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Arturo Magni (24 September 1925 - 2 December 2015) began his career in the motorcycle sector in 1947 in the Gilera Racing Department. In 1950 he moved to MV Agusta's racing department and remained there until MV retired from competitions in 1977, when he had reached the position of Team Manager and Technical coordinator of Reparto Corse.
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]
In 1979 Hansen was given permission by the MV directors and the Agusta family to continue using the MV name on the 4-cylinder machines. The Corona, Grand Prix and Agostini models were built by Schneider, using some parts, such as cylinders, chain drive conversions and frames made by Magni. Production of these models continued to 1982. [10]
The company, based in a small but fully equipped workshop, [4] was located at Samarate, 20 miles from the MV factory. [7] Initial the company manufactured special parts for the MV Agusta 750 S motorcycles, such as chain drive conversions, big-bore kits and frame kits. [2] Later, in 1980, the company progressed to the construction of complete ...
The MV Agusta 175 was launched at the EICMA (Milan Motorcycle Show) in 1952, [3] with production starting in 1953. For MV Agusta, this motorcycle was a milestone. It was their first production machine with a four-stroke engine. The unit construction single-cylinder engine was designed with an overhead camshaft for high performance.
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 Tre, developed before the 500s, was no less successful. Giacomo Agostini was 350 cc champion continuously from 1968 to 1973 with this model. In the 1974, MV Agusta did not compete in the 350 cc class, concentrating on winning the half litre class. Technically, both machines were almost identical.
The MV Agusta 250 Monocilindrica Bialbero was a 250 cc factory racer manufactured by the Italian brand MV Agusta from 1956 to 1959. With this machine 15 GPs, 2 Driver Championships [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and 2 manufacturers World Championships [ 4 ] were won.