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No kid gloves for Ago's championship-winning MV

I've seen some amazing images come across the Bikesales Network news desk, but this must surely vault to the top.

It's none other than 15-time world champion Giacomo Agostini, wiping down his championship-winning MV Agusta three-cylinder grand prix machine.

This photo was taken at the Varano circuit in Italy by the former editor of Australian Motorcycle News, Ken Wootton.

"Woose" was at Varano to watch his good buddy Alan Cathcart test a replica of Ago's four-stroke racebike, one of five built to original casting moulds last year.

But then the big bombshell - Ago also turned up after having towed his bike from Bergamo through a series of rain squalls.

By this time, Woose was hyperventilating, but he managed to hold his nerve just long enough to get this photo.

If I owned Ago's bike, I'd have it enclosed in trailer, secured with five industrial-strength locks, and then guarded by security personnel wielding capsicum spray and tazer guns. But not Ago - and isn't it refreshing.

The 57-year-old is obviously pretty laid back about owning such a piece of racing exotica, and the transport is probably no different to how he carted his Morini around in the early 1960s when he started road racing - much to his father's chagrin.

Agostini won seven of his eight 500cc world titles on the 500/3, and his last one on a two-stroke Yamaha.

He retired from racing in 1977, but his name will always be synonymous with MV Agusta.

 

To comment on this article click here Published : Wednesday, 24 June 2009
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