SHOW
Owned for some years by the Cagiva
gro up 's boss, Clau d io Castiglioni , the
MV na me has be en a p p lied w ith the
approval of Count Rocco Agusta (who
launched the new bike in company wit h
Cas tiglioni and MV's mul ti-time World
Cha mpio n Giacomo Agostini) to th e
new rad ial-valve DOHC four -cyli nd er
F4 Superbike developed by Cagiva over
the past seven years from an origin al
eng ine layout designed in conjunctio n
with Fer rari . Cagiva designe r Massimo
Tamburini has wrapped the fuel-injected 16-valve motor in an advanced versio n of a Segale-type modular chassis,
with a tubular- steel upper spacefram e
mated to cast-magnes ium uprights combining the lower engine mounts and the
pivot for the sing le-sid ed swi ngarm .
Th en Tambu rin i encl ose d th e wh ol e
structure in tigh t-fitting ultra-distinctive
bodywork, painted red and silver like
the generations of MV Agusta GP racers
that won 75 World Cha m pionships and
270 Gra nd s Prix over a quarter of a century of competition.
The MV's overall design mar ks a significant step forward from Tamburini's
acclaimed 916 Ducati uf four years ago es pecia lly w it h the so-ca lled "Agusta
organ" battery of four ex ha us t pipes
By Alan Cathcart
Photos by Kyoichi Nakamura
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