The Ultimate SuperSport: MV Agusta Debuts Carbon-Clad F3XX
Mv Agusta F3XX (2019) - Carbon Fiber Varese, Lombardia, Italy
MV’s Reparto Corse division takes a break from building WSBK machines to make a very special version of the F3 800, available to an elite few.
Despite having impeccable, high-performance base-models, every year MV Agusta still manages to raise the bar even more via the release of ultra-exclusive, race-bred, limited edition models. While the Varese marque’s entire RC range is admittedly world-class rolling exotica, MV’s newest special edition mount has to be our favorite one yet. Meet the F3XX; a 320lb, 160hp, race machine dripping in carbon fiber and top-shelf componentry. It should really be called the "F3XXX", because the damn thing is the epitome of motorcycle porn.
The MV Agusta Reparto Corse F3XX
To create the double-X, MV first started with its F3 800, before tasking Reparto Corse — the brand’s race division (literally Italian for “Race Department”) — with turning the Italian triple into the ultimate mid-size supersport. While Reparto Corse normally works on the firm’s professional level race bikes, this time RC’s work will be offered to the public. These aren’t just repainted F3’s with a few bolt-on parts and a higher sticker price, these are legit elite, highly-tuned track day machines individually constructed by hand at RC’s headquarters.
The XX wears special badges denoting its RC orgins
Built-To-Order
Unlike most high-spec limited edition models with fixed specs and features, MV says the F4XX is essentially a top-shelf jumping off point, with customers encouraged to build out their respective examples however they see fit…albeit for what we can only assume will be a very, very steep price. This idea is similar to MV’s RVS division, which gives customer’s an improved, hand-built, base-model that they can then personalize and make their own.
The F3XX comes in a carbon race livery
Forged In The Fires Of Competition
Since 2013 MV Agusta has campaigned its F3 model in the World SuperSport Championship — the SS class of the World SuperBike series; the pinnacle of production-based motorcycle racing. The team is operated by MV’s Reparto Corse, with the outfit gaining a wealth of real-world, on-track experience to draw from in order to produce a competitive machine racing at the world-class level. This same knowhow that’s been benefitting MV’s WSBK and WSS efforts is now being applied to a (very) limited edition production model — if you can even call it that. The F3XX is, in a nutshell, an RC-built F3 racer that anyone can buy, assuming they have the means.
The F3XX is a fully race-ready machine, with regulation taillight
“Standard” Amenities
The upgraded features found on all F3XX specimens are entirely track-focused and comprised of the best componentry that money can buy. This includes an AiM MXS1.2 TFT race display, Valter Moto Components rear-sets, Lithium-ion battery, rebuilt race-ready wiring harness, and full data (logger) telemetry-ready hardware, and a full SC Project SC1-R exhaust with carbon fiber muffler — the same unit used by MV’s WSS team. Running gear on the XX consists of inverted 43mm Marzocchi forks with Ohlins NIX cartridges, TTX monoshocks and steering damper, and Brembo T-Drive brakes (dual 320mm discs).
Every part on the XX is of the race-grade variety
Heart Of a Lion
Powering the mighty XX is the F3 800’s liquid-cooled, 798cc, four-stroke, inline-three-cylinder engine that now puts down a claimed 160hp. With a six-speed transmission and STM clutch, and the bevy of trick internal bits, the XX-spec is MV’s most potent three-banger yet (in this size at least). The engine also gets an adjustable quick-shifter and a MecTronik control unit, and there’s also a suite of race-focused electronics with launch control and the like. Wrapped around the inline-three is a steel tube chassis with aluminum subframe and engine plates. The triple’s immense power is made all the more effective by the bike’s 343lb wet weight. For reference, that’s 27lbs less than the Ninja 400 — a bike with half the displacement! It's even lighter than Yamaha's R3!
The F3XX is built by hand by MV's race department
Carbon Everything
Full carbon fiber bodywork on limited edition sportbikes is nothing new, however, the F3XX takes the term “carbon clad” to the next level. The thing doesn’t just have a carbon fairing, it also has a full carbon tail (and undertail), carbon swing-arm cover, heat guard (and the exhaust itself), carbon fenders fore and aft, carbon intake ducts, carbon engine covers (provided by GB Racing), and the whole thing rolls along on a set of super trick, six-arm carbon fiber rims shod in sticky Pirelli rubber. Even the painted elements of the XX like the tank (cover), are in fact carbon fiber pieces too.
Everything on the F3XX is either made of, or covered in carbon fiber
If You Have To Ask, You Probably Can’t Afford It
MV Agusta has not announced how much the F3XX is going to cost. And it’s not that the announcement hasn’t yet been made, it’s that MV straight up won’t be releasing that information to the general public, and is instead, telling interested parties to reach out to the brand directly. The old “if you have to ask “adage rings pretty true here. There’s also been no word on how many XX units the RC team will churn out, but our guess is that, like RVS offerings, production figures will be controlled by how many orders are received for these wildly elite machines.
A lot of bike, for what we can only assume is a lot of cash
If you’ve got a spare small fortune sitting around and you want to add an F3XX to your stable, you can reach out to MV Agusta by emailing its Reparto Corse division at info@MV-RepartoCorse.com.
