Motorcycle specifications MV-AgustaF4 1000 R Corsa Corta 2014 Giving chase

when the 1000 R inherited the CorsaCorta engine, it was the basic F4 model. A few improvements later, it earned its stripes and became the intermediate model between a standard 1000 already copious in power and the subliminal tool that is the RR.

inside, there's plenty of horsepower. The newly redesigned 4-cylinder engine boasts more super-square internal dimensions than the previous generation F4. With a bore increased to 79 mm and a stroke reduced to 50.9 mm, you get a boiler that's full of dynamite in the combustion chambers, while still allowing a reasonable linear piston speed. It allows the diva to join the trio of the most powerful hypersports, announcing over 195 hp at 13,400 rpm. Enough to take on the BMW S 1000 RR and tickle the Kawasaki ZX-10R... and to die laughing when reading the R1 and CBR 1000 datasheets. The viscera and equipment are flattering: variable intake, anti-dribble system, 8-level traction control and four handlebar-selectable engine maps. But as a respectful sibling of the one that gave it so much, the R gives back 6 horsepower and a ladle of torque to the RR. Prestige oblige.

the various electronic assistants are now grouped under the name MVCIS (Motor and Vehicle Integrated Control System). Alongside this monogram, we discover a host of small details that have appeared for this 2013 opus: new LED daytime running lights on the leading edge of the air intake, lightened wheels, rebalanced crankshaft, titanium connecting rods, variable intake, redesigned oil circuit and exhausts, shifter, Öhlins TTX shock absorber and 1 kilo less on the scales. 2014 sees the arrival of ABS, sporty as it should be: the Bosch 9MP.

very powerful but not unattainable, the F4 1000 R is positioned right between the sporty F4 base model and the extreme F4 RR. The R here costs 2,000 euros, which gives you food for thought, but to have the privilege of displaying 2 R's side by side on the fairing, you'll have to shell out 7,000.
With its fighter-plane temperament, its engine designed to scream and spit everything it's got into the revs, its timeless silhouette and its honed chassis, the F4 1000 R's playground promises to be a fiery sport, very close to violence. The Varese factory has even gone so far as to include a passenger, as if the latter could even imagine for a second that he or she would be welcome aboard...

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