Production Ready: MV Agusta Superveloce 1000
MV Agusta’s Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro show bike from the 2022 EICMA show is ready for production.
MV Agusta’s Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro was unveiled in show-bike form back in late 2022 at EICMA. Now, with the Serie Oro limited-edition version scheduled for release in Q3 of 2024, the bike has been type-approved with substantial hints at the full-production model that’s sure to follow.
Australian approval documents include technical details and low-resolution photos showing a black Superveloce 1000 that, while it’s listed as being the limited-edition Serie Oro machine, has all the hallmarks of being the unlimited-production version that will come afterward.
The last of the F4 models was made in 2018.
The documents suggest that the engine is the same 998cc four-cylinder that’s used in the Brutale 1000 and Rush models, with an unchanged 205 hp at 13,000 rpm. That motor will be slotted into the same frame used by the Brutale and Rush, too, with an unchanged 55.7-inch wheelbase. However, thanks to its retro-inspired fairing, the Superveloce 1000 comes close to being a rebirth of the F4 superbike that disappeared from production back in 2018 when Euro 4 emissions rules came into force across Europe.
The fairing is accompanied by the low bars and high pegs, as used on the “RR” version of the Brutale 1000, while the Superveloce’s quad underseat pipes have distinct overtones of the original, Tamburini-designed F4. The approval documents show that, inevitably, bolting bodywork onto the Brutale platform adds weight, bringing the Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro to 456 pounds, ready-to-ride. The same paperwork puts the standard Brutale 1000, the Brutale 1000 RR, and the Rush all at 432 pounds, showing that adding a fairing increases the Superveloce’s mass by 24 pounds. Other specs include an outright width of 35.2 inches, up from 32.9 inches for the standard Brutale 1000 and 31.7 inches for the Brutale 1000 RR and Rush. Since mirrors aren’t usually included in those measurements, that’s likely down to the winglets on either side of the nose.
The fairing is accompanied by the low bars and high pegs, as used on the “RR” version of the Brutale 1000, while the Superveloce’s quad underseat pipes have distinct overtones of the original, Tamburini-designed F4. The approval documents show that, inevitably, bolting bodywork onto the Brutale platform adds weight, bringing the Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro to 456 pounds, ready-to-ride. The same paperwork puts the standard Brutale 1000, the Brutale 1000 RR, and the Rush all at 432 pounds, showing that adding a fairing increases the Superveloce’s mass by 24 pounds. Other specs include an outright width of 35.2 inches, up from 32.9 inches for the standard Brutale 1000 and 31.7 inches for the Brutale 1000 RR and Rush. Since mirrors aren’t usually included in those measurements, that’s likely down to the winglets on either side of the nose.
The show bike’s wheels were unique and stunning.
Another departure is the seat, finished in what looks like black suede instead of the two-tone red-and-black of the Serie Oro, and the addition of a passenger seat at the back (along with extra footpegs), where the show bike had a single seat with a distinctive rear spoiler. Bar-end mirrors are another addition, along with a swingarm-mounted license plate bracket, both road-going necessities that were absent on the 2022 EICMA machine.
Parts that are shared with the show version include the aero covers over the front brake disc carriers and those large wings on either side of the fairing. MV Agusta will be keen to point out that while Ducati has led the modern adoption of wings on racebikes, MV ran very similar winglets on its 500/4 racer as early as 1972, as campaigned by Phil Read.
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