I must admit I was ‘surprised’ when 3 months ago Yves told me about his next folly dream… After talking about it for a few days, he went to see the bike and called me from his car on the way back, at this point I knew that no human (or alien?) force could ever make him change his mind.
Sure enough, 10 days later, I was astride this gorgeous Italian beauty, with Yves begging me to test it for him… clutch lever, toes softly lifting the gear pedal, engage first… and off I went… what a GORGEOUS bike, the musical notes of the triple curvy exhausts belittling the loudest forte chords from any Verdi opera!!
The engine is torquey and punchy, 145HP for 155kg (325lbs) is impressive. What is even more impressive is the handling of the Magny, it is in fact quite similar to our Seeley’s: you don’t feel the bike at all, you just get (verrrrry quickly) wherever your eyes are looking.
What an experience!
Yves is a very, very lucky man!