Derived from what is still regarded as the most beautiful bike ever made, the F4, the F3 800 looks absolutely smashing in this ravishing Agostini Red colour. You feel more turned on as you observe the devilish contrast that the black engine and foundations provide. And to top it off, the revised exhaust pipes are sharp and rectangular, with a black heat shield now appearing instead of the old silver one.
Shame then that the switches used aren’t able to match the stylishness of the rest of the bike. They look like something out of the 1990s. While we are on the subject of improvement, the new colour TFT dash could have had a better layout. The current one looks a bit tacky. The readouts seem quite legible but the graphics feel uninspiring.