MV Agusta

Motorcycle auctions have always been somewhat of a sideshow during Monterey Car Week, but just the same, some delectable machinery is scattered between the four-wheeled lots and this year saw quite a few remarkable two-wheeled offerings.

MV Agusta has released a new special edition of its Turismo Veloce Lusso sports tourer, featuring a wacky centrifugal automatic clutch arrangement that might sound familiar to dirt bike riders. Crucially, though, the clutch lever remains, so you can choose when you feel like clutching or auto-ing.

A few days after announcing the updated Dragster 800 RC, MV Agusta has outed a refined F3 RC supersport in both 675 and 800 versions. There’s also​ a new special Brutale 800 RR Pirelli to celebrate a partnership extension with the Italian tire manufacturer.

The limited RC version of the naked Dragster 800 has received an update, invisible from the outside, yet extensive enough to make a difference. A series of mechanical changes aim to bring the triple-cylinder motor up to par with the latest emission norms without compromising its fiery character.

This year the Autumn Stafford Sale seemed more eccentric than normal, with some extraordinary motorcycles selling for not very much, and at the other end of the scale, several of the most expensive two-stroke motorcycles ever sold at auction.

MV Agusta has again partnered with Lewis Hamilton to create a collectible model under the F1 champ’s name. After last year’s Dragster LH44 roadster, MV has gone all out with a very limited batch of F4 RCs, the already numbered homologation special created for the superbike world championship.

There are two big motorcycle auctions that will be part of Monterey Car Week this year, one at Mecum, which acquired the world's largest motorcycle auction house, Mid-America, a few years back, and the other through Worldwide Auctioneers. We've put together the most interesting bikes available.

When an Italian manufacturer with a legendary history announces the creation of a special vehicles division, we instinctively think exotic bikes limited to the few that can afford them. Such is the case as MV Agusta officially presents the Reparto Veicoli Speciali #1.​

Many exciting motorcycles went to auction during the Villa Erba auction last Saturday, and in a sign that the motorcycle market is undergoing change, most of the really big ticket items failed to sell. Here's a quick rundown of the main bikes and how they fared.

Bonhams' twice yearly Staffordshire auctions are held in the heartland of Britain's heritage-rich motorcycle country, regularly throwing up basket cases and barn finds of extraordinary value and deceased estates with significant caches of rare motorcycles. This week was no different.

"Emotional Touring" goes the tagline for MV Agusta's first crack at a luxury mile muncher, but it left us far less weepy than we might have expected. The Turismo Veloce Lusso is a quick, quirky and clever machine with some very nifty tricks up its sleeve.

An unprecedented 1000 motorcycles sold in Las Vegas this year and the strength of the marketplace was clearly evident by the top 150 sales, arranged here for easy browsing