"MV Agusta is the company most closely associated with Agostini. There was huge interest in its revival"

Tamburini, who ran Research in motorcycle, but it was nicely crafted. Centre which developed the bike, was The red and silver livery made a typically upbeat about what the company deliberate connection with the race bikes achieved: "I am certain that the F4, for all of the company's heyday. "We wanted to its technical content, for the technological keep the tradition of these two colours, but choices adopted, for the general quality we wanted to express them from a more achieved and for its 'personal' design can modern point of view," Tamburini said. be considered a vehicle par excellence. Glory days in the 1950s "The purpose was to make a small "I also think that the statement 'beauty is (from left): MV Agusta bike, something like the 500cc world objective', if applied to the F4, is a fertile founder Count Domenico championship bikes." Agusta, , ground for discussion!" Domenico's brother, Mario, At the heart of the machine was a radial A lot of people agreed. Behind the 916, and . valve engine, the initial design for which the F4 was described as one of the most had been done by Ferrari. Cagiva's race beautiful motorcycles on the planet. department took that, adapted it from dry to wet sump and finished off the MONEY TORQUES development for motorcycle use. Liquid Beauty wasn't cheap. A Serie Oro, if you'd cooled with four valves per cylinder and been quick enough to get on the order list, fuel injection, the powerplant claimed would have set you back around $60,000. a respectable (if not earth-shattering) The production S was around $25,000 at 126 horses. Weighing 191 kilograms dry, a time when a FireBlade would have cost it was low and narrow but ran a reasonably you $16,000. substantial wheelbase at 1412mm. What did you get for the money? In most It boasted a race-style cassette gearbox, respects, this was not a revolutionary though ambitions to get out on the track