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MV Agusta GP 500

£POA

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Want special? This is special. First raced by Angelo Bergamonti in 1970, it’s a pukka 500cc three-cylinder GP bike that was taken to the TT in 1971 for Agostini to ride. He won, of course. There were two others and all the team’s riders used all the bikes, and there’s no record of which Ago won on – but it’s definitely one of his bikes. It was given to team mechanic Lucio Castelli as a retirement gift by Count Agusta (Lucio became his personal driver after leaving the race team), and comes with a declaratio­n of authentici­ty. Quite a thing.

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