MV-Agusta:

MV Agusta distribution 2009 in Brussels Belgium?

Harley-Davidson Capital Brussels ( www.capitalofeurope.eu) , Award winning Dealership for Harley-Davidson and Buell 2007 for Belgium and Luxemburg is interested in distributing MV-Agusta for the Brussels Area and Brabant. Harley-Davidson Inc. announced in august the completion of its 100% acquisition of Varese, Italy based MV Agusta Group, a privately-held Italian motorcycle maker for 70 million euros, or $108 million. With this acquisition, all the bank debt of approximately 45 million euros, or $69 million is satisfied. “We are thrilled to welcome the MV Agusta family of customers and employees into the Harley-Davidson family of premium motorcycle brands,” Jim Ziemer, Harley-Davidson’s chief executive officer, said in a news release. “Our primary focus with this acquisition is to grow our presence and enhance our position in Europe as a leader in fulfilling customers’ dreams, complementing the Harley-Davidson and Buell motorcycle families.” In conjunction with the acquisition, Harley-Davidson has appointed Matt Levatich as managing director of MV Agusta Group. Levatich, 43, joined Harley-Davidson in 1994 and has served in various roles including positions in Harley-Davidson Europe sales and marketing.

Harley-Davidson to own MV Agusta and Cagiva

Harley has announced today the purchase of MV Agusta and implicit Cagiva for a price of $109 million. The acquisition was long suspected as Harley had done the same thing with Buell so let’s hope that the investments will have the same effects as they did in the case of the American maker that was taken under the wing of the oldest motorcycle builder in the world. Harley has had problems of its own and it nearly lead it to bankruptcy and it seems that it is now in the business as never before.

Here’s the Press Release for you

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An Mv Agusta made out of gold?

Why would anybody do that? Well, the Mv Agusta F4 RR 312 is beautiful and triumphant, indeed the most quality build series motorcycle in the world and in order to celebrate that the maker decided to be a little more eccentric this time so the idea materialized into what you can see in the pictures. Entirely covered in 24 karate gold, the Italian bike can literally be considered a jewel.

Having the dimensions of 80 x 80 - which means a total of 5 meters - the gold sheet was applied by hand and I guess we can say that this is THE bike that looks like moving even at a standstill.

Expensive and laborious work was put into the F4 RR 312 and the refined project came to live thanks to the collaboration with Aurum which provided the precious metal for the even more precious bike.

As you can suppose, the art work was done in Italy, country which also gets all the recognition for this wonder.

A superb Luca Scassa and MV Agusta grasp second place at Mugello

At the debut race of the Italian SBK Championship at Mugello, Luca Scassa and his MV Agusta F4 R 312 run by the UnionBike Gimotorsports team were at the front of the pack. Following an excellent performance in qualifying where he got second place on the grid, Luca attacked the field from the start. Fifth at the first corner he rapidly gained ground finally taking the lead seven laps from the end. At that point Luca and Claudio Corti (riding the official Yamaha R1 of the Italian Importer) (...)
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Team UnionBike MV Agusta Gimotorsports presentation

During the presentation of the 2008 Italian Championship, the team that will run the official MV Agusta bikes presented it’s racing program for the upcoming season. Thanks to the hospitality of UnionBike, a large motorcycle parts and accessories retailer who is also a historical sponsor of the team, after the successful test at Monza the team met-up with journalists at the store in Lissone near Milan, where team manager Gigi D’Esposito thanked everyone present and gave his view on the (...)
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Mv Agusta and Citroën Italia to present the new C2 1587 Brutale

At the 6th edition of the My Special Car fair in Rimini (Italy), MV Agusta and Citroën Italia will present the new C2 1587 Brutale, a show car destined to attract the attention of the qualified public at one of the most important Tuning Trade Fairs, where nothing is standard. What made this synergy possible is the attention to detail that both brands reserve for their products, a guarantee of quality and reliability. The car gets its name from the best selling naked bike produced by (...)
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Positive tests for MV Agusta in Valencia

3 days of testing in Valencia have confirmed the important steps forward that have been made with the SBK version of the MV Agusta F4 1000 R312. The Team, the MV Agusta technicians and Luca Scassa (the official rider for 2008) have given 110% and completed all the development program while testing several new components. All the hard work has paid-off and given important indications on further development steps and improvements. "I’m extremely happy about how we are working" (...)
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MV Agusta to produce a special limited edition product in only 118 units

MV Agusta Brutale Wally Thanks to the partnership with Wally, the Brutale enters the exclusive world of yachts. Wally, headquartered at Montecarlo, is the worldwide leader in the construction of composite hull cruise yachts that unite cutting-edge technology, design, innovation, performance and style. The Brutale 910 and Wally yachts share speed and ease of use, safety and extreme levels of comfort. No other motorcycle or yacht builder has ever been able to express such levels (...)
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"Challenge Brutale 2008" will be open to all owners

Following considerable requests, MV Agusta and Gimotorsports have decided to allow registration to the "Challenge Brutale 2008" to all owners of the most exclusive Naked on the market. Besides the one-make racing series originally planned, there will also be an "Open" championship reserved for all the models produced and equipped with a complete kit. The kit includes the following material: 1 set of Dunlop tires, 1 complete kit comprised of fairing/belly (...)
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World’s greatest motorcycle grand prix racer to be honored

Italian legend Giacomo Agostini will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Legend of the Motorcycle Concours. Agostini, known to millions of fans worldwide as “Ago”, is the world’s greatest motorcycle grand prix racer with 15 Grand Prix World Championship titles. While fellow Italian and World Champion racer Valentino Rossi is close on his heels in terms of career titles, no one has yet to match Ago’s incredible record on the track. Most closely (...)
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