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Giuseppe Gilera founded his self-named motorcycle company in 1909 (aged 22) near Milan, Italy. His first model used a 317cc single-cylinder overhead-valve engine (67x90mm bore/stroke) with a single-speed belt drive in a simple open frame with the engine as a stressed member of the frame, and no suspension. It produced 7 hp, weighed 75 kg, and ...
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 ...
The engine was derived from the engines of the road, cross and trial models, more robust and performing than those that equipped the other main Piaggio Group mopeds (Gilera CBA, Piaggio Si, Ciao, Boxer and Bravo) equipped with the classic single-speed horizontal cylinder.
The Gilera GFR 250 (which stands for Gilera Formula Racing) is a racing motorcycle designed, developed and built by Gilera which made its debut in the 250cc class of the world championship in 1992. [ 1 ]
The machines participating in Grand Prix motorcycle racing, since its origin in 1949, have been entered into distinct classes depending primarily on engine capacity. The smallest engines and two-stroke engines have been phased out over the years.
The first generation of Gilera Runner had four-stroke variants added initially in VX 125 (124 cc) and VXR 180 guises. The VXR 180 was replaced by the larger capacity VXR 200 (198 cc) in mid 2002. [8] The four-stroke Runner was equipped with a liquid cooled, four valve version of Piaggio's LEADER engine. All of these models came with an ...
When powered solely by the petrol engine the MP3 is slower than other 125 cm 3 machines due to its weight: 249 kg (549 lb) compared with 208 kg (459 lb) for the petrol-only model. [11] In June 2010 Piaggio launched the 300 plug-in Hybrid variant with the 278 cm 3 Quasar Euro 3 engine. [12] All MP3 Hybrid versions were discontinued in 2017.
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]