2010 MV Agusta F4 Vs. Monticello Motor Club

August 27, 2010

When the all-new 2010 MV Agusta F4 first debuted, we balked at numbers that suggested it was actually a step backwards from the previous generation. MV’s case wasn’t helped by a restyle that, in those original press photos, looked nearly identical to Tamburini’s original. Just another transparent grasp for the wallets of the super wealthy? After spending two days riding it around the ultimate rich man’s racetrack, New York’s formerly members-only Monticello Motor Club, we don’t think so.

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2010 MV Agusta F4 Vs. Monticello

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So, how does it compare to the RSV4 Factory?
- http://hellforleathermagazine.com Wes Siler
  
  Grant was riding the RSV4 and both bikes seemed pretty matched on speed. The MV is wayyyy easier and much smoother and, believe it or not, more flexible too.
Dan

Nice article. What’d you think of the STT event itself (organization / safety / other riders)? At 175 for a brand new, technical track, it sounds like a pretty good deal.

Also, it’s hard to tell from the photo angle, but it looks like you’re a little crossed up hanging off in the headline shot. Maybe bring that outside knee to the tank? Although with 160+bhp, it probably takes a pretty high speed lens just to make bystander nit-picking possible!
- http://hellforleathermagazine.com Wes Siler
  
  We love Sportbike Track Time, everything run’s smoothly, the people in charge are super friendly and helpful and everything tends to stay safe out on track.
  
  Here’s an STT review:
  http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2010/06/riding-monticello-with-sport-bike-track-time/
  
  And here’s an article on STT’s $100 PRO School:
  http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2010/08/sportbike-track-time-pro-school-cheap-speed/
  
  And yeah, I’ve got bad form. I twist my torso back up over the bike a bit instead of opening my chest to the corner. Back when I taught myself to ride (a the risk of sounding like an old man), that was acceptable form, now it’s not. I’m getting better though, compare this picture from Barber in 2007:
  http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2009/12/skip-barber-superbike-school-learning-to-ride-like-rossi/?gal=1#/4
  
  To Laguna last December:
  http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2009/12/skip-barber-superbike-school-learning-to-ride-like-rossi/?gal=1#/4
  
  I know what I should be doing, I just need to start doing it consistently.
  - Dan
    
    Nice – certainly seems to have made a difference. Any guess as to how many street/track miles you put down per year?
    
    I’m out in Los Angeles for a while and am thinking about signing up for a class myself. The canyon riding here is unbelievable (just make sure you wake up early enough to beat the fancy-t-shirt-under-the-back-protector set, although they don’t seem to be much into cornering anyway) but it’s probably time for some more formal instruction. Besides Skip Barber, do you have experience with any of the other west coast riding / race schools? At the moment I’m inclined to go with one of the programs run by Keith Code or Lee Parks, but that’s only because I enjoyed both their books and don’t have much else to base my decision on.
Eric

look pretty much like the same fotos…