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GIACOMO AGOSTINI AGV X3000
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G
iacomo Agostini is the all-
time leader in Grand Prix
victories and world champion-
ships. The daring and hand-
some Italian superstar claimed a
staggering 15 world champion-
ships and 122 individual race
victories across the 350cc and
500cc classes in the 1960s and
early 1970s, as well as 10 Isle of
Man TT victories—a career tally
of victories over a wide range
of classes and machines that is
unlikely to ever be topped.
The only man to consis-
tently challenge the great
Mike Hailwood during one of
the golden eras of racing will
always be remembered for the
Italian Tri Color adorning the
first-ever full-face motorcycle
racing helmet, and now AGV
has decided to honor the man
with his own X3000 replica to
be released in mid-2018 as part
of the AGV Legends series,
which also honors Agostini's
rival Renzo Pasolini, who was
tragically killed along with the
great Jarno Sarinen in the 1973
Italian 250cc Grand Prix.
The X3000 will be construct-
ed in carbon fiber, the same as
what Agostini used in the 1960s
when AGV was the first compa-
ny to use the material in helmet
construction. This is a purely
retro design but one still fits like
a modern helmet, with a remov-
able and washable liner and a
cool button closer on the visor.
There will be two versions of
the X3000, one dubbed the Su-
per in four different colors, with
the Agostini helmet going for
$699 and limited to just 3000
units. CN
