2025–2026 · Supersport · Buyer's Guide
Hand-Built Triple, Pure Art
Only 300 of these get built, and each one is assembled by hand off the F3 RR platform. The 798 cc inline-three makes 160 hp at 13,500 rpm and 65 lb-ft at 10,100 rpm, breathing out through a full Akrapovič system. Öhlins NIX30 fork, Brembo Stylema calipers, carbon fiber wheels, 435 lb (197 kg) wet. The rider aids are current supersport currency: cornering ABS, traction control, wheelie and launch control, ride modes, quickshifter up and down. This is MV Agusta refusing to build a sensible sportbike, with the hardware to back the ambition.
It rewards a rider who commits. Nothing here is tuned for easy living, and the whole machine is pointed at the part of the road or the lap where you are genuinely working. It ages the way properly built Italian equipment ages: the componentry is real quality rather than badge filler, and quality parts hold their edge far longer than cheap ones. This is for the rider who already knows exactly what they want and buys with the gut. If a motorcycle has to justify itself through running costs and service intervals, this one never will, and MV Agusta is not pretending otherwise.
Spec sheets don't ride bikes, but they set the baseline.
| Power | 160 hp (118 kW) @ 13,500 rpm |
|---|---|
| Torque | 65 lb-ft (88 Nm) @ 10,100 rpm |
| Displacement | 798 cc |
| Engine | Inline-three |
| Cooling | Liquid-cooled |
| Gearbox | 6-speed |
| Fork | Upside-down (USD) |
| Front brake | 320 mm |
| Wet weight | 435 lb (197 kg) |
Equipment check
Chassis
Connectivity
Drivetrain
Lighting
Safety
The named systems that set this bike apart — and what each one does for you.
Braking
Exhaust
The first thing that gets you is the noise. The triple has that hard, metallic wail through the Akrapovič system, and it keeps changing character the higher it spins until it is one of the best sounds you can buy in this class. You feel the engine through the tank and the pegs, not as harshness but as a pulse that keeps you plugged in. Build quality is something you notice from the saddle rather than in photos: the way the switchgear sits under your thumb, the finish on the parts only the rider ever sees. Lean it over on a good road and there is a lot of clearance left before anything touches down. At real road pace it feels compact, tight and permanently awake, and what comes back through your hands is constant and honest.
Where this MV Agusta F3 Competizione pulls ahead of — or falls behind — its rivals on the numbers, and the typical bike in its class on character.
Power
Torque
Displacement
Wet weight
Forget spec-sheet bragging. Here's who the F3 Competizione is actually built for.
This is a track machine you can still register. The chassis, the lean clearance and the rider aids will stay ahead of your progress for years, as long as you keep it spinning high.
Made for Barber Motorsports Park · WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca · Circuit of the Americas
On Angeles Crest it is exactly where it wants to be: precise, loud in the right way, and happy to be worked hard. The LA traffic on the way out there is the price you pay.
Made for Angeles Crest Highway · Coronado Trail / US 191 · Highway 1 / Big Sur
Slow, technical East Coast corners suit the 798 cc triple better than they suit anything bigger. You will shift a lot, and you will enjoy hearing every one of them.
Made for Back of the Dragon · Blue Ridge Parkway · Cherohala Skyway
If this one isn't quite the fit, these are the bikes worth riding back-to-back against it.
Any price note compares both bikes at the same age — the youngest age both have on the used market — against this MV Agusta F3 Competizione. “cheaper/pricier” is what that bike costs second-hand, not how worn it is.
