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    MV Agusta (Italian pronunciation: [ˌɛmmeˈvi aˈgusta], full name: MV AGUSTA Motor S.p.A., original name: Meccanica Verghera Agusta or MV) is a high end...
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    The MV Agusta 500cc road racers were motorcycles that the manufacturer MV Agusta built and which were used to compete in 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing...
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    The MV Agusta 500cc Three (1965–1973) or MV Agusta Tre was a road racing motorcycle produced by the Italian manufacturer MV Agusta to compete in the 500 cc...
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    Giacomo Agostini (category 500cc World Championship riders)
    and MV bikes in the 500cc class, yet raced only once in the 350cc to win in Assen. For the challenging Nürburgring, he chose the 500cc MV Agusta and took...
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    The MV Agusta 500 four-cylinder (1973–1976) was a racing motorcycle manufactured by the Italian company MV Agusta, for competing in the 500 cc series...
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    Gianfranco Bonera (category 500cc World Championship riders)
    road racer. His best year was in 1974 when he won the Nations Grand Prix and finished second to his MV Agusta teammate, Phil Read, in the 500cc world...
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    and Sidecar. The premier class is MotoGP, which was formerly known as the 500cc class. The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship was established in...
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    Italian motorcycle manufacturer Cagiva, and years later became part of MV Agusta. A group of the company's managers and engineers were not willing to move...
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    John Surtees (category 500cc World Championship riders)
    Prix motorcycle World Champion, with four titles in the premier 500cc class with MV Agusta. Surtees won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1964...
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    Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta) wins both the 350cc and 500cc titles. 1969: Godfrey Nash riding a Norton Manx becomes the last rider to win a 500cc Grand Prix riding...
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    Umberto Masetti (category 500cc World Championship riders)
    was again in the 500cc class with Gilera. In 1955 he divided his time between the 250cc and 500cc classes, this time for the MV Agusta factory, with whom...
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    Gary Hocking (category 500cc World Championship riders)
    car racer. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1958 to 1962, most prominently as a member of the MV Agusta factory...
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    sidecars. The premier class is MotoGP, which was formerly known as the 500cc class. The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship was established in...
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  • The MV Agusta 203 Bialbero and MV Agusta 220 Bialbero were Italian factory racing motorcycles made by MV Agusta to compete in the 1955 250 cc World Motorcycle...
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    Angelo Bergamonti (category 500cc World Championship riders)
    road racer. Bergamonti was born in Gussola. His best year was in 1970 when he finished third in the 500cc world championship, behind his MV Agusta teammate...
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    Remo Venturi (category 500cc World Championship riders)
    motorcycle road racer. His best years were in 1959 and 1960 when he finished second in the 500cc world championship to his MV Agusta teammate, John Surtees...
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    Agusta. Sheene rode the motorcycle to its first Grand Prix race win at the 1975 500cc Dutch TT. Sheene rode an RG 500 to win the 1976 and 1977 500cc world...
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    Nello Pagani (category 500cc World Championship riders)
    was more involved with motorcycle racing and became the manager of the MV Agusta team. He was the father of Alberto Pagani, who was also a racing motorcyclist...
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    Mike Hailwood (category 500cc World Championship riders)
    Prix motorcycle World Champion, with four titles in the premier 500cc class with MV Agusta, and won 76 motorcycle Grands Prix across 10 seasons. Hailwood...
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    Italy during the previous years. MV Agusta reverted their decision several days later. This situation left reigning 500cc champion Libero Liberati and reigning...
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    NSU's products on display. Mike Hailwood raced in 1958 on Ducati, NSU, MV Agusta, Norton, Triumph, Paton and in 1958 was 4th in the world championship...
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    championship. With the departure of Honda from the Grand Prix scene, MV Agusta proceeded to dominate the larger classes with Giacomo Agostini winning...
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  • Alberto Pagani (category 500cc World Championship riders)
    Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1972 when he finished second in the 500cc world championship, behind his MV Agusta teammate, Giacomo Agostini...
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  • RC 390 Langer's "NSU Bison 2000" 2 liter single Moto Guzzi Cardellino MV Agusta 125 SOHC MZ SM 125 MZ Skorpion New Werner Norton CS1 Peugeot JetForce...
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  • Piero Remor (category MV Agusta)
    and motorcycle constructor, best known for his work for the Gilera and MV Agusta brands. Piero Remor studied at the Sapienza University of Rome, with,...
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  • Twin Jawa 350 V4 Kawasaki KR350 MV Agusta 350 Twin MV Agusta 350 4C (1954–1964) MV Agusta 350 Six MV Agusta 350 3C MV Agusta 350 4C (1972–1976) MZ 350 Twin...
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  • Isle of Man TT (redirect from Tt racers)
    races for the 350cc Junior TT motor-cycles and the Blue Riband event the 500cc Senior TT race. The race did not take place from 1915 to 1919 due to the...
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  • List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Riders' Champions by year (category Lists of Grand Prix motorcycle racers)
    Moto3, and MotoE. Classes that have been discontinued include Formula 750, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 80cc, 50cc and Sidecar. The Grand Prix Road-Racing...
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    Phil Read (category 500cc World Championship riders)
    ride for the MV Agusta factory racing team in the 350 World Championship. In 1973, riding in both the 350 and 500 classes, he took the 500cc title, the...
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    Smart and a teenage Barry Sheene. At the time, the MV Agusta factory had won 14 consecutive 500cc World Championships, including five won by Agostini...
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