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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.
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 ...
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Mike Hailwood easily claimed his fourth successive 500 class crown for MV Agusta, although he was beginning to show his disenchantment with the autocratic Count Agusta by accepting a 250 class ride from Honda. [1] Newcomer Giacomo Agostini riding for MV Agusta would battle Honda's reigning champion Jim Redman for the 350 title. [1]
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 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 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]
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]