MV-AGUSTA BRUTALE 920 (2011 - 2012) Review

Rock hard seat! Other than that perfect ergonomics to give you that natural sit-up-and-beg posture with the wide handle bars...swooping left to right bends are only ever a slight bit of bar pressure away. Suspension does a good job of soaking up bumps and damn near perfect out the crate.For some strange reason the Italians over engineered really slippery foot pegs! Watch out for side stand that doesn't lean far enough it only weighs 190KG full tank so the wind can blow it over

Such a peach. The harder you squeeze the more juice flows. Vibes only really intrusive around 5.5 - 6 thou rpms otherwise smooth and tractable. Throttle response is good from the Mikuni throttle bodies. I average 30mpg with usual caning (few cops or camera's in my area) otherwise 38mpg when missus rides.

Was having an exceptional day of riding in sunny South Africa with only 21 000 km on the clocks the radiator sprung a leak on the inside pissing coolant all over the headers. What a mess and a mood spoiler. Had it repaired though and no hint of trouble since. Seems to be a weakness of the 920.

Eats rear tyres almost as fast as my '06 Fireblade with 40HP less... but then again it's just so hard to stick to the speed limit with the lovely exhaust note & induction roar. Do all the servicing myself as its such a work of art to fiddle with and pretty easy for access to many items with it being naked. On par with Jap bikes - nothing overly fancy parts and all. Synthetic oil obviously.This actually has a counter rotating crank (helps the sweet handling) which means the timing chain tensioner is situated inside the valve cover like the XS 11 Yamaha

They were sold with Pirelli Angel tyres on originally which have no business being on a bike like this and ruin the handling potential. Watch out on roundabouts! I went for Bridgestones BT 016 and S21 both types compliment the handling and braking characteristics of those massive discs and Brembo calipers

The brakes are as powerful as the brembo m50 on the b1090, but the M50 are cooler. Maybe if you ride on the track you can appreciate the monoblock m50.

Smooth, i'm not an expert but i think the only mistake they made on the engine was: paint it! After few years and driving almost every day the black paint is coming off on the clutch side..

I'm doing all the services myself: oil/filter, brake pads, brake fluid, clutch oil. Tyres at ProTyre.

I guess as "smaller" model, before the 990 and 1090, the equipment is great. Anything more would make this model more expensive, i think this is a perfect brutale entry model (now gone). It's a shame because i think the 920 is a great bike. But now there is the 3 cylinder engine almost as powerful, cheaper maybe?