my dealer told me today that the tank and the seat of the brutale oro are not made of carbon. Is that right at this price? thanks in advance.

-- René (brutale@power.ms), February 20, 2004

Answers

I dont think it is, as the tank would have to have passed the homoligation tests, and they would have more than like have used a steel tank for that. I'm not sure on the seat unit to be honest, I think you are mainly paying for the magnesium parts (frame plates, wheels, swingarm, triple clamps) and the other carbon parts as well.

Phil.

-- Phil (p.wood@tesco.net), February 22, 2004.

The owners manual for my brutale s indicates the tank on both the oro and the s are thermoplastic.. I found this out when I went to try to fit a magnetic tank bag to my bike...It didn't stick.

-- Ian Sylvester (standguard@telstra.com), February 22, 2004.

my oro does not have carbon tank/ seattail/ number plate holder their the same as S and . more than twice the price of the S TOO ,i still cannot believe i own one .i have seen Barry Sheene's F4 205/300 (2+5=7) /Brutale 7/300 oro's i got pictures with my oro 28/300 near by

-- leif (ltk@bigfoot.com.au), April 20, 2004.