Comments on: MV Agusta Grand Prix Replica

By: Jmclean

Jmclean — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:59:00 +0000

Hi Klaus,good to hear from you and hope you are still enjoying your Felotti!
Cheers
J

By: Klaus Nahr

Klaus Nahr — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:09:00 +0000

Thanks BIKE EXIF for this wonderful article. I am owning one of the very few Felotti build MV Agusta Ipotesi too. And i can tell you, the sound is incredible, even with the baffles installed. For pictures take a look at http://www.flickr.com/photos/klausnahr/sets/72157622545349121/.

By: Rob Levinson

Rob Levinson — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:06:00 +0000

Looking forward to seeing it in action!

By: JSM

JSM — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:35:00 +0000

Hi Guys,
I am the owner of the 350 Felotti and just thought I should clarify a couple of things; first up, thanks for all the positive comments!; whilst Primo did all the body work, Romano Colombo supervised the engine rebuild with some performance modifications therefore, the bike is quite “quick”, certainly faster than standard and in particular, with the baffles removed! I use it mainly for demonstration laps and its suited more so to circuits like Broadford and Winton. Primo is now in his mid 80s and is having some problems with his eyes and its unlikely he will be able to produce another rep, there are less than 5 that have been built and mine is a one off with regards to the attention to detail. It has also been signed by Read and Agostini! I will try and post some on track pictures for you.
Cheers…

By: Rob Levinson

Rob Levinson — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:16:00 +0000

@ elven: I doubt the original bike at such a low mileage was that cheap. Whenever a “preserved” bike pops up, it usually fetches 3X or more what a regular mileage bike would, especially that old.

Why should such a superb replica job be done on a low-power bike? Because a) a fun bike isn’t always about the power, and b) a superb replica is often little more than a dramatically-lit centerpiece in a collection, used at most for parade laps. I seriously doubt the owner of this bike didn’t consider what he was doing before commissioning the work – give the guy a little credit, huh?

By: elven

elven — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:12:00 +0000

Yes it looks beautiful, but the original bike was 330lbs, 34bhp and capable of 106mph. MV even offerred a factory-fitted 400cc conversion to give the thing a bit more go.
The motor itself was largely a cosmetic remake of their old 350S. To use an old english expression “its all mouth and no trousers”.

My fun bike at the moment only has 40bhp, but weighs less than 300lbs. The power/weight ratio on the MV is bad.

By: elven

elven — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:45:00 +0000

Please read. The original bike probably cost no more than 4500GB pounds, check out the UK and European ads. Inevitably they are kept in good order. All the unused parts would bring decent cash. As I said, its the aluminium and the silly 2:4 exhaust that are “High end custom”.
I just don’t get why such a superb replica job should be done on an underpowered 350cc twin cylinder roadbike.