Motorcycle specifications MV-AgustaF4 1000 LH 44 2018 From F1 to F4

New MV-Agusta models are becoming increasingly rare... F4 development frozen.... There's more talk of partnerships, cash and bling than motorcycles. But the brand knows how to play up its prestige. And associate its name with famous people. Agostini, Senna and, more recently, Lewis Hamilton. The Formula 1 driver lent his name to a limited series of 800 Dragster RR bikes. Mr 44 and MV do it again with this sumptuous F4 1000 LH 44.

The bike strikes the retina, cuts through the violence and expresses all its bestiality. This sports bike oozes blood. And its decoration borders on the overly shimmering. Fatal! Like a poisoned wine you just have to drink. But there's no poison here - just drugs. This special series is based on the F4 RC, which is nothing less than the homologation machine for Superbike. Here, the engine expresses its most fearsome ardor. 205 horsepower to terrify your spinal cord, and 212 at maximum with the SC Project titanium silencer and appropriate ECU.
The peripherals are all to die for: Öhlins NIX 43 mm upside-down forks (here in black sleeves), Öhlins TTX36 shock absorbers, Brembo M50 calipers, fairing and various carbon parts, and to justify the "Lewis Hamilton" patronymic scattered all over the place, you also need the signature of the star concerned.

Lewis worked closely with CRC to create a truly special series. And a very limited one, since only 44 examples will be produced. The special attention to detail begins with the pearl-white painted frame, hand-assembled as befits a high-ranking motorcycle. The paintwork, reminiscent of the F4 1000 S Tamburini special series, uses a special high-quality process. The superb two-tone embossed seat is in leather and alcantara, decorated with a checkerboard pattern of stitching. On the tank, Hamilton's autograph takes pride of place. Above, a smoked bubble. Here and there, red anodized parts, including the rear suspension rod, the central nut on the rear single-arm rim, the oil filler hole on the clutch housing, the opening rod for the racing fuel filler cap.... MV went so far as to ask Pirelli for tires specific to this edition, with an LH44 registered on its SuperCorsa SPs. The only thing that bothers us is the single pot under the seat, which distorts Massimo Tamburini's fantastic original pencil sketch, with its hypnotic, eternal 4-pipes.
And of course the price. Totally unjustifiable and also worthy of F1. Does prestige excuse everything?

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