HERE ARE THE first pictures of the MV Agusta three cylinder 675cc middleweight superbike, snapped out in final shakedown tests by top Italian magazine Motociclismo.

The bike, first revealed on visordown.com earlier this year, shares much of its styling with the big brother F4 MV but rather than going down the underseat exhausts like its sibling (and the Triumph 675) the new bike has a low-level exhaust exiting on the right side.

Rumoured to be tipping the scales at around 160kg the 675 is likley to be seen at the Milan motorcycle show for the first time next month before going on sale early next year.

