1998 Giacomo Agostini Tests MV Agusta F4 - 3-Page Vintage Motorcycle Article

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1998 Giacomo Agostini Tests MV Agusta F4 - 3-Page Vintage Motorcycle Article
Original, vintage magazine article
Page Size: Approx: 8" x 11" (21 cm x 28 cm)
Condition: Good
It lives! Skeptics, take-it all back:The
MV Agusta F4 not only exists, it works, and; ;
its beautiful voice sounds different frotp that. -
of all other four-cylinder motorcyclcs.Ttie ■ - ■ <
yvohdeifuL75Q,queen oflast year’s Mi lai) • .Show, is a reality, wiihproductidnofthe first, .
200 machines scheduled to start just after siihunerA /
To celebrate th^$ct, parent company
and Italy’s MofQtt&ismo magazii^Uytied .leg^r
endary 15-time.^Vorld Champion.Giacomo
Agostini to be meihst ^civilian’’ toride ti?e ne^ j-
MV. And whatbetter.location than^^ia^;^,^;
home of Gruppp^gusta’s helicop^^manufac^f?
Hiring plant?
JEver the gentleman,Agostini tosfeto^epc^a<.?7/
sidn. was really happy to have this|^ij£gei
and to finally.dispel the doubts oftho^fewho
feared this motorcycle jyasi so beautifufe|fiat if:
would remain aniipii^iia^ble dream?’ he tfaid. - - sf
“Instead, the"MV^4is* here; complete arid work-. ?
ing. And it is a beaiitifol motorcycle?*
Indeed. The bikers£eautiful-we canriotsay
that enough-and tiife itiipressiolre^tends to its <
individual parts. Above all, the incredible shape
of the swingarm stands oirt.TfWmoderri sculp-
ture, rather than a one-piece casting, and weighs
just 8 pounds. The frame^or what is visible of it
under the streamlining-is equally lovely, com-
prising a unique blend of steel tubes.and alloy
castings. Even such seemingly trivial compo-
nents as the brake arid clutch levers have been
lovingly, crafted. With respect to the motorcycle
that toured the show circuit, onlylhe wheels of
“our” MV were different; in place of the special,
star-shaped ones were standard Marchesinis
made for a Ducali 916.
If Massimo Tamburini is responsible for the
MV’s beautiful lines, the father of the engine is
Ingegnere Andrea Goggi. Thirty-four years old,
and with Cagiva since 1988, Goggi is enthusiastic