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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 ...
The MV Agusta 350 4C was considered uncompetitive and a new machine that was under development was by no means ready. Read did not finish in any race and MV Agusta remained without points in the 350 cc class. [57] Giacomo Agostini on the 350 cc MV Agusta during practice for the 1976 West German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring. 1975
MV Agusta (Italian pronunciation: [ˌɛmmeˈvi aˈgusta], full name: MV AGUSTA Motor S.p.A., original name: Meccanica Verghera Agusta or MV) is an Italian high end motorcycle manufacturer. It was founded by Count Domenico Agusta on 19 January 1945 as one of the branches of the Agusta aircraft company near Milan in Cascina Costa. [ 1 ]
Hansen GmbH [2] in Baden-Baden, became the German importers of MV Agusta in 1970. [3] With nothing in the MV range between the 350 cc Ipotesi and the 750 Sport America, Hansen produced a 500 cc machine, the 500 S, by overboring the 350 Ipotesi. [4] [5] A racing version, the 500 SS, with double overhead camshafts was also produced. [4]
MV Augusta had been producing machine for local sale in Barcelona since 1949, branded MV Alpha. [4] At a race held in Gijón, Avello approached MV's Spanish promoters and convinced them to transfer manufacture of the machines to his factory. In 1951, the first production machines came out of the factory, a 125 cc two-stroke. The Italian parent ...
Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into four classes: MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3, and MotoE.Classes that have been discontinued include Formula 750, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 80cc, 50cc and Sidecar.
MV Agusta 500 racers; MV Agusta 500 Six; MV Agusta 500 Three; MV Agusta 600; MV Agusta 750 S; MV Agusta 750 Sport America; B. MV Agusta Brutale series; D.