About MV-Agusta
MV Agusta, originally Meccanica Verghera Agusta, is a motorcycle manufacturer founded on 12 February 1945 near Milan in Cascina Costa, Italy. The company began as an offshoot of the Agusta aviation company formed by Count Giovanni Agusta in 1923.
Count Vincenzo and Domenico Agusta had a passion for mechanical workings and for motorcycle racing. Much like Enzo Ferrari, they produced and sold motorcycles almost exclusively to fund their racing efforts. They were determined to have the best Grand Prix motorcycle racing team in the world and spared no expense on their passion.
The Count died in 1927, leaving the company in the hands of his wife and sons, Domenico, Vincenzo, Mario and Corrado. Count Vincenzo Agusta together with his brother Domenico formed MV Agusta at the end of the Second World War as a means to save the jobs of employees of the Agusta firm and also to fill the post-war need for cheap, efficient transportation.
MV Agusta produced their first prototype, called "Vespa 98", in 1945. After learning that the name had already been registered by Piaggio for its Vespa motorscooter, it was referred to simply by the number “98”.
In 1948, the company built a 125 cc two-stroke single and entered Franco Bertoni in the Italian Grand Prix. Bertoni won the event held in Monza and instantly put the new motorcycle manufacturer on the map.
The acronym MV stands for Meccanica (mechanics) Verghera, the hamlet where the first MVs were made. The company manufactured small-displacement, Cafe racer style motorcycles (mostly 125 to 150 cc) through the 1950s and 1960s.
In the 1960s small motorcycle sales declined, and MV started producing larger displacement cycles in more limited quantities. A 250 cc, and later a 350 cc twin were produced, and a 600 cc four-cylinder evolved into a 750 cc.
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Mon, 03 Nov 2008
I have had a little walk around checking out the preparations for the show. I haven’t seen anything that I haven’t already seen or heard about previously, but here’s a selection from three of the halls. Yamaha are the only manufacturer to use an industrial crane to place some of its bikes up on high rise stands.
MV Agusta 1000-R Corse Replica(1)
MV Agusta 1000r+1(1)
MV Agusta 1090 RR(1)
MV Agusta 1090R Brutale(1)
MV Agusta 1090RR(4)
MV Agusta 150 GT(1)
MV Agusta 1962(1)
MV Agusta 750 F4(1)
MV Agusta 750 F4 ORO(1)
MV Agusta 800 Dragster(1)
MV Agusta 800ss(1)
MV Agusta ABS F4, 1090RR, Brutale 800, 675, F3 F4RR(1)
MV Agusta All(12)
MV Agusta B800 BRUTALE 800(1)
MV Agusta Brutale(127)
MV Agusta BRUTALE 1090(2)
MV Agusta Brutale 1090 abs(1)
MV Agusta BRUTALE 1090 ABS (B1090)(2)
MV Agusta Brutale 1090 RR(1)
MV Agusta Brutale 1090 RR, Brutale 800, 675, F3 F4RR(1)
MV Agusta Brutale 1090R(8)
MV Agusta Brutale 1090RR(12)
MV Agusta Brutale 1090RR, Brutale 800, 675, F3 F4RR(1)
MV Agusta Brutale 675(1)
MV Agusta Brutale 675 EAS(1)
MV Agusta Brutale 750 series ORO(1)
MV Agusta Brutale 800 EAS(3)
MV Agusta Brutale 800 EAS ABS(2)
MV Agusta Brutale 800 F4, 1090RR, Brutale, 675, F3 F4RR(1)
MV Agusta Brutale 800 Italia , 1090RR, Brutale, 675, F3 F4RR(1)
MV Agusta BRUTALE 800 RR(2)
MV Agusta Brutale 910(10)
MV Agusta Brutale 910 S(2)
MV Agusta Brutale 910R(2)
MV Agusta Brutale 910S(7)
MV Agusta BRUTALE 990R(5)
MV Agusta Brutale Dragster(1)
MV Agusta BRUTALE DRAGSTER 800(1)
MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800-RR(1)
MV Agusta brutale dragster 800rr(1)
MV Agusta Brutale F4(1)
MV Agusta BRUTALE R(7)
MV Agusta Burtale 910S(1)
MV Agusta Dragster 800RR(1)
MV Agusta dragster RR(2)
MV Agusta F-Series(1)
MV Agusta F3(23)
MV Agusta F3 675(22)
MV Agusta F3 675 ABS(1)
MV Agusta F3 800(3)
MV Agusta F3 800 AGO(1)
MV Agusta F3 800 EAS(2)
MV Agusta F4(128)
MV Agusta F4 1000(1)
MV Agusta F4 1000 ABS(1)
MV Agusta F4 1000R(9)
MV Agusta F4 1000R SENNA(1)
MV Agusta F4 1000S(3)
MV Agusta F4 312R(1)
MV Agusta F4 750(1)
MV Agusta F4 750 S(1)
MV Agusta F4 750 Series ORO(1)
MV Agusta F4 Monoposto(1)
MV Agusta F4 R312 1+1(1)
MV Agusta F4 RR(20)
MV Agusta F4 RR 312 1078(1)
MV Agusta F4 SENNA(5)
MV Agusta F4 Tamburini(1)
MV Agusta F4/1000R(1)
MV Agusta F41000RR(1)
MV Agusta F4CC(1)
MV Agusta F4CC ( Claudio Castiglioni)(1)
MV Agusta F4R(10)
MV Agusta F4R 1000(1)
MV Agusta F4RR(1)
MV Agusta F4RR ABS, 1090RR, Brutale 800, 675, F3 F4(4)
MV Agusta F4RR CORSA CORTA(1)
MV Agusta Gilera(1)
MV Agusta Ipotesi(1)
MV Agusta Mini Bike(1)
MV Agusta Motorcycle(1)
MV Agusta MV Agusta(1)
MV Agusta MV Agusta F4 1000 Veltro Strada(1)
MV Agusta MV Agusta F4 R(1)
MV Agusta MV Augusta(1)
MV Agusta Other(38)
MV Agusta Ovunque(1)
MV Agusta RIVALE 800 EAS(1)
MV Agusta Senna Collector's SEE VIDEO!! 1 of 300(1)
MV Agusta SENNA EDITION(1)
MV Agusta Sport(1)
MV Agusta STRADALE(2)
MV Agusta Stradale 800(2)
MV Agusta STRADALE 800 ABS EAS(1)
MV Agusta Superbike(1)
MV Agusta TURISMO VELOCE(1)
MV Agusta Turismo Veloce 800(1)
MV Agusta Turismo Veloce Lusso(1)