1973 MV Agusta 750S
Miles: 2,337 [3,762km]
Clean Title
Listed Price: $140,000 Or Best Offer
Listing Ends: September 8th, 2025
Although they were a dominant force in motorcycle racing and successfully produced a range of small-displacement roadbikes throughout the 1950s and 1960s, MV Agusta’s first serious foray into large-displacement motorcycle production was with the world’s first production transverse inline four that found its home in the somewhat hideous and probably best-forgotten MV Agusta 600 in 1965. That was followed by the 743cc MV Agusta 750S in 1970. The new bike was more gran turismo and less outright sportbike. As a result, it was relatively heavy at 560lbs wet and the beautiful, sand-cast aluminum, gear-driven twin-cam engine was designed to be more durable. Assuming you ignored the completely unfiltered quartet of Dellorto carburetors… Most significantly, it featured shaft final drive, a change supposedly included to prevent privateers from simply buying production bikes off the showroom floor and competing against factory teams. This original version made 69hp and had drum brakes to haul the bike down from its 130mph top speed. Unimpressive specifications by today’s standards, but heady stuff in 1973, and all accompanied by that Italian four-cylinder wail.
1973 MV Agusta 750S
#2 Bike for 1973
3,762 KILOMETERS
Tri color Tank
Magni Conversion
Imported and Titled in the US.
Extremely rare and desirable.
Runs and Rides, please see videos.In person viewing welcome in our showroom in Sanford Fl.
Private Sale direct from owner out of private collection.
This is the only one in North America that is available currently.
As was mentioned above, all of the production road-going MVs of the period featured shaft drive. However, as you’ll notice from the pictures, this particular MV Agusta 750S features the ultra-rare Magni chain-drive conversion kit, making it just that much more desirable. This is one of the rarest and most iconic sportbikes of all time and appears to be in unrestored condition, although the seller’s description is a bit vague. I’m sure they’d be happy to elaborate, if you’re an interested party. They’ve also included a couple of videos of the bike being started and of it being ridden. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if you’re an Italian bike aficionado and happen to have $140,000 burning a hole in your pocket.
-tad
I participated in 2 Quail gatherings, 2017 & 2018 with the SB8R and the YB10 respectively. The shows are held on Saturdays and Quail rides is on Fridays. Back then the rides sold out in the matter of hours and I missed my opportunity in 2017. In 2018 being a savy veteran Quail participant I jumped on the opened sign up link for the ride. I’ll jump ahead and say that the Quail ride was overrated and may have not been worth the $350 i paid back in 2018 with 2 exceptions. The first was the 3 laps around Laguna Seca. The second, and to me by far the most valuable was riding behind Lee Hoffseth’s ’74 MV 750S. We were riding the local backroads and while the MV was no match for the Dieci, I hung back behind Lee’s bike just bask in the “melody” of the 750 exhaust. To this day it was the most distinguished exhaust sound I experienced.
Here’s a photo of Lee on his MV courtesy of Bike-urious:
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I was surprised, the first time I heard one. I expected… I’m not sure what I expected, but the sound the MV delivered was much richer and more exotic than any four-cylinder I’d heard before. I was always hoping to hear one of Daniel’s run one day.