In 1952, Cecil Sandford won the 125cc World Championship on a MV Agusta – the first of the firm’s 37 titles. The next year, MV released the Monoalbero (single cam), designed to be a privateer racer you could get straight from the factory.
The bike was impressively similar to Sandford’s works racer piloted by Cecil Sandford, with a duplex loop frame, telescopic forks, Dell’Orto carb, and more. The bike produced 16 horsepower, good enough for a top speed of 90 miles per hour, though these bikes had the slight additional weight of a generator to affix lights for events like the Moto Giro. Production estimates vary – I’ve seen numbers as low as 52 to as high as 400.
This specific example is claimed to be built to ‘factory race specification by a French team that ran the MV Factory effort.’ With that in mind, this example has the Works alloy seat and oil tank (twice the stock size). You’ll get the original oil tank and lots of spare parts.
Find this little Italian racer for sale in Coffs Harbour, Australia for $90,000 here at Raider Moto.