MV AGUSTA 1954 BIALBERO 125CC 1 CYL DOHC SOLD MV Agusta 1954 123.5cc Bialbero Racing Motorcycle Frame no. 150090 Engine no. 150163 ‘The Verghera marque’s unequalled record of success during the 28 years from 1948 to 1976 won them over 3,000 races and 37 World Championships… The list of riders who raced MV machinery reads like a Who’s Who of motorcycle sport, with Cecil Sandford, Les Graham, Bill Lomas, Carlo Ubbiali, John Surtees, Luigi Taveri, Gary Hocking, Mike Hailwood, Giacomo Agostini and Phil Read prominent among them.’ – Mick Walker, ‘MV Agusta’. Although best known for their multi-cylinder four-strokes, multiple World Championship-winning MV-Agusta built lightweights throughout its manufacturing career and in its early days listed small two-strokes and V.O.F. Yesterdays - www.yesterdays.nl - offi
[email protected] - +31 495 54 60 54 | Page: 1 even a scooter. The racing 125cc two-strokes that first appeared in 1948 were a major success, winning the arduous Milan- Taranto road race in 1950, ’51 and ’52, but at World Championship level the MVs were outclassed by the four-stroke FB-Mondial with its twin-overhead-cam engine. Count Agusta’s response was to hire Gilera’s chief designer Piero Remor together with its chief mechanic, Arturo Magni in 1950. However, the new Remor-designed 125cc four-stroke was not an immediate success, scoring only a single points-paying finish in 1950 and just one podium result in ’51, the latter courtesy of new arrival Les Graham. It was only following Mondial’s withdrawal from racing that MV bagged its first 125cc World Championship, Cecil Sandford taking the riders’ title in 1952.