- •• •••••• :- GIOVANNI MAGNI "We wanted to produce a new bike with an MV Agusta engine, so two years ago we started this project. This is the bike that can complete our story. Magni started with my father at MV Agusta, and now we have a new bike with an MV engine, and three cylinders. 1 think it's a really interesting bike for Magni and MV Agusta together. "The idea with the Storia was to create a bike that wasn't too expensive so we used the standard MV Agusta frame, and changed the tank, seat, wheels and so on. It has been successful, but some customers said that if you want to produce a real Magni MV you have to make a new frame, otherwise it's not authentic. "So that's what we did with the Filo Rosso. I wanted to remember the style of the old racing bike, especially the three-cylinder bike of Agostini. The first prototype was shown at EICMA in 2014, and the reaction was really positive [interest following that Milan Show unveiling crashed the Magni website], so we developed the bike throughout 2015, and started production this year. "It was a lot of work to develop all the parts. The frame looks like an old one but it is completely calculated for the new bike. The engine has a lot of power - 125bhp is a lot for this kind of bike! So you can't use an old frame design. Also the suspension looks old but it's completely new with modern hydraulics inside. "The engine is standard, because if I have to work for homologation it will be easier. But on this bike there is no airbox and no catalyser, because at the moment we are selling the Filo Rosso mainly to people who want to use it on the track or in demos. "Some customers want to use it on the road and have made one-off homologation. This depends on which country you are in. In Italy it is quite difficult, in other countries it is possible, and some like Canada it is easy. We are producing only to order, so we have a waiting list - at the moment of another five bikes. Assembly takes about three days, but only if we have all the parts. Normally we have to wait for something."
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