MV Agusta
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WSB: Camier switches to Honda for 2018
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Leon Camier has signed to switch to the Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team for 2018, taking on the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship with the Dutch-based squad after three full seasons with MV Agusta. Currently sitting in eighth place in the world championship standings, the former BSB Champ has seen his season begin to improve…
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Video: MV Agusta unveils its RVS bike
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So here it is. MV Agusta has finally unveiled its RVS (Reparto Veicoli Speciali) bike. After much tootling and fanfare the bike turns out to be a Brutale with bits bolted on. According to the waffle around the ‘customised’ motorcycles that are bespoke to a buyer’s tastes, this is what happens when designers and engineers…
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MV Agusta avoids bankruptcy in Italian court
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MV Agusta has avoided bankruptcy after an Italian court ruled that the firm’s cost-cutting plans did go far enough to save the marque. An application submitted to the court in Varese explaining that the factory was cutting costs and the amount of models in the range was upheld by Judge Miro Santangelo. Santangelo has now…
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Rumour: MV Agusta USA about to be sold?
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Rumour: MV Agusta USA about to be sold? Reported on American motorcycle web outlet Asphalt & Rubber by the excellent Jensen Beeler comes this interesting nugget about the troubled Italian brand, MV Agusta. Whilst there’s virtually no other comment or news about this to be found elsewhere, we’re inclined to believe Beeler’s reports because his…
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MV Boss Castiglioni: “We’ve no cash for development of new superbike”
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MV Boss Castiglioni: “We’ve no cash for development of new superbike.” MV Agusta boss Giovanni Castiglioni (above) has opened up about where MV Agusta is right now, saying that there’s no money in the firm’s pocket to put towards the development of a new Superbike. The news means that MV is merely going to up…
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WSS: PJ Jacobsen bags a factory World Supersport ride for 2017
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WSS: PJ Jacobsen bags a factory World Supersport ride for 2017. MV Agusta Reparto Corse has announced its new WorldSSP signing, Patrick “PJ” Jacobsen. The 23 year old from Montgomery, New York will compete on the MV Agusta F3 675 in the 2017 World Supersport season. After only three full seasons in the Championship, Jacobsen…
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It’s quality over quantity as MV Agusta fights to stay in business
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MV Agusta has submitted an industrial and financial plan to the authorities in Italy, in an attempt to keep the company in business. Financial troubles are nothing new to the Italian manufacturer, but recently creditors have been getting worried, and the latest twist in the saga is that MV Agusta has put a plan together…
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Video: Fancy hearing that F4Z Zagato MV thing fire up? Here you go, then
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Video: Fancy hearing that F4Z Zagato MV thing fire up? Here you go, then. Here’s a cool bit of a cool video that we thought we’d show you, it’s that one-off special F4Z Zagato special from MV Agusta/Zagato (the Italian car special builder) that we first showed you ages ago, and here it is being…
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Official MV Agusta 2017 image surfaces in Italy…
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What do you reckon to that image then? There’s been lots of ups and downs with the MV Agusta brand recently and various re-hashes about the brand being OK – despite three investors sniffing around and AMG Mercedes positioning itself to move should the 25% stake in the firm be reduced – but this still…
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MV reveals F4Z custom superbike a week early
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We’ve been telling you about this bike for weeks now and MV Agusta has just revealed its F4Z custom superbike a week early on the factory’s own Twitter account. The bike, built around the Italian bike firm’s F4 superbike, has been commissioned as a one-off for a Japanese entrepreneur with the design actually being a…
