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The three-cylinder 500 machine was first raced at the 1966 Dutch TT. The machine was based on the MV Agusta 350 3C that had been used in the previous season (1965). Count Agusta had wanted a 350 cc three-cylinder because he was impressed by the three-cylinder two-stroke DKW RM 350.
The factory machines of the MV AGUSTA racing department "Reparto Corse" in the 500 cc motorcycle world championship. The MV Agusta 500cc road racers were motorcycles that the manufacturer MV Agusta built and which were used to compete in 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing series between 1950 and 1976. 18 500cc world championship titles were achieved with these machines ridden by John Surtees ...
Chuck Honeycutt, lead restorer at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, wrings out a 1973 MV Agusta 500. This story originally featured on Motorcyclist. Asked to opine on the best-sounding bikes ...
MV Agusta 500 4C; MV Agusta 500 Six; MV Agusta 500 Three; MV Agusta 500 Four; Nougier 500; Norton Manx; Norton NRS588; Paton 500 GP; Paton V115; Paton V70; Paton PG500R; Paton PG500RC; Pulse 500; ROC-Yamaha GP1; Sabre V4; Sanvenero 500 GP; Seeley G50; Suzuki TR500; Suzuki TSR500; Suzuki RG500; Suzuki RGA500; Suzuki RGB500; Suzuki RG 500 gamma ...
Also in the 500cc class, it went better now that the Husqvarna remained intact a little more often: he became 15th. It was the season in which the 500cc two-stroke engines became stronger, but it was Kawasaki H 1 500 Mach IIIs and Suzuki T 500s that set the tone. Giacomo Agostini was still supreme with his MV Agusta 500 3C.
MV Agusta pulled out of the 350cc class, giving Agostini a free run, taking his fourteenth world title. [1] Walter Villa took over for the deceased Renzo Pasolini and won the 250cc crown giving Harley-Davidson the title after they bought the Aermacchi factory, reworked and renamed the bikes. [ 1 ]
MV Agusta (Italian pronunciation: [ˌɛmmeˈvi aˈgusta], full name: MV AGUSTA Motor S.p.A., original name: Meccanica Verghera Agusta or MV) is a high end motorcycle manufacturer founded by Count Domenico Agusta on 19 January 1945 as one of the branches of the Agusta aircraft company near Milan in Cascina Costa, Italy. [1]
MV Agusta teammates Phil Read and Giacomo Agostini battled it out for supremacy of the 500cc class but the season was overshadowed by the deaths of Jarno Saarinen and Renzo Pasolini at the Italian round at Monza. [1] The 500cc title runner-up, Kim Newcombe, also died at a non-championship race at Silverstone late in the year. [1]