YESTERDAY’S HERO

There’s certainly no company more entitled to produce a retro model using current MV Agusta hardware than Moto Magni, whose founder the late Arturo Magni was the architect of the historic Italian trophy marque’s remarkable haul of 75 road racing World Championships in 26 years.

And that’s what Magni’s youngest son Giovanni, 61, has indeed successfully done over the past eight years by creating Moto Magni’s array of MV Agusta-powered tribute models, combining today’s engineering and performance with the styling spirit of yesteryear. First came the Storia (‘history’ in Italian), a classically-styled but super-striking four-cylinder Streetfighter which debuted in 2013, and continues in production today with more than 30 such bikes built to date in the Magni factory at Samarate, north of Milan. The Storia is based on any Brutale model from the original 2003-model 750cc version onwards, and Magni-tised with different bodywork while retaining the original frame and engine.

But next Giovanni turned to the Brutale 800’s three-cylinder motor, and constructed an all-new Magni twin-shock frame to house this