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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 ...
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 ]
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: 8 — 5 5 4 40 11 1963 United Kingdom: Mike Hailwood: MV Agusta: 8 — 7 7 7 40 19 1964 United Kingdom: Mike Hailwood: MV Agusta: 9 — 7 7 6 40 15 1965 United Kingdom: Mike Hailwood: MV Agusta: 10 — 8 8 8 48 20 1966 Italy: Giacomo Agostini: MV Agusta: 9 — 3 8 2 36 6 1967 Italy: Giacomo Agostini: MV Agusta: 10 — 5 8 4 46 0 1968 ...
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]
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.
Another year, another championship for Giacomo Agostini, claiming a record 11 victories to take his seventh consecutive 500cc crown for MV Agusta. [1] Things were tighter in the 350cc class with Jarno Saarinen giving Agostini a strong challenge by winning three races, including a victory at the German Grand Prix held at the daunting Nürburgring race track, where Saarinen defeated Agostini for ...