MV Agusta
has released the 2020 MV Agusta Brutale 800 RR SCS, priced at 16,990 euro, It is accompanied by the 2020 MV Agusta Dragster 800 RR and
Dragster 800 RR SCS, going for 18,490 euro and 19,490 euro, respectively.
If you’re wondering, the SCS designation
in the Brutale and Dragster model names stands for Smart Clutch System. This
requires the rider to only engage the clutch during starting off with the
system engaging automatically when coming to a stop and adds only 36 grammes to
a non SCS equipped gearbox.
The same inline three-cylinder engine
displacing 798 cc with 12-valves and DOHC from previous iterations of the
Brutale and Dragster 800 is carried over, producing 140 hp at 12,300 rpm and
88.7 Nm of torque at 10,100 rpm. The Dragster 800 RC SCS also has an optional
race kit, which bumps power to 150 hp at 12,800 rpm with the addition of an SC
Project titanium exhaust and revised engine mapping.
While being mechanically and visually
unchanged from the previous year’s model, both the Brutale and Dragster sport
new colour schemes for 2020. For the Brutale 800 RR SCS, the rider can choose
between Shock Peal Red/Avio Grey or Avio Silver/Dark Metallic Grey.
The Dragster 800 RR and Dragster 800 RC
SCS have two options – Night Grey/Solar Beam/Metallic Carbon Black and Ice
Pearl White/Neon Green/Metallic Carbon Black. Key difference between the
Brutale and the Dragster are the wheels, the Brutale and Dragster RR using
alloy wheels while the Dragster RC comes with spoked wheels, accented with
gold-anodised spoke nipples.
Across the board, braking for both MV
Agusta’s three-cylinder naked sports are done by Brembo four-piston callipers
on twin 320 mm diameter floating steel discs. At the back, a single 220 mm disc
is clamped by a two-piston Brembo calliper, with Bosch 9 Plus ABS with rear
wheel lift-up mitigation as standard.
MV Agusta claims the dry weight of the
Brutale is 175 kg while the Dragster 800 in both RR and RC flavours comes in at
168 kg dry. Suspension uses Marzocchi upside-down forks, fully-adjustable with
adjustment for rebound/compression and spring preload in separate fork legs
while the rear uses a fully-adjustable Sachs mono shock. Also standard
equipment is a manually adjustable steering damper with eight levels of
adjustment. Fuel is carried in a 16.5-litre tank and seat height is 830 mm.
