MV Sportveloce designed after the V11 LeMans?

[LowRyter]

I think someone stole the design....jus' sayin'

This was on display at Fay Myers in Denver.  Out friends' daughter works there, she told me it wasn't for sale.  Frankly, Ill give the styling a meh. 

[audiomick]

So the current MV Augusta design department is trying to dock on to a "classic style".

[docc]

On 12/2/2023 at 5:47 PM, audiomick said:

So the current MV Augusta design department is trying to dock on to a "classic style".

Flattery and emulation?

Where else is a modern motorcycle design from one inspired man, drawn in one night, "unasked for", that is such an inimitable delight?

https://www.v11lemans.com/forums/topic/19665-luciano-marabese-v11-sport-designer/

 

[KINDOY2]

On 7/9/2023 at 10:04 AM, LowRyter said:

I think someone stole the design....jus' sayin'

This was on display at Fay Myers in Denver.  Out friends' daughter works there, she told me it wasn't for sale.  Frankly, Ill give the styling a meh. 

yah..meh...

[LowRyter]

14 hours ago, KINDOY2 said:

yah..meh...

There's a local fellow that rides one of those MVs.  What I never noticed is that the bike is extremely small and very low.  Most sport bikes are tall, especially from the rear, this thing in on the ground.

[KINDOY2]

I like the bike in some ways..but imho...That fairing and headlight look cheap and doesn't flow with the rest of the bike.

[guzzler]

Yeah, I can't quite gell with it either....

I think their earlier F3 800 looks much better.

[Lucky Phil]

On 12/3/2023 at 5:40 PM, KINDOY2 said:

I like the MV Superveloce in some ways..but imho...That fairing and headlight look cheap and doesn't flow with the rest of the bike.

Design perceptions, what a topic. There is something to consider in the design and aesthetics of just about everything and this is it. Am I emotionally responding to something that's is beautiful and in harmony with the overall concept or am I responding to it just being "different". The latter doesn't stand the test of time where the former does.

 

Phil

 

[docc]

split posts . . . new topic . . .

 

[audiomick]

3 hours ago, Lucky Phil said:

... or am I responding to it just being "different".

I maintain that I would not confuse "being different" with really good design. My usual reaction to "just being different" is, to put it politely, a distinct aversion.

[Lucky Phil]

1 hour ago, audiomick said:

I maintain that I would not confuse "being different" with really good design. My usual reaction to "just being different" is, to put it politely, a distinct aversion.

Yea Mick but many, many others do. You only needed to watch OCC to find this out.

Phil

[docc]

1 hour ago, audiomick said:

I maintain that I would not confuse "being different" with really good design. My usual reaction to "just being different" is, to put it politely, a distinct aversion.

I would hold that this is what sets the Marabese V11 Sport design apart. It was "unasked for" and not a "commercial" design. The original V11 Sport was not a compilation of Committee Derivation. There is a certain, and rare, purity in that . . .

[Scud]

I've seen the SuperVeloce S in person in white, with brown seat and gold frame/wheels. It's a lovely bike, but for some reason it doesn't seem to work in every color. It also looks good in the classic MV red over silver. But I am not a fan of the black in orginal picture - and the angle of that picture accentuates the nose. 

And I don't think it's a design theft. There are plenty of classic race bikes in MV's history to be inspired by, and only so many ways to make a fairing.