Worked on this last week

It's the only one on the island and cost £30,000.....

beautiful, hope you took it for a nice long test ride

Thats a beast! What are the specs?

I thought MV's finally switched to radial mount front brakes.

Bad news, this bike was written off at the weekend. No pics yet as the police haven't released it because the rider was badly hurt, he was actually thrown under the wheels of an oncoming car. All his fault as he was speeding (his son confirmed this) around a rather dangerous bend and lost control. He was due to be flown to southampton hospital today (tuesday) for further treatment apparently they've had to keep him heavily sedated for 3 days due to his injuries. We are told his injuries aren't life threatening, thank God he was wearing proper riding gear.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rgvneil @ Jun 10 2008, 09:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Bad news, this bike was written off at the weekend. No pics yet as the police haven't released it because the rider was badly hurt, he was actually thrown under the wheels of an oncoming car. All his fault as he was speeding (his son confirmed this) around a rather dangerous bend and lost control. He was due to be flown to southampton hospital today (tuesday) for further treatment apparently they've had to keep him heavily sedated for 3 days due to his injuries. We are told his injuries aren't life threatening, thank God he was wearing proper riding gear.
...., hope he makes a full recovery, what a waste of a bike. so he is in my local hospital, they will fix his bones then give him msra

That bites, hope he'll ride again.

I bet looking at his crumpled body doesn't hurt as much as looking at his crumpled bike.

What you can't see;split crankcases, part of the subframe and main frame have snapped, damaged swingarm (£4,500-ouch!), bent rear wheel. Plus the carbon fibre bodywork.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rgvneil @ Jun 14 2008, 05:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>What you can't see;split crankcases, part of the subframe and main frame have snapped, damaged swingarm (£4,500-ouch!), bent rear wheel. Plus the carbon fibre bodywork.
heading for the skip then. what a waste

Thanks for the update. I know it dosen't look to bad, but photos never do the damage justice.