
Originally Posted by
Jamathi
A little bit of history.
MV Agusta was a aviation- and later helicopter manufacturer started around the first world war and the boss opted to get his company throught the second world war years afterwards by making Motorcycles.
They also went back to making aircrafts and signed a contract to maintain and build Bell helicopters and other aviation products.
Meccanica Verghera Agusta was officially in place on 12-2-1945 and has been building bikes ever since, many were 2 stroke engined bikes!
At the beginning of the 1950ish they became involved in international racing
The more famous riders were Giacomo Agostini, Phil Read, Tepi Lansvuori, Franco Bonera, John Surtees, Les Graham, Carlo Ubaldi, Cecil Stanford just to name a few.
In 1977 MV Agusta ceased to excist and remnants/naming rights have since then been bought and sold to all and sundry, but it has never since been a true/real MV Agusta other than the name plate and signwritting being the same design.
My father did have a real MV Agusta, the 1971 750S, this very bike is now in a museum in Europe.
If one states here on a forum that they dig MV bikes, then you might as well understand a bit of the real history of this very famous mark!
I am looking forward to seeing the new F3-F4 in real life!
They look and sound like a real MV should.
And for the price they will be a succes and sell lots of them, hopefully they are easier to ride than the last lot of F4's
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