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MV Agusta Riders
Several riders chose to ride for MV Agusta, ranging from professionals to amateurs, support riders as well as the very best aces, riders that wrote some of the very best and most spectacular pages in racing history. Remembering all of ...
Phil Read
Born in Luton, England in 1939, this smiling and elegant rider who was a lover of luxury (he went to the tracks with his white Rolls) practically closed the glorious MV world championship cycle. MV signed him in 1972, after ...
Gianfranco Bonera
Born in 1945 in the province of Udine, although he received his motorcycle training in the Monza area, athletic (he made his sports debut as a cyclist), exuberant and free and easy-going, Bonera often fell short of important goals not ...
Leslie Graham
A former RAF pilot and an excellent engineer, Graham arrived at MV in 1951 at the age of 39 with the job of developing the Four-Cylinder 500, a powerful though hard to ride machine owing to the audacious engineering solutions ...
Mike Hailwood
One of the most loved riders of all times, Hailwood was the initiator of the "frog" style, with knees pointing outwards. He raced and won in all the classes, including 125, which certainly was not suited to his height. He ...
Carlo Bandirola
Born in 1914 in Voghera, Italy, where he passed away in 1981, Bandirola won the Italian Championship title in 1958 with the MV Four-Cylinder. He clinched the victory following a 20-year career that started in 1937 with Gilera and that ...
Giacomo Agostini
Giacomo Agostini and MV Agusta made the legend of motorcycling. Their association started in 1965 when Count Domenico Agusta realised that the youngster from Bergamo would effectively support the unforgettable Mike Hailwood. In actual fact, Agostini never played that role. ...
Carlo Ubbiali
With his nine world championship trophies, he is one of the most titled riders of all times. Born in Bergamo, Italy in 1929, he spent three years at Mondial where he won the World Cchampionship in 1951 before joining MV ...
John Surtees
When MV approached him at the end of the 1955 season, young 21-year-old Surtees, who was born into a well-to-do family of motorcycle enthusiasts in Catford, had already won 77 races, mainly with Norton 350's and 500's. He was capable ...
Gary Hocking
One of the bravest riders in motorcycling history, he drew attention to himself in 1958 with Norton, above all on difficult courses and in extreme conditions. After leaving his home in Rhodesia, MZ signed him on in 1958 to ride ...
Cecil Sandford
Born in Blockley in 1928, MV Agusta signed him on in 1952 to try - together with Graham, Sala and Copeta - to shatter the World Championship front. The undertaking was a roaring success due to his finishes (3 wins ...
Angelo Bergamonti
Born in the province of Cremona in 1939, he realized his dream of being signed on by MV in the late ‘70’s, following a shining career that brought him two Italian Championship titles with Morini (250 and 500) in 1967 ...
Testimony Of The "Champion"
"During my professional road racing career I was always considered a very fortunate rider. Certainly, winning 15 World titles, 18 Italian Championships and scoring hundreds of race victories came about thanks to a combination of circumstances in which an element ...
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