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Mv Agusta Sport America /" MV AGUSTA SPORT AMERICA Getting the adrenalin flowing OVERWORKED ,nd somehow imdequate wnve" a ;!and"d model to Man" state of "an,mission hocd to fault and the disc fnmt wmds like Chamcta and P""nce and tune. It looks a b"tle-""ced vetemn fm a bcakes occ ,we;omely poweduL The engine Chmisma tend to "em in cnnvwotions dming machine with jU;!' few thousand miles behind it makes all the ,ight noises, mu,ic to an chance meetings of enthosiasts on the w,d when but that is pahaps not smpeising in view of its enthusiast'; eae. These it take; wmething the focm of discu;sion is an MV Agusta 750 histoey. It had a haed life bdoce W"d got it. ,peeial to get me out bed at six in the Spoet Amed". It gets the ad"nalin flowing MV Conce"iomiees of Slough had apimently moming. The MV did. On test it cowed 1,035 even when hunched in silent majesty on the used it foe Pees; demonsteatinns/eoad tests and it miles in fom days. It was hacd to keep off it. It stand and it is inte"sting to "e the effect it has beacs many signs of eough "eatment foe engine w", a p,ivilege to be allowed to ,ide it foc and fast withoutce;!caint and I made the mo;! of my on people who would not nmmally give, inspection plugs have chisel macks, chipped motmeyde , "eond glance. City gents in paint" the feont of the tank indicates that it has time with it and thoeoughly enjoyed the hnw"'s no;s ow-noneha'antly, that is, foe it been caceles;ly cemoved at some time, Imge exp"ience. wou'd new du to app'" imp"ient to "amine alloy nut; on the foeks ace scoeed and low" The 750 SpoetAm"i", which beaes a s"iking soeh an obviously emty device and ,"ce must be engine cove" gmed. Wa,d believe; it w", cesemblance to the SODeo cadng foues of the token to pce"'" a civilized image. Then, if the dwpped befoce he got it. eaely 1950s, was offeced in vacious foems in the eida is ncae ,nd looks as if he might be a in five oe six ycae; it was available in B,itain. Eaely ceasomble soet, one m two polite nbsmotions He noticed it looking foelom and 750 Foms had dassic, timeless line; with dust in a com" behind the cone may be in mda, like, "A fine looking moohine wunded tank;, a dumpy "eing-type single-seat you have the"." While a bolda spieit anxious to pcemises about a ycae ago when mmoms thot and matching "toolboxe;," which doubled a; demons"ote th", d"h it all, he does know the Italians w"e halting motoceyde pwduetion batteey cow,. Subsequent ce-;!yling alteced something ,bout it, may venlme, "Rooed, wece hacdening ioto fact. Wacd, eeali,ing thot he tank shape and inteoduced loumd side panels wmn't they, yca" ago?" m pahaps - "Su"ly had to act quickly if he wanted a Fom of hi, own which, taking the place of "toolbo"," hid the that fellow Smtees did well on them - yes, befnce supplie; dded up, put in a bid and got it batt"y. In all essential" the speeificotion of knew I was eight'" Appwve of what it does and without much "nuble "' by then nobody" engine, gcaebox and "ammi"inn was the same what it cepcesents m not, an MV is difficult to Slough seemed very botheced what happened to fo, all models, though nv"bmed eyliod"" ignoce and that 'pplied with pa"icul" focee to it and shoetly aft"wa,ds speculation was alt"native camshafts and ,",bmettoes and the machine bonowed fm test. It was loud. conftemed, MV; wece indeed ce"enehing to diff"ent wheel, and bcake; weco obtainable foe This Fom, the pwonal bike of Italian eoncen"ate on helicopt'" and oth" woek. lat" machines. Theee would be no mace motoe bikes speciali;! dea'a Mike Wmd of Nottingham, is to Thece i, ;ome unceetainty ,bout the , the ;,me geneml specifie"ion as the la;! of the De;pite it, ehequeced past, the MV cem,in, a antecedents of the feame, , duplex downtube line ovailable up to 12 months ago ;,ve fm the ,dntillating pedoemet.. The magnificent engine ",die type with distinctive humped top tube to inwepmation of optiona' wmponents which is vibcationles;, the geacbox among the best, p"mit engine cerna,"', but it i, gen"ally 652 Mowcyd, Spa", D,cemb" 1979 ~ MEN OF EXPERIENCE tOad" thnugh to date he has found neith" indiffet<ntly-,Utfaced wad, wobbling at I MUST ,ecmd my thank, to thtee othet MY oppottunity nOt teal teason to ehange ftOm speed w"' mildeL I found it the ptefetable owne", all men with con,idetable Me"I",. bike of the two. expetienee nf mototeyd", fot help and Estate agent Rieh"d Matehant of Hokot, Mome echoed my finding' aftel "ying the advice when thi, MY tepmt w"' being Notthants, anoth" MY Fom own", tOde test machine and tem"ked on its low-speed ptep"ed. the te" machine ftOm Oakham to Melton "wand,," and weaving when going fa,,; I Not entitely happy with the tOadholding of Mnwb"y on dry tOad, while I followed on gath" its behavioUt nevet al"med him but Mike Weed', MY, I "ked fmmet wodd his gOOSup" Spott De'mo Ducati. Theee he eonduded th", it could be imptOved. Hi, ehampion tOad"eet Bill Lorn"" now a w"' no hanging about and aftetwatds MY has Met,letS and the "and"d Sebac deal" with ,hops at Milfmd and Cloy CtO" Matehant said he had found the MY's te" unit, and he commented; "You must go in D"byshite, what he thought of the tOadholding "aceeptable" and no diffeeent pUtposefully into a bend, not on a oeuteal tOadholding of hi, p",onal machine, an 832 Itom hi, own bike',. He also thought Weed', thtOttle, with the MY; I think i" com"ing ee MutO Magni ve"ion. Hi, bike, whieh bike had mme tmque and said it seemed ability is then my good at medium speed. had then done Ie" than a thitd of the quiekeL Moving ""ight fwm the MY, I My bike feels mOte seeUte than the te" tecommended mnning-in mileage nf 1,800, thought the big Dueati', w"dholding w"' machine and I ,houldn't be ,",ptised to loom h" Me"l"" a dnlphin faiting, much bett,,; it ""yed put in the mo" W"d', bike has been down the tOad.. ." ehamoi,-fini,hed single "at and Koni shoek convindng mann" and could be placed W"d's woekshop mechanie TtevOt ab,ntb", but i, in mo" oth" teSpects exactly wet< desited in the e"tain Miln", who h", ddden many of the ,imil" to the t"t machine. knowledge that it would hold comse no "'ge-capadty moohin" now available, LOmas, whn i, ,till, 20m so ye", on ftOm matt" what. It w"' in'pidng. Theee w"' beliem th", high engine mass, inevitable hi, "Cing days no slow-coach whatevet he plenty of meehanical dalt" below 60 mph with the t"n"",,-foUt layout, i, rid", de"ribed his bike's gtip on dty tOad, but above that 'peed the din w"' ,""ied "'pon,ible foe causing 'peed wobble and h", "' "all tight". Pte"ed, he said that it do" away on the wind. A vety impte"ive found that a Lav"da Ttiple is al,o "wobble a bit" oed thinks the handbook moohine, with good beak" and geatbo,. su"eptible. In hi, exp"ienee, big twins like tecommendations on tyte ptessuteS ... Anoth" educational intetlude ocenned the Gu"i Le Mans and Ducati vees do not ,ugg"ted minimum "tting' ate 281p,i ftOnt, when Nottinghamshite building con"actm wobble. Mi1n" eommented; "With the MY 34 teat. too high and ptef"s 24/28. Bill Moote allowed me a spin on his 750 you mu" go h"d into bend,. Don't be Son Mike, who Iti" to keep hi, Yamaha immaculate, and stand"d, 750 Spott half-heacted. Keep the pow" on and it fecls RD400 do" behind the MY on a tUn, said Amedea, which had then doeked up my good. Being gentle with the !wi"gdp he h", noticed that in bends the MY ",nak" pteeisely 800 miles. This bike, tded ov" stans it wobbling. I have found that all the a bit." Bill Lom", favou" Dunlop TnOO" winding back wad" w"' definitely mme Itan""se fou", I have ttied will wll ftOm whieh have appatently imptOved the "ability stable ovet bump'; the steedng had a taut" side to ,ide in "ttain conditions and I pnt the of ",ious spmts machin" u"d on mdin"y feel than the te" bike's and on effect down to high and wide engines." believed to be the ;ame as that made fm the 600 The 750 Spon Am"ica, compated with oth" price. With e"nkea" and "ansmission eov'" ee Tom" of the mid-1960s. An all-black Tnu"', high-pedmmanee bikes of ,imil" eapadty, "ill off and inn"ds "posed, the engine i, "cn to be a model vety me in this eountty, w"' seen in the look, deat on pap" now (thi, tepOtt w"' a WOtk of att typical of Italian enginwing hie of Man duting IT week some y'"" ago. compiled in Septemb" 1979) but the engine ",f"manship "' i" finest. Though oth" Reports suggest it was a dilettante', plaything ,hows evidence of mueh costly tefinement and manufactUtetS of I"ge-eapadty FoUts follow and an expen,ive disappointment.
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