MV Agusta Returns to the Podium After 37 Years

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MV Agusta Press Release: Thirty-seven years after Giacomo Agostini obtained his last great success at the Nurburgring circuit, MV Agusta returns to the world podium. The MV Agusta F3 675 in the hands of the ParkinGo team came in third during this year’s Supersport debut at the difficult Donington track in England, the fifth stage [...]

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Clash of the Italian Middleweight Exotics – Comparison Test Ducati 848 EVO Corse SE vs. MV Agusta F3 675.

Ducati and MV Agusta side-by-side comparison test

We have a soft spot for the “characters” of the motorcycle world. That’s why we were excited to throw a leg over the new 675cc, inline-Triple-powered MV Agusta F3. Like the Triumph Daytona 675 before it, this Italian-made middleweight flips the bird at the conventional 600cc-supersport-displacement norm by packing a supersized engine into its lightweight [...]

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View from the Assembly Line: 2012 MV Agusta F3 675 – Feature

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MV Agusta CEO Massimo Bordi asked Technical Director Marco Cassinelli to dismantle an F3 engine, and I was allowed to measure, weigh and take pictures of all major components. As they say, one picture is better than a thousand words! Sometime in 2006, I received a phone call from none other than the maestro, Massimo [...]

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Eric Bostrom – First Ride – MV Agusta F3 675 Is Three greater than Four?

Eric Bostrom - First Ride - 2012 MV Agusta F3 675

My journey back to Paul Ricard this past February for the press launch of the new MV Agusta F3 675 was special. This enchanting high-speed circuit is perched above the French Riviera in the arid mountains of Southern France. When I was in my early 20s, Paul Ricard was a place of “firsts”: my first [...]

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