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2010 MV Agusta F4 1000 UK test and review
By Mark Forsyth on 26/02/2010 09:55:11
MF rides the new MV Agusta F4 in ‘proper’ British weather
Click to read: 2010 MV Agusta F4 1000 owners reviews, 2010 MV Agusta F4 1000 specs and to see the 2010 MV Agusta F4 1000 image gallery.Rockingham’s National circuit is not the grippiest out there, even on a good day. In February, with 4 degrees
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2010 MV Agusta F4 1000 Mallory Park track test
By Mark Forsyth on 24/06/2010 12:07:49
Categorically better than its predecessor and properly in contention in the exalted company of the other European exotics. It filled Whit with confidence – and that is quite some recommendation
’s perspective this is a glorious sounding engine when the taps are fully open. At six thou on the tacho your ears are filled with a hard-edged induction bark as the motor gets into its purple patch. The MV makes the same peak torque as the benchmark BMW and that
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Euro Exotica - BMW S1000RR, Ducati 1098 Bayliss, Aprilia RSV4 Factory and MV Agusta F4
By Mark Forsyth on 24/06/2010 16:20:19
A warm, dry Mallory Park Focused Events track day, James Whitham, the four best bikes produced in Europe and a data logger. Let’s get busy…
replica Ducati 1098 and the elegantly packaged MV Agusta F4 all being thrashed around the Mallory Park.For proof the bikes were given a thrashing watch the onboard laps around the Mallory Park circuit courtesy of Mark Forsyth on board the BMW S1000RR
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Aprilia RSV4 - onboard lap - Mallory Park
By Mark Forsyth on 11/06/2010 14:46:01
Come and check out a lap of Mallory Park with Mark Forsyth on the awesome Aprilia RSV4 Factory
Visordown tested the Aprilia RSV4 Factory against the best of Europe; the BMW S1000RR, MV Agusta F4 1000 and Ducati 1098R Bayliss. Here's an onboard lap with Mark Forsyth on the Aprilia RSV4 Factory.
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BMW S1000RR - onboard lap - Mallory Park
By Mark Forsyth on 11/06/2010 14:50:57
Come and check out a lap of Mallory Park with Mark Forsyth on the brutally fast BMW S1000RR
Visordown tested the BMW S1000RR against the best of Europe; the Aprilia RSV4 Factory, MV Agusta F4 1000 and Ducati 1098R Bayliss. Here's an onboard lap with Mark Forsyth on the BMW S1000RR.
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MotoGP circa 1964
By Mark Forsyth on 20/07/2010 10:11:36
Retro: A lap of Spa with Hailwood
. The mint E-Type is possibly the most fitting car for an International race star and jet setting playboy.The factory MV being warmed up in pit lane appears to be running very slack piston to bore clearances and very crude valve guide oil seal mechanisms
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Nicked by a horse
By mark forsyth on 07/02/2011 11:01:56
Pillion law conundrum
1988 sect 23, MV(DL)R 1999 reg 16(6) & CUR 1986 reg 102]The word 'should' provided our loophole. In the eyes of those versed in law 'should' is an advisory word whereas 'must' carries no such ambiguity.Horse cop definitely didn't see the funny side
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2010 BMW S1000RR Mallory Park track test
By Mark Forsyth on 24/06/2010 15:50:52
Technically superior to the opposition, kind and considerate to all grades of rider and ridiculously fast. A bike so well-behaved it makes ultra-scary speeds things of joy
. The fly-by-wire throttle and fuelling are smooth, the quickshifter works well all the time but is faultless at high revs, and the traction control is the best I’ve ever used. It’s a more sophisticated system than the MV F4’s and it feels it. It allows
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