I only say that because he had a real taste for self-publicity in the late 80s, early 90s. In retrospect I think a bloke who makes MV Agustas in his shed probably rubbed a lot of of the precious classic types up the wrong way and perhaps that's why he seemed to get a sniffy press back then.
I agree, his engineering is just out of this world and that MV sidecar outfit he raced was brilliant, although the constant (unfounded) carping about his box section swing arm not being legal in classic racing was a sure sign that some people are bad losers. As for the swing arm, it didn't seem to make any difference how many pictures were produced showing box section swing arms 'back in the day', he just kept on getting hassle over it.
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