Story: Alonzo Bodden, Jay LaRossa and Mike Seate
“I wish I was 5’8” tall and had younger knees. Then I’d buy this bike and just do track days all the time!” That was comedian-turned motorcycle test jockey Alonzo Bodden’s enthused take after a few quick miles aboard MV Augusta’s scintillating Brutale Dragster triple. The strippeddown futuristic cafe racer had quickly become the most popular of all the new bikes dropped off at our Calabasas, California hotel for a weekend of test rides. There were other, more refined bikes and a few
boasting more powerful engines, but the MV, with its lush red (or Rosso) finish, copious carbon fiber and raspy exhaust note, drew attention like, well, let’s put it this way: at a stoplight in Malibu, a dude in a$200,000 Ferrari rolled down his window to ask to hear the Dragster’s engine wound up, while a young woman in our hotel parking lot was so turned on by the bike, she openly offered the MV demo fleet rep her phone number and address if he’d take her for a ride. Can’t make this stuff up, folks.
