The name MV Agusta will forever be associated with Italian race legend Giacomo Agostini.
An exotic dream for most, both in 1970 when the 750S was launched and in 1999 when the brand was relaunched with the MV Agusta F4 750S, with exclusivity in mind on both occasions.
MV Agusta had already won 30 Grand Prix manufacturers titles by the time the 750S appeared.
Naturally this produced a huge fan base of both the man Agostini himself, who had by this time become a race legend that endures still, and the bike.
The biking public were ready and eager for a race replica for the road.
However, the problem was that Count Domenico Agusta, the founder and owner of the company was an out and out racing fan.
His bikes were not designed to be modified to make them legal for road use, and neither did he want anyone racing as a privateer against his seemingly unbeatable machines with a bike his company had produced.
The styling of the bike was unique at the time.
Not because of the four chromed racing style exhaust pipes, but because of the race style full fairing, which made it look very much like the race machines.
However, the 743cc in line four engine was really just a bored out 600cc engine from the company's tourer at the time.
It produced 69bhp and a top speed of 125mph.
Unfortunately two things combined to disappoint the wannabe Agostini racers.
Firstly the frame was much heavier than the racing machine, made as it was from sand cast aluminium as opposed to the much lighter magnesium on the race bikes.
Secondly, and probably most importantly, the price was very restrictive for most people.
In fact, for the price of one MV Agusta 750S, one could have bought no less than three of the highly rated Honda CB750s.
The MV Agusta 750S was then, as it is today, a rare piece of exotica.