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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 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 125 Regolarità; MV Agusta 125 SOHC; MV Agusta 125 Sport SE; MV Agusta 150 Sport RS; MV Agusta 175 series; MV Agusta 203/220 Bialbero; MV Agusta 250 Bicilindrica; MV Agusta 250 Monocilindrica Bialbero; MV Agusta 250B; MV Agusta 350 racers; MV Agusta 350 Six; MV Agusta 350 Ipotesi; MV Agusta 350B; MV Agusta 500 Four; MV Agusta 500 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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]