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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 ...
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 ...
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 ]
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.
Laverda 1000 3C; Laverda Jota; Laverda 1200 TS Mirage; MV Agusta 500 Three; MV Agusta F3 (675/800) MV Augusta Brutale 800 [15] Suzuki GT380; Suzuki GT550; Suzuki GT750; Triumph Daytona 675; Triumph Daytona 955i; Triumph Legend TT; Triumph Street Triple; Triumph Speed Triple; Triumph Sprint; Triumph Tiger 800; Triumph Tiger 1050; Triumph Tiger ...
The MV Agusta 500 four-cylinder (1973–1976) was a racing motorcycle manufactured by the Italian company MV Agusta, for competing in the 500 cc series, ...