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Hi,

I have just been won to the MV Agusta cause... But I need advice:

I own a 998R with Motocorse exhaust (complete race version, no silencer) and eprom and a Benelli Tornado. Let's forget the 3 cilinder "vacum cleaner" and let's focus on the Duke.

This is my meter of comparison.

I have been given an F4 to test drive for a couple of weeks and it's handling is impressive, at least at a par with the 998R, yet the torque is pretty low. Not as bad as the Benelli... But scarce. Other drawback is brakes: not very progressive, even if more powerful than talked about. The bike I am riding is equipped with Motocorse Eprom+exhaust kit.

Here is the question: I am buying a 1000 F4, and I ask if anyone has test driven or owns a Tamburrini 1000 model or the Ago 1000 model.

I am concerned about brakes and torque. And I am considering buying one of these two models rather than the std F4 1000.

Any considerations? Are they worth the extra money?

Tommaso.

-- Tommaso (tommyleo@iol.it), January 25, 2004

Answers

Hi there,

None of The 1000cc bikes have been released to the public yet. Looks like sometime in the next few months, if we're lucky.

-- ben (thaknife@yahoo.com), January 25, 2004.


On a 750 F4, it's easy to fix the low speed power and throttle response with a properly mapped WCT chip (plug and play).

If you want better brakes, change the rotors and master cylinders. I installed Brembo GP radial master cylinders, free floating iron rotors and Carbone Lorraine pads--it made a huge difference. I may change the calipers out, but I am not sure it is worth the expense- it really is that good (I have Brembo Monoblocks on my 916SP and Brembo 4 pad calipers on my 999S- so I have a decent basis for comparison).

I thought I needed a F4 1000 before I made these simple mods to the brakes and FI, but now I don't think it is worth the upgrade to the new bike because it looks like they have the same basic brakes on the 1000. I'm sure the smog legal mapping will have some issues as well...

-- martin (martin@motowheels.com), January 25, 2004.


F4 100's are being released in Europe. I went and saw the new Mamba at Piet Kruis Motors in Arkel, Holland. It's a very nice bike but I agree with Martin. With a couple of simple changes the 750 is plenty fast.

-- Scott Armstrong (scott.armstrong@volkel.spangdahlem.af.mil), January 27, 2004.

F4 1000's are being released in Europe. I went and saw the new Mamba at Piet Kruis Motors in Arkel, Holland. It's a very nice bike but I agree with Martin. With a couple of simple changes the 750 is plenty fast.

-- Scott Armstrong (scott.armstrong@volkel.spangdahlem.af.mil), January 27, 2004.

Please find below a copy/paste of an answer I posted on a previous similar quistion.

I confirm that the F4 1000 will be delivered in the same red/silver pattern as the 750, but with silver wheels. I have ordered one yesterday and it will be delivered somewhere end of April.

The Ago wos supposed to be a 750, but has never been built, due to the financial difficulties.

Now the Ago comes as a standard 1000 with the "clothing" as presented earlier on a 750 and with main difference except optical differences an additional titanium exhaust with its eprom (delivered in a nice wooden box).

People interested in racing have interest in buying the Ago as wheels are lighter, the exhaust is lighter and the open version gives some more power and brake calipers are of a higher class and there are some parts in carbon. I hesitated initially. As I am not quite sure that it increases the value of the bike (higher resale) I finally opted for the standard 1000 in which I will implement the Tamburini motorkit (variable inlet configuration)

Patrick Maes

-- Patrick Maes (patrick.maes@electrabel.com), January 28, 2004.



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