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MAGNI’S LE MANS

When the driving force behind MV, Count Domenico Agusta, died in 1971 the days remaining for the firm’s motorbike division were numbered. The firm became a victim of corporate reshuffling and the State-infused boards and banks which took over did not tolerate the lack of profit that had previously been sustained by the Count’s passions. Inside the racing works, Arturo Magni was responsible for overseeing both bikes and the celebrity team of riders

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