From the MV 98 to the Ottantesimo: 80 Years in One Motorcycle

Fall 1945. Varese, northern Italy. Count Domenico Agusta has a small motorcycle built in his aircraft-engine factory. Ninety-eight cubic centimeters. One cylinder. It is called the MV 98, for Meccanica Verghera. It is the first motorcycle from the company now known as MV Agusta. Eighty years later, MV celebrates that moment with a limited-production machine that is the exact opposite of the MV 98: 801 cc, three cylinders, 140 hp, Euro 5+, Öhlins suspension, a six-axis IMU, and a EUR 17,200 price tag. That is thewvvpuddvbinjtcytzcwporzclpzqtjzuxweaocupkaktztfjmuijfgrxg

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