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MV Agusta stands for Meccanica Verghera Agusta and has been making motorcycles since the end of World War II. The Italian company began making small-capacity bikes until the 1960s when it began producing larger-capacity road bikes as it still does. The company has a long and proud racing heritage featuring riders such as the legendary Giacomo Agostini, Mike Hailwood, Phil Read and John Surtees. We preview coming new models and updates as well as road testing current models for performance, handling, comfort, styling, practicality, economy and more.
MV Agusta plans to go racing in the USA to boost sales as the Australian importers launch the new Brutale 800 America and seek racers for the 2018 MotoAmerica series. Australian importing group Urban Moto Imports was selected to take over the importing of Italian MV Agusta bikes into the USA and Canada in January …
Financially shaky Italian manufacturer MV Agusta is not introducing any new models this year, but is pumping out plenty of variants, especially of their popular Dragster 800. The latest is the Dragster 800 RC. Basically it’s an RR with World Superbike race livery plus some carbon fibre bits and a higher price tag. There is …
MV Agusta has released a video and details of its first limited-edition RVS model from its Reparto Veicoli Speciali which is Italian for special vehicles department. The RVS#1 will be hand-built on the new ‘special vehicles’ production line at MV’s Schiranna factory in Varese, Italy. MV Agusta has struggled with financial difficulties in the past couple …
Italian motorcycle manufacturer MV Agusta appears to be jumping on the scrambler bandwagon with this teaser video of their upcoming RVS. RVS stands for Reparto veicoli speciali which is Italian for special vehicles department, so it may not be a full production run, just a limited edition. However, who could blame them for jumping on …
Cash-strapped MV Agusta is not introducing any new models this year, but has promised several model variants and special editions that could include this Dragster 800 Blackout. Although it’s not yet confirmed for production, it looks great and black has always been a popular colour among riders. The Dragster 800 Blackout is mechanically the same …
MV Agusta boss Giovvani Castiglioni promised they would be downsizing and not developing new models and he delivered at the EICMA show last week with just an update of the Brutale 800 RR. While the company has been innovating and producing new models over the past few years, their liquidity issues have certainly slowed down …
This teaser video of an MV Agusta Progetto Memento Strato street tracker concept seems to show MV on a model offensive with four race replicas also unveiled in the past couple of weeks. At the moment it’s being referred to as Progetto Memento which suggests it’s just a project or concept, rather than a production-ready …
MV Agusta has revealed several new race replicas, not only of their F3 and F4 sportsbikes, but also their “fast-touring” Turismo Veloce 800 RC (above). The Turismo Veloce RC and Lusso models will be unveiled at the EICMA show in Milan next week, while the F3 RC and F4 RC were revealed last week. Interestingly, the photo …
The 2017 versions of the MV Agusta F3 RC have increased in price by $1500 and, in a telling move, have dropped the AMG logo. Only 350 of the bikes will be available and they can be ordered in Australia now. Prices are $22,490 for the F3 675 RC and $24,990 for the F3 800 …
MV Agusta claims it is back on its financial feet, winning a major design accolade and unveiling a couple of surprises at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan in November. One of those surprises is believed to be an all-new Brutale with a Euro4-compliant 998cc engine, down from 1078cc, but expected to be more powerful (192hp and 111Nm). Motorcycle News …