MV Agusta F3: Italy’s 675 - First official pics

[Veloce-Fino]

shoot me your email.  this one's on me.

Know I WILL post the photo on the forum, regardless of consequences.

[ducatiz]

Know I WILL post the photo on the forum, regardless of consequences.

You have no guarantee its me. 

No one has a photo of me, thus far.  I might be incorporeal.  A Turing Machine.  Or I might be Gisele Bundchen's twin.  With a penis.

[akmnstr]

Say, does HD still own MV?  Could they become the distributor for the 10k units?

[Veloce-Fino]

You have no guarantee its me. 

No one has a photo of me, thus far.  I might be incorporeal.  A Turing Machine.  Or I might be Gisele Bundchen's twin.  With a penis.

I always assumed you were either the kid or the alpaca.

[iRam]

I like it  i hope its sub$10k

[ducatiz]

I always assumed you were either the kid or the alpaca.

I'm the fat lady in the background.

Say, does HD still own MV?  Could they become the distributor for the 10k units?

HD sold MV/Cagiva back to the Castiglioni family for a loss last year.

[Travman]

Say, does HD still own MV?  Could they become the distributor for the 10k units?

Sold back to Castigiloni for 1 euro a couple months ago.  HD paid off their debt and invested in the company by updating the F4 and Brutale. So they are essentially starting with a clean slate.

[ducatiz]

No, sold back to Castigiloni for 1 euro a couple months ago.

No, it was worse than that!

http://www.dealernews.com/dealernews/LATEST+NEWS/MV-Agusta-sale-Harley-Davidson-paid-Castiglioni-eu/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/683893

Harley-Davidson paid Claudio Castiglioni â,¬20 million to take MV Agusta back, and then forgave a â,¬103.7 million loan that The Motor Co. made to MV Agusta while they were under common corporate ownership, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

At the time of the sale, which closed Aug. 6, the exchange rate was roughly 0.75 euro to US$1. So the deal cost Harley-Davidson about $136 million at closing.

According to SEC documents, H-D “received nominal consideration in return for the transfer of MV and related assets,” yet put â,¬20 million into an escrow account for MV Agusta Motor Holding, the company Castiglioni set up to buy it back. MV Agusta will draw the funds out over a year. Harley-Davidson spokesman Bob Klein confirmed the “nominal consideration” was â,¬3, a little under US$4.

In addition, the sale and purchase agreement, signed July 31, specifies that H-D will forgive a â,¬103,789,617.60 receivable.

[Travman]

Wow that sucks for HD. I understand they were stuck with the debt, but why pay someone else to take the company. Why not just shut it down like they did Buell?

[Raux]

probably would have hurt their Italian market...
in america, killing Buell, was something I think most HD wanted

[sbrguy]

the big question is now that they essentially a clean slate, are they going to actually do something with it and make a profitable company or not?

they really do need a cheaper bike, droves of people aren't buying motorcycles in general much less 20k dollar ones

[ducatiz]

I bet HD retained something- part ownership, distributorships, technology rights, etc.  Castiglionis are slippery like that.

[swampduc]

I'm pretty interested in it. Sub 10k price tag makes it all the more appealing.   

Which will be great: you can work on it! (Who else would?)

[duclvr]

I like this, not more than the 848 evo though.

[CDawg]

Swing!

Knocking another exhaust design out of the park!