MV Agusta – 750 Sport America – 1976

This particular machine has only covered 1236 km from new; she was first registered on August 31, 1976 and the registration was ended on October 24, 1980, since when she has been part of a private collection. She comes with Lectron carburettors, 4-in-1 exhaust system, disc rear brake and Koni shocks. She has been regularly serviced and maintained in a motorcycle workshop. During the 1950s and the 1960s, MV Agusta produced small displacement bikes but as sales were starting to go down, the company decided to concentrate more on more powerful machines. The MV Agusta 600 debuted at the Milan Trade Fair in 1965. It featured final shaft drive and weighed 221 kg. It became the world's first production motorcycle with a transverse 4-cylinder engine. But the public demanded something more exciting from many-times World Champions MV, and the company duly obliged: at the Milan show in November 1969 the new 750S was presented. The capacity was upped to 743cc and the 65x56 bore x stroke engine now delivered 69hp @ 7900rpm. Four 24mm Dell'Orto carburettors were fitted and a Grimeca 8-inch four leading shoe acted as front stopper. The front brake was changed to hydraulic dual-discs in 1974. The... lees verder bij Catawiki