While Paolo Berlusconi bought the Moto Morini Italian motorcycle manufacturer, MV Agusta is still in dire straits after its owner, Harley Davidson, floated the sale of the company a while back.
With no buyer to have yet emerged, MV Agusta projects are currently on hold, including the new three–cylinder MV Agusta F3 which was set to launch the brand in the mid-size sports market.
That was until MCN discovered an F3 prototype track testing in Spain and managed to get a video of it (after the jump) doing some laps.
MCN assures us it’s a recent video, putting the date problem down to a new camera and technical difficulties.
The three–cylinder F3 is similar to the MV Agusta F4, looking more compact and shorter in the body.
Depending on what happens with the woes of MV Agusta ownership (and it’s hard not to be tempted to ironically thank Harley Davidson for that), this three–cylinder F3 project may never get off the ground, which is shame because it looks like it could be an interesting bike.
There has been some vague interest from some quarters in purchasing MV Agusta and fans are hoping it will soon return to Italian ownership, in which case we hope to see more pics and videos of this new F3 in the future…