$37,500
San Rafael, California
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2005 MV Agusta F4 1000 Tamburini, One of the most exotic motorcycles ever made. This MV F4 was limited to only 300 made, only 59 brought in to the USA. The plaque on the triple clamp shows #85 of 300. Very rare indeed. Sensual shapes and exotic materials set the Tamburini apart. Front axle carriers and brake calipers are machined from billet for maximum rigidity, while lower triple-clamp, frame sideplates and gorgeous single-sided swingarm are lightweight magnesium. And check out the carbon-fiber weave on the fairing panels! "My Dream, My Bike" - Massimo Tamburini Mr. Tamburini, head of the Cagiva Research Center that acts as MV s design house, continues: The dream of every design engineer is to come up with the most beautiful sports motorcycle in the world, then turn it into the fastest, most exclusive, sought-after and powerful on the market. Few would argue its beauty. And even if you never rode the Tamburini, looking at it might be enough. Gold-toned mesh covers fairing vent holes, while forged-aluminum wheels are gold-anodized to continue the theme, just as with the six-piston billet Nissin front brake calipers. The low-friction titanium-nitride coating on the 50mm Marzocchi inverted fork sliders jives nicely with the gold-anodized uppers. Aside from the fuel tank, which is steel, the Tamburini s bodywork is nearly all carbon-fiber, finished to a very high standard. A nice touch is the F4 and CRC logo work on the fairing sides that lets the c-f weave peek through the high-gloss paint. Who needs decals when the underlying material itself is so nice you simply leave paint off? Despite the pleasing shapes into which they are formed, the materials themselves have intrinsic appeal. Take the magnesium swingarm, frame sideplates and lower triple-clamp, or the TIG-welded chrome-moly trellis upper frame, the aforementioned carbon-fiber bodywork and machined billet aluminum pieces sprinkled around the bike. Net weight loss from use of these fine materials is 18 pounds, for a 428-pound dry weight. The suspension is fully adjustable, and even more fully adjustable than usual: The rear Sachs shock features high- and low-speed compression and rebound damping screws with numbered indexing for ease of use. Rear-spring preload features a threaded adjuster Sensual shapes and exotic materials set the Tamburini apart. Front axle carriers and brake calipers are machined from billet for maximum rigidity, while lower triple-clamp, frame sideplates and gorgeous single-sided swingarm are lightweight magnesium. And check out the carbon-fiber weave on the fairing panels.
