500 cc MV Agusta

[John Z. Goriup]

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Don't mean to come across as maudlin & sentimental, but I've been doing a lot of housekeeping with all my digital photo files to organize them in more accessible order, and keep stumbling over a lot of obscure stuff I photographed but never did anything with. Nowadays, many of these images remind me that I didn't spend nearly enough time studying and more fully absorbing the subject, instead of only seeing them through the viewfinder.

Not in this case - John Surtees was the honored guest at the Pebble Beach Concours a few years back, and brought his '64 worldchampionship-winning Ferrari 158 F-1 car and 500 cc MV Agusta motorcycle to display on the lawn. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to talk with him at length and study the machines in detail, with John generously supplying history & details I had never heard about these machines, both of which were gifted to him by the respective teams in gratitude for winning the titles. 

M240-P / 35mm Summilux FLE

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[AndreasG]

In the late 60es MV Agusta with their 350 and 500ccm machines were the winners against the 2-stroke armada with Giacomo Agostini as the perfect driver - great photo, thanks!

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[stuny]

Lovely

[Graham (G4FUJ)]

A beautiful m/c.

Eventually MV Augusta produced the 750S America - a road bike I lusted after in my early 2 wheeler days