International Dealer News 177 March/April 2024 IDN177 March/April 2024 | Page 18

THE BRADLEY REPORT
THE BRADLEY REPORT

Superveloce 1000 heading for production By Ben Purvis

When MV Agusta showed the Brutale 1000-based Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro at EICMA back in 2022 , there was never much doubt it would become a high-end production model in the future - and in the second half of 2024 that ' s exactly what ' s going to happen . The Superveloce 1000 has been typeapproved in Australia , with documents that , while referring to the limitedproduction ' Serie Oro ' version that will come first , also include images of an all-black variant that might be representative of a full-production Superveloce 1000 that will follow it . The significance of the Superveloce 1000 isn ' t just its position as another high end , high priced MV Agusta with jaw-dropping styling and performance . It ' s the first 1000 cc MV to wear a full fairing since the F4 was dropped from production more than five years ago , and despite its retro look , its performance is right up there with the best of today ' s superbikes . The design is very much in the mould of the existing three-cylinder Superveloce , with the addition of large winglets on the sides - something MV is keen to point out it was ahead of the game with , having raced a winged 500 / 4 with Phil Read back in 1972 . At the back , four under-seat exhausts are a reminder of the original F4 that marked MV ' s return back in 1998 .
According to the official type-approval documents , the production Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro will weigh in at 207 kg including fuel , which is 11 kg more than the Brutale 1000 it ' s based on . The engine puts out the same 153 kW as the Brutale 1000 and Rush 1000 models , showing it hasn ' t been retuned for the
Superveloce , and details like the wheelbase confirm that the chassis is also unaltered . While the paperwork refers to the ' Serie Oro ' variant of the Superveloce 1000 , as originally shown in 2022 , the bike in the type-approval images appears to be a more mass-made version . As well as missing out on the signature red and silver paint of the Superveloce , it has wheels from the Brutale 1000 RR instead of the Serie Oro ' s fivespoke design and appears with a pillion seat , where the Serie Oro was shown as a single-seater . It ' s MV ' s familiar modus operandi , dating right back to the original F4 , to launch new models with a high-priced , limited-run ' Serie Oro ' before following up with a less expensive fullproduction version . That ' s almost certainly what we see in these new images .

Moto Parilla to enter the electric bike market ? By Ben Purvis

The Moto Parilla name could be set to return to motorcycles in the near future after designs emerged showing an electric roadster that closely matches the design cues of the exotic e- bicycles that the company currently sells . Parilla was one of a huge number of motorcycle brands to emerge in Italy in the wake of WW2 , ploughing on for a couple of decades before it collapsed in 1967 . However , the name has since returned on a range of e- bikes designed by Alessandro Tartarini ' s White Design and Engineering in Italy . Tartarini was the man behind the radical
Italjet Dragster scooter in the 1990s , and a decade ago designed a range of motorcycles and e-bikes that were originally intended to wear the Caterham name , one that is best known for its long-running line of lightweight British sportscars . Those machines didn ' t reach production , but the same e-bike designs are now being offered under the Moto Parilla name , sporting Tartarini ' s distinctive chassis design with a fat central chassis tube that ' s pierced by two large , transverse holes . Tartarini ' s company is also behind the new electric motorcycle design seen here ,
which shares the same styling cue , but is clearly a step above the e-bikes that Parilla currently sells . The distinctive design features a battery pack that ' s slung beneath the distinctive upper frame , while the motor is mounted inside the rear wheel hub . Hub-motor designs are usually limited to relatively low performance electric bikes - it ' s a compact , lightweight and low-cost layout , but having the motor ' s weight inside the rear wheel isn ' t ideal when it comes to higher speeds and handling . There ' s no word yet on
whether these drawings will become a production machine , but since battery-powered e- bicycles have all but replaced conventional mopeds in the powered two-wheeler market , it makes sense for their manufacturers to look towards larger , faster motorcycles in order to hold onto their customers .