycle. Official maintenance, recall, parts and dealer channels exist across the marque, but ownership still comes down to the bike in front of you.

Ducati

Italy5 ModelsDucati is perhaps the most iconic Italian motorcycle brand, representing the pinnacle of design, engineering, and racing success. Established in 1926 in Bologna, Ducati began as a manufacturer of radio components before transitioning into motorcycles after World War II. Today, it is a global leader in sportbike innovation and a consistent competitor in MotoGP and World Superbike Championships. The flagship Panigale V4 is considered one of the best superbikes in the world, blending MotoGP-derived technology with stunning Italian styling. Ducati also offers the Streetfighter V4, a naked sportbike that combines superbike performance with street usability, and the SuperSport, designed for riders who want versatility without sacrificing speed. Known for its signature Desmodromic valve system, Ducati motorcycles offer a unique riding character and engine note. The brand invests heavily in aerodynamics, electronics, and chassis development, ensuring riders experience track-level precision on the road. Ducati stands at the crossroads of art and engineering, appealing to enthusiasts who value not just speed but also style, heritage, and exclusivity.is perhaps the most iconic Italian motorcycle brand, representing the pinnacle of design, engineering, and racing success. Established in 1926 in Bologna, Ducati began as a manufacturer of radio components before transitioning into motorcycles after World War II. Today, it is a global leader in sportbike innovation and a consistent competitor in MotoGP and World Superbike Championships. The flagship Panigale V4 is considered one of the best superbikes in the world, blending MotoGP-derived technology with stunning Italian styling. Ducati also offers the Streetfighter V4, a naked sportbike that combines superbike performance with street usability, and the SuperSport, designed for riders who want versatility without sacrificing speed. Known for its signature Desmodromic valve system, Ducati motorcycles offer a unique riding character and engine note. The brand invests heavily in aerodynamics, electronics, and chassis development, ensuring riders experience track-level precision on the road. Ducati stands at the crossroads of art and engineering, appealing to enthusiasts who value not just speed but also style, heritage, and exclusivity.

MV Agusta

Italy5 ModelsWhat is MV Agusta? MV Agusta is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer based in Varese, Lombardy. The motorcycle business was established in 1945 from the Agusta family's aviation enterprise and went on to build one of the most successful records in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. Motorcycle production stopped in 1977, before the name was revived under Cagiva ownership in the 1990s and returned to the road with the Massimo Tamburini-designed F4. As verified on 28 August 2026, MV Agusta Motor S.p.A. is owned by Art of Mobility S.A., a company controlled by the Sardarov family, and Luca Martin is chief executive. KTM is no longer an owner. MV Agusta announced the completion of Art of Mobility's return to 100% ownership on 9 July 2025. Five motorcycles carry much of this story: the original F4 750, the 2026 Brutale 800, the F3 RR, the Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro and the original Rush 1000. MV Agusta builds a good deal more than these. From aircraft to motorcycles MV Agusta exists because an aircraft business could not simply return to building aircraft after the Second World War. Giovanni Agusta founded an aeronautics company in Palermo in 1907 and later moved its activities north to Cascina Costa. He died in 1927 and the family carried the business on. When the war ended, aircraft production could not immediately resume, so the Agustas turned instead to motorcycles. On 19 January 1945, at Cascina Costa di Samarate near what is now Milan Malpensa Airport, Societa Anonima Meccanica Verghera was established. Domenico Agusta drove much of what followed. MV Agusta's own historical material uses both "Meccanica Verghera" and "Meccaniche Verghera" when explaining the initials MV. The wording varies, but it refers to the same motorcycle story. The first motorcycle carrying the MV Agusta name appeared in autumn 1945. Known as the MV 98, it was a lightweight machine conceived for post-war transport - a very different proposition from the multi-cylinder performance motorcycles that later made the name internationally recognisable. The MV 98 and the first race wins Racing entered the story almost immediately. MV Agusta records Franco Bertoni riding the MV 98 to the company's first racing victory at Carate Brianza in 1947. Domenico Agusta kept investing in riders, engineers and competition. Racing became central to MV Agusta's reputation and gave the young motorcycle business an identity distinct from the family's aviation work. A Grand Prix record that shaped the name MV Agusta's defining competition record was created in the FIM Grand Prix World Championship. The manufacturer counts 75 world championships: 38 riders' titles and 37 manufacturers' titles. FIM statistics independently record MV Agusta with 37 manufacturers' championships and 275 Grand Prix victories. That 75 is often quoted loosely. It's the combined figure - 38 riders' titles and 37 manufacturers' - and it covers the classic Grand Prix record rather than MV Agusta's later World Superbike and World Supersport results. Carlo Ubbiali, John Surtees, Mike Hailwood, Phil Read and Giacomo Agostini all raced for the manufacturer. Agostini won 13 of his 15 world championships with MV Agusta. The company accumulated its 275 Grand Prix victories between 1952 and 1976. Agostini delivered MV Agusta's final Grand Prix victory at the Nurburgring in the West German 500 cc Grand Prix in August 1976, before the manufacturer withdrew from Grand Prix competition at the end of that season. That record still matters to the road-bike story. It explains why racing colours, multi-cylinder engines and famous rider associations recur throughout MV Agusta's identity without suggesting that a modern road motorcycle somehow inherits Grand Prix performance simply by wearing the same badge. From shutdown to revival The motorcycle business did not run continuously from 1945 to the present. After Domenico Agusta's death, a controlling interest in the family business was sold to the Italian state-owned EFIM group in 1973. EFIM ended motorcycle production in 1977. The MV Agusta name then spent years away from motorcycle production. In 1992, Claudio Castiglioni's Cagiva acquired the dormant trademark. Cagiva operated from Schiranna on Lake Varese and provided the industrial base for the marque's return. The challenge was no longer to preserve a 1950s or 1960s road-bike range, but to make MV Agusta relevant to a completely different generation of motorcycles and riders. The F4 changes the picture Massimo Tamburini, then leading the Cagiva Research Center, designed the motorcycle that would do much of that work. The F4 was unveiled at the 1997 Milan Show and reached the international motorcycle press in production Serie Oro form in 1999. Its compact bodywork, single-sided swingarm and four exhaust outlets beneath the seat gave the revived MV Agusta a clear visual identity from its first production superbike. After two decades without MV Agusta motorcycle production, the F4 made the comeback tangible. The first-generation F4 750 is the natural place to continue that story, from Tamburini's original design through the motorcycles that established MV Agusta's modern road-bike identity. Who owns MV Agusta today? MV Agusta's modern ownership has changed several times. Harley-Davidson acquired MV Agusta in 2008 and sold it back to Claudio Castiglioni in 2010. Mercedes-AMG became a 25% shareholder in 2014. In 2017, Mercedes-AMG sold that stake to ComSar Invest, headed by Timur Sardarov. ComSar progressively increased its position, with the Sardarov family becoming MV Agusta's sole shareholder in 2019. KTM AG, then part of PIERER Mobility, acquired 25.1% of MV Agusta in November 2022 and increased its holding to 50.1% in March 2024. During KTM's financial restructuring, the parties agreed in January 2025 that Art of Mobility S.A. would regain full control. MV Agusta identifies Art of Mobility as a company controlled by the Sardarov family, so the transaction did not represent a sale to an unrelated new owner. MV Agusta announced completion of the transaction on 9 July 2025, returning 100% ownership to Art of Mobility and appointing Luca Martin as chief executive. Martin was still identified as chief executive in MV Agusta's March 2026 corporate announcements. As verified on 28 August 2026, MV Agusta Motor S.p.A. is owned by Art of Mobility S.A., a company controlled by the Sardarov family, and Luca Martin is chief executive. KTM is no longer an owner. MV Agusta announced the completion of Art of Mobility's return to 100% ownership on 9 July 2025. Where is MV Agusta based? MV Agusta Motor S.p.A. lists its factory at Via Giovanni Macchi 144, 21100 Varese, Italy. The modern motorcycle operation is associated with Schiranna, on the shore of Lake Varese. Cascina Costa di Samarate belongs to an earlier part of the story. It was central to the Agusta aviation business and to the establishment of the motorcycle company in 1945. Schiranna is associated with the modern revival and today's motorcycle operation. The design operation has also been consolidated there. MV Agusta announced in 2025 that Centro Stile was moving to the Schiranna factory, and by October said the new design centre was fully operational. That current Centro Stile is distinct from the Cagiva Research Center associated with Tamburini and the development of the F4. How large is MV Agusta today? MV Agusta remains a specialist manufacturer. On the company's own figures, it sold 4,000 motorcycles during 2024, up 116% from 2023. At the start of 2025 it reported 219 active sales points, including 41 service points, together with 20 non-European importers. It also said it was targeting 270 sales points during 2025. Those are MV Agusta's own figures from the start of 2025, not independently audited market data, and dealer networks change. They still put useful scale behind the motorcycles: the size of the company makes its parts operation, service network and dealer coverage relevant questions for anyone considering ownership. Design, engineering and the details that carry through No single engine layout defines every MV Agusta. Its modern motorcycles have used three-cylinder and four-cylinder platforms across supersport, superbike, naked and touring roles. Some of the visual details have much older roots. The red and silver has a reason behind it. MV Agusta says the red represents Italian motorsport and the silver is a nod to the family's aviation background, when wartime aircraft could leave the factory with bare aluminium fuselages because paint added weight. Tamburini's F4 established much of the revived manufacturer's modern visual language. The Brutale took that performance identity in a naked direction, while later three-cylinder motorcycles created another branch around the F3 and Brutale 800. The current UK range also uses the 798 cc triple in motorcycles such as the Superveloce S and Superveloce 98. MV Agusta says the F3 introduced in 2010 was the world's first motorcycle fitted with a counter-rotating crankshaft, and says the arrangement helps counter gyroscopic effects and improve agility. Both are MV Agusta's claims; we haven't tested them. Design has also carried MV Agusta into a different cultural setting. Daniel Arsham chose the Superveloce for six works he calls "modern relics", and in 2024 the Superveloce Arsham appeared in his Arsham 3024 exhibition during the Venice Biennale. Nicolas Winding Refn's short film about the Serie Oro, Beauty Is Not A Sin, was selected for the Venice Film Festival. Three-cylinder and four-cylinder families The 2026 Brutale 800 and F3 RR represent the 798 cc three-cylinder route. The first-generation F4 750, Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro and original Rush 1000 show three very different uses - and periods - of MV Agusta four-cylinder engineering. The relationship between those families becomes clearer when the F3, Brutale, Superveloce and Rush are compared side by side: similar cylinder counts do not make them the same kind of motorcycle. The Ottantesimo Collection MV Agusta marked its 80th anniversary with the 2025 Ottantesimo Collection. The manufacturer presented six commemorative motorcycles, each limited to 500 numbered examples, and commissioned Centro Stile to reinterpret a historic MV Agusta logo for the collection. The three-cylinder group comprised the Brutale RR Ottantesimo, Dragster RR Ottantesimo, F3 RR Ottantesimo and Superveloce S Ottantesimo. The four-cylinder group comprised the Brutale 1000 Ottantesimo and Brutale 1000 RR Ottantesimo. The collection also shows why precise model names matter when looking at today's range. Three Brutales sit awkwardly close in name and capacity: the standard 2026 Brutale 800 is 798 cc, the limited Brutale RR Ottantesimo is 801 cc, and the new-generation Brutale Serie Oro is 931 cc. Five MV Agusta motorcycles worth knowing The first-generation F4 750 is the historical anchor: the superbike around which MV Agusta's modern revival became visible. The 2026 Brutale 800 is a current 798 cc naked motorcycle, carrying one of the marque's longest-running modern model names into the present range. The F3 RR is a current 798 cc supersport. MV Agusta also offers related F3 versions, which makes the exact model name important when comparing specifications and equipment. The Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro takes a different route. It is a 998 cc four-cylinder limited-production motorcycle that MV Agusta describes as a 500-bike series, with design references that deliberately reach back to the F4 750 Serie Oro. The original Rush 1000 is harder to pin down. MV Agusta's UK site currently leads with the Mamba and Titanio editions, yet the standard Rush 1000 is still listed in full, specifications and all, with a form to contact a dealer. The manufacturer is sending mixed signals, so treat its availability as an open question and ask a dealer directly before assuming it either way. Its exact production years and specification changes are a harder question still, and one worth settling from period MV Agusta material rather than today's sales material. These five motorcycles are only part of the picture. MV Agusta's current range also extends across other Brutale, F3 and Superveloce derivatives as well as Dragster, Turismo Veloce and Enduro Veloce models. For current availability and pricing, check the latest range information and confirm the position with an authorised dealer. Buying and owning an MV Agusta There is not enough robust, model-controlled evidence to give every MV Agusta motorcycle a single reliability verdict. Different generations use different engines, electronics and components, while condition, maintenance, recall work and dealer support can materially change the ownership experience. MV Agusta's UK warranty page headlines a standard five-year manufacturer's warranty, but its detailed eligibility terms are narrower. Five years applies to the Ottantesimo Collection, F3 Competizione, Enduro Veloce and LXP Orioli; for all other models, MV Agusta says the standard factory warranty remains four years. A standard Brutale 800 or F3 RR therefore falls under the four-year wording unless MV Agusta or an authorised dealer confirms otherwise for the exact motorcycle. Because the headline and detailed eligibility wording do not fully align, confirm the exact cover in writing before purchase, including the start date, exclusions, servicing conditions and whether the warranty transfers with the motorcycle. Parts support has also changed. In March 2026, MV Agusta announced that its spare-parts warehouse and logistics operation had transferred to DHL Supply Chain at the end of 2025, with DHL Express continuing to handle distribution. The manufacturer described the change as a response to earlier availability challenges. That confirms the logistics change, not that every part is now immediately available. Before buying, check the exact model and model year, service and recall history, current warranty position, the nearest authorised workshop and the availability of any parts already known to be required. For current UK support, use MV Agusta's dealer finder and confirm the workshop services the motorcycle you're considering. Where to go next The first-generation F4 750 is the place to start if the modern comeback is what interests you. For the three-cylinder story, the Brutale 800 and F3 RR show how the same basic engine format can serve very different motorcycles. The Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro and Rush 1000 take the four-cylinder route in almost opposite directions. The wider triples-and-fours story ties those families together, while the F4 explains how MV Agusta found a road-going identity again after two decades away.

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