Heya!

I am from the old school, and must say that Count Agusta would be very very dissapointed in the way Cagiva are running MvAgusta. In the old days bikes were made just for homologation sell/profit was secondary (just like fellow Italian E.Ferrari!)

In any case it is in now FACT that Cagiva/Mv have been % sold to Piaggio so soon we will have a VESPA with MV stickers....YUK!

These new models MV including the GOD danm ugly Brutale are just money making art, no competiton for the real new breed racing Italian companies such as Ducati,Aprilia and very soon a fantastic legend bike to re-enter the market (and much faster than the MV) the mighty if weird looking Benelli Tornado....

I really wish that Cagiva would shut down MV they have just prostituted the name and legend and contributed nothing..

My 2 cents worth.....

Ciao

-- Mike (mv_agusta@hotmail.com), February 23, 2001

Answers

Is there an article on the web anywhere? I would like to see confirmation, all I read was they were entertaining offers, which is bad already.

MV plans to race in GP in 2002 when 4-strokes are allowed back, so the pedigree will definitely improve then. Although the current F4 is beauty defined.

The Vespa isn't so bad...

-- mod (mvf4s@excite.com), February 24, 2001.

Thanks for the link.

I read that only 30% MV will be owned by Piaggio. This means that the decision makers are still in the proper hands.

Translated via babelfish.altavista.com It is born a new one, great motorcycle pole in order to contrast the Japanese colossus. After the acquisition of the Guzzi Motion from part of Aprilia, they are in arrival integrity the negotiations of Piaggio in order to confiscate one quota near 30% of the group Cagiva-MV Agusta di Claudius Castiglioni. For Piaggio, that it is controlled from the Morgan Grenfell and that as soon as has acquired the Derbi Spanish whom it produces beyond 60,000 vehicles to the year, the understanding with the group of Varese is particularly favorable since the House of Pontedera wants to re-enter in the field of the true motion and own, after to have determined I throw again of the Gilera brand, I throw again that it will be realized with the presentation to the next Hall of Milan of one supersport of 600 cc. For the group MV Agusta-Cagiva it is the great occasion in order to express the maximum of its potential one is in technical field is in sport field. The new group that will be born from this alliance will have the possibility to show a complete list with prestigious products in a position to satisfying every requirement of the world to two wheels: from the supersport one, to the naked, the cross-country vehicle, the maxiscooter, the intramontabile Vespa.

-- mod (mvf4s@excite.com), February 24, 2001.

Is there an article on the web anywhere? I would like to see confirmation, all I read was they were entertaining offers, which is bad already.

Here is the link,sorry Italian only.Seems Cagiva has run out of thing to sell to save itself ie before Ducati etc etc

http://www.edisport.it/edisport/motociclismo/news.nsf/9b264260fbdf089f c12569180053cdbd/a644b1c7de170621c12569f1003e8352?OpenDocument

If you cannot click/open the above go to www.edisport.it and search "news" at the Motociclismo site...

MV plans to race in GP in 2002 when 4-strokes are allowed back, so the pedigree will definitely improve then. Although the current F4 is beauty defined.

The MV F4 is the best/sexiest bike made even overshadows the 916/996 yet that Brutale is awefull.....

The Vespa isn't so bad...

Agree got Italy mobile after the war and is the new part owner of Cagiva/MvAgusta....

Ciao MIKE

-- Mike (mv_agusta@hotmail.com), February 24, 2001.

I just got a reply from MV yesterday that the above is not true.No aggrement has been reached yet.

-- Ben Paul Taliesin (Taliesin610@ic24.net), March 02, 2001.