There?s a bit of a thing going on between Rough Crafts and MV Agusta at the moment. A few months ago, MV Taiwan commissioned builder Winston Yeh to work his magic on the Brutale 800 RR, and the controversial ?Ballistic Trident? was born. And now we have ?Guerilla Tre,? a street scrambler based on the Dragster 800 RR.
When the brief arrived, it didn?t take Winston long to figure out a direction. ?I instantly decided the bike needed to go down the ?urban scrambler? route,? he tells us. ?MV don’t really have this type of bike yet, and I wanted to apply our ?Guerilla? philosophy. And with Pirelli MT60RS tires, I can get the scrambler vibe without losing street performance.?

It?s not hard to fathom the appeal of the modern-day ?scrambler.? If you spend most of your time in the city, an agile runabout with an upright riding position and classic proportions ticks a lot of boxes. It may irritate pedants, but these days a scrambler shouldn?t really go anywhere near the brown stuff. Unless you?re looking at a Scrambler Ducati Desert Sled, it?s best to restrict your off-road ambitions to the odd curb or gravel road.

This latest Rough Crafts build is an upscale version of bikes like the Triumph Street Scrambler and Yamaha XSR700. Except it has considerably more power and wallet-lightening ability.
‘Guerilla Tre’ is based on the RR version of the Dragster, which means it gets a larger airbox, bigger throttle bodies and twin injectors?which boosts output to 140 h...