After decades of partnership with tyre maker Pirelli, Italian superbike manufacturer MV Agusta has sealed the relationship by making Pirelli its sole tyre supplier.
03 Nov 2017 | 4690 Views | By Autocar Pro News Desk
Two iconic Italian brands have officially sealed their relationship as partners. After decades of partnership with tyre maker Pirelli, Italian superbike manufacturer MV Agusta has made Pirelli its sole tyre supplier.
This means that all the models currently in production, as well as those that MV Agusta will ...
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Two iconic Italian brands have officially sealed their relationship as partners. After decades of partnership with tyre maker Pirelli, Italian superbike manufacturer MV Agusta has made Pirelli its sole tyre supplier.
This means that all the models currently in production, as well as those that MV Agusta will sell in the future, will mount Pirelli tyres as standard production. To celebrate this announcement, the two companies have joined hands to come up with an exclusive limited edition of the highly successful Brutale 800 RR.
The result of this collaborative effort is the Brutale 800 RR Pirelli, customised by the Castiglioni Research Centre in collaboration with Pirelli Design. The technical base is made up of the Brutale 800 RR, the sport naked that sets the bar in the segment, thanks primarily to the performance of the compact, three-cylinder, in-line engine.
The chassis architecture, built around the original, mixed-structure frame made up of a steel tube trellis and aluminium alloy lateral plates, is also essential to achieving the right riding feel and the dynamic exuberance that the Brutale 800 RR has provided since it was first launched.
The customisation focused mainly on the components and colour schemes. For example, the saddle was custom created and it stands out with its stitching that is coloured to match each of the two available colour schemes. The headlight unit bracket is painted black, as is the rear subframe.
The airbox output grilles are also painted and the wheel rims also boast new features: to reduce weight and increase handling, the engineers decided to mount components derived from the F4, which are characterised by their racing design, very essential and elegant. The rear rim also has a wider channel, now 6 inches, to hold the new tyre size which is specific for this version of the Brutale 800 RR.
Compared to the standard model that comes standard with Diablo Rosso III tyres, the Brutale 800 RR Pirelli mounts Diablo Supercorsa SP tyres in the 120/70 ZR17 front size and 200/55 ZR17 on the 6-inch rear rim made specifically for this model.
The colour schemes conceived by specialists from the Castiglioni Research Centre and Pirelli Design are intended to enhance the lines of the Brutale 800 RR and to highlight the exclusive partnership with Pirelli. The first proposal has a matt black base with glossy red painted inserts. The Pirelli logo is also done in red on the sides of the fuel tank.
The Diablo logo also appears to identify the range of high performance Pirelli tyres and it is placed on the fuel tank near the cap and the tank guard itself. The second colour scheme is on a grey base with Blue inserts. The (optional) coloured tyres will respectively have a red or blue band, depending on which colour version they are mounted on.
Though Pirelli has already collaborated with MV Agusta in the past on customising a Brutale 800, as in the case of the Diablo Brutale, the new Brutale 800 RR Pirelli is the first MV Agusta model customised by Pirelli that will go into production and be sold as a limited edition model.
The Brutale 800 RR Pirelli is to be displayed at the EICMA show in MV Agusta exhibit area, Pavilion 22, Stand I48, to be held at Milan from November 9-12.