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Press Release – MV Agusta Returns to GP Motorcycle Racing

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Even though they last won a Grand Prix race in 1976, MV Agusta is still the most successful European motorcycle manufacturer of all time in the discipline, with a total of 75 world titles (38 rider/37 manufacturer) between 1952 and 1974. After 42 years, MV is back – though they’re starting in Moto2 as partners with Forward Racing.

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Sitting for 4 Decades – 1952 MV Agusta 125 Turismo D

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Post Listing Update: This Turismo D was pulled off of eBay, final sale price unknown. The “D” model of MV Agusta’s 125 Turismo was produced in 1952, and the main upgrades from the “C” included the front suspension (as MV calls it, a “pressed steel front parallelogram suspension”) and a new gas tank. This beautiful example has spent “almost all …

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1952 MV Agusta Sport E

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Remember Gary Kohs collection of MV Agustas – 71 beautiful bikes that he turned down an offer of $800,000 for during an auction in Monterey in 2012? The next year, he ended up auctioning off everything individually through a separate auction in Vegas and he got a total of nearly $850,000. I bring all this up because this Sport E …

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1957 MV Agusta 175 CSTL

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The MV Agusta CSTL was the Italian firm’s first production four-stroke. It came with a dual seat (as opposed to the single seat on the CST) as the TL stood for “Turismo Lusso”. That’s right, this was a touring bike.

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1956 MV Agusta CSTL

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The MV Agusta CSTL was the Italian firm’s first production four-stroke. Here’s an example with rough paint (which I find endearing in this situation) but solid mechanicals – to me, this is classic bike heaven.