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RealClassic MV AGUSTA 175 REBUILD

This model has pretty good brakes, a 180mm front drum and 150mm rear, with very nice, all-alloy hubs. The castings exude high quality as you'd expect from a company with links to the aero industry. The forks are of a similar upside-down configuration to those on my Mi-Val (see RC170), possibly bought from the same component supplier. They even had the same problem, with one spring broken in several pieces – possibly from the impact which this bike suffered some time in its history.

There's also no drain for the fork oil, which makes changing it tricky. So I added a drain spigot and brazed it in place on

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