[Pgbexr]

Where did you geezers find that sexy beast to pose on the bike?





The one with the helmet and leathers.

 

[sportbike_pilot]

Having ridden this very bike myself (thanks Buzz) I can personally attest to the fact that it is everything it is cracked up to be. The Burtale is nearly everything I think is cool about motorcycles all wrapped into a single package. No tounge in cheek here - that's as straight as I can put it.



Now, OTOH, having disposed of the niceities - don't you boys think that it's a lapse of journalist integrity to not disclose how Buzz came into such a fine ride (along with a Ducati and a Harley). So Buzz, exactly how many little old ladies did you have separate from their mobile homes and false teeth to possess such a magniificent machine? You get tips in your line of work????



sbp.

 

[torrnado]

the brutale is the best-looking naked bike in the world; i just wish it cost about $4k less and i knew it was as dependable as my honda!

 

[longride]

That is one nice ride Buz. Very cool of you to hand it over to Sean for the flogging of it's life. Not many owners would do that. Doubt that one of these is in my future, although there is an MV dealer 5 blocks from my house. I would think it's a wee bit small for me, but it's really a beautiful piece. Nice job guys!

 

[wrecks]

Sean did you have to break it in for him? I'm not sure if he actually rides it or just stares at it and masturbates.

 

[sarnali]

Agreed, way cool bike, Doubt if I'll ever own one but still totaly cool.

Letting your friends wail the ***** out of your bike is usually a sign of mental instability, but what the hell, the AARP crowd is ripe for fleecing and growing every day

Plenty more where that came from!

 

[Buzglyd]

As long as the Kook family keeps breeding, there will always be plenty of fine motorcycles in my garage.

 

[Buzglyd]

Sean dwarfs it at 6-2. I fit fine on it at 5-10 although the pegs are a bit high even for me.



It's a 200 mile roundtrip to MO and back from my house. My ass hurts way before my knees so the footpeg placement isn't all that bad.

 

[Buzglyd]

Sean we really should have done the sidebar bar piece on famed MV racer Livello Liquido and his equally excellent mechanic, Diagnostica.

 

[19616]

Thanks for the ride, Buz.

There's an MV dealer in Post Falls, Idaho (!) who brought a Brutale to the Seattle Motorcycle Show last December.

What a beautiful piece! Little tiny bits of it, like the retainers on the bottom of the fork legs, were worth looking at. But it's a little tiny bike. Great for small guys like me; maybe not so good for anyone over about 5'-11".

Buz, I share your eye candy issues. I'm shallow enough that any bike I own has to be pretty enough to make me turn and look at it again before I walk into work.

But what's this crack about Japanese fours? OK, they're as common as stop signs but the new R1's are gorgeous.

Thanks for sharing this special bike with Sean and thus by proxy all the rest of the MOFOs.

 

[dnlwthrn]

Which one is that? I guess the only one I can think of is Motorcycle Center in Villa Park. They do have an F4 right now...



Dan

 

[rhust]

Beautiful bike. Why all the excuses for such a high price tag? I'd rather have a Speed Triple and save the difference for the gear I'd need to be able to ride my bike BEYOND a 150 mile day. And the beer at the end of those days.

 

[kpaul]

Beautiful bike. I can see why Buz bought it. If I was single with no daughters to get through college and a without a wife that's on a first name basis with the Home Shopping Network hosts, this bike would be in my garage as well.



Excellent well written article Sean and Buz. I am glad that God's ideal motorcycle configuration the inline 4 seduced Buz. At $13,995 , I think its a bargin compared to the Buell Lighting with it's inferior aircooled V-Twin. But I am sure Captain K-Y will say his cruiser can smoke the Brutale (snicker)..



Good stuff MO

 

[sportbike_pilot]

That being the case, do you accept apprenticies?



sbp

 

[39220]

You must be a resident of Villa Park. I think MCC may have the only 650 sq ft showroom where I can spend an hour looking at bikes.

 

[stoney8888]

Re: Thanks for the ride, Buz.

Yea what is with that jap four crack?

I have yet to see a Z1000 or an SV1000 on the street.(both litre bikes) but i've seen so many e-glides I don't know if I can count that high. Of course I can't tell the very small differances between all the harley models they have made over the years so maybe it doesn't count.

for the brutale all I can say is I think it is worth every penny even if you never ride it (and I'm sure you do)just for the eye-candy factor alone.

fun article.

 

[39220]

Re: Thanks for the ride, Buz.

The ZX-10R isn't cracking any mirrors either. That's good looking bike. IMO, the R1 and ZX-10R are not Italian supermodels but they are still good looking enough to be proud having one hang off your arm.

 

[40746]

OK, so let me get this straight SA...

...when Fonzie or I wax poetic about a bike that looks "sexy as hell", has a window shaking snarl, yet offers an uncomfortable ride, inferior performance atributes, and a bank busting price tag, you have no qualms about ridiculing us as clowns for enthusing about choppers and roundly thrashing the Big Dog in print, yet the MV receives heaping helpings of your undying love....

Do I detect a bit of a double standard GoFast Boy?

;-)

 

[sportbike_pilot]

Out of the shadows at last. Welcome to MO 101 - hosing your friends online.



When you are ready for MO 201 - Intro to Dealing with Dolts we here at MO U teach the course online.



Buzz teaches the grad course in retorts.



sbp

 

[35060]

Nice ride. No frickin' way could I bend my knees like that for more than 5 min. though. Too bad. If the pegs were down at the bottom of the motor where they belong, I'd be hauling my check book out too.