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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 ]
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.
MV Agusta had won the championship in the 500, 250 and 125 cc classes of the 1956 season. However, the 1957 season promised stiff competition, especially in the premier 500 class, where the Moto Guzzi V8 and the Gilera 500 4C had shown great potential.
With no other manufacturers competing in the 500cc class the MV Agusta team continued to dominate as Giacomo Agostini won his fifth consecutive 500cc world championship. [1] Kawasaki began to sell the Kawasaki H1R to privateer racing teams. [2] The H1R was the first multi-cylinder two stroke racing motorcycle to be sold commercially. [2]
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, ...
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