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Terrestrial Flyer: 1954 MV Agusta 175 CSS Disco Volante

It’s more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow, goes the old saw. The Italian Motorcycle Federation and Motoclub Terni must have agreed, because their efforts are mostly responsible for reviving the legend that is the Motogiro d’Italia.

Not that the slow bikes were all that slow. But it was a fatal car crash in another famous contest, the 1957 1,000-mile

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