| I test-rode a 750cc F4 once.
It has a very nice handling indeed, no problem turning the bike in, you feel like you gonna drop it compared to a Duke actually. Does not feel as planted as a Duke in high speed turns but still very good.
The downside was really the engine. I am not sure that there is anymore poke than on my 600cc Bandit below 5000rpm. You really have to be at it all the time and rev it like mad to get anything out of it. Apparently the 1000cc engine is more like it but the 750cc is just not worth it IMO.
As for pretty, I must be the only guys out there that the MV doesn't turn on. Yes it is a pretty design piece, like a MHR900 is, but it doesn't have that mean, strip down look of a race machine. It is just purpose built to be pretty but has no pedigree or history of racing.
Dukes wins every time over it IMO. |