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http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp ... e_number=1

Here is a comparison os some OH MY GOD cars with an OH MY GOD bike thrown in( MV Agusta Tamburini). It's a standing mile test, and the MV finishes 9th over all, beat only by some super exotics.[/url]

Yeah, I liked how they used an Italian twin to compare things to. I also like the fact that the Italian SUPERexotic twin is SO much cheaper and compares so favorably against the four-wheelers that cost more than a house!

the augusta IS a twin, right? 'Cuz if not, I think I'ma cry in the corner as my knowledge has just failed me! It's MotoMorini that makes the four and Benelli that does the trips, right?

Bikes are still cooler!
charlie

collegeboy01 wrote:Yeah, I liked how they used an Italian twin to compare things to. I also like the fact that the Italian SUPERexotic twin is SO much cheaper and compares so favorably against the four-wheelers that cost more than a house!

the augusta IS a twin, right? 'Cuz if not, I think I'ma cry in the corner as my knowledge has just failed me! It's MotoMorini that makes the four and Benelli that does the trips, right?

Bikes are still cooler!
charlie

all I'd say is: give close look at the exhaust...

"this 2-wheeled Ferrari — whose screaming 4-cylinder engine has variable-length intake trumpets "

chris1kanobi wrote:"this 2-wheeled Ferrari — whose screaming 4-cylinder engine has variable-length intake trumpets "

Apt comparison, actually, for it was the chaps with the red cages that designed the engine. Some fancy, patented, angled cams so that the valves are perfectly aligned with the combustion chamber to form that old radial head. At least that is the case on the Brutale, and I think the engines are supposed to be rather similar.

oh. . oops. sheepish Consider me duly chastized. What a dumbass!