Arturo Magni

Arturo Magni (Usmate Velate, 24 September 1925 - Samarate, 2 December 2015) was an Italian engineer racing team manager and entrepreneur.

Early life Arturo Magni was born in Usmate Velate, near Milan in the Lombardy region of Italy on 24 September 1925. His main passion was for model aeroplanes, where he showed great technical creativeness in building them. He built life-size gliders, which he flew himself, and won the 1938 Italian Gliding Championship.

After leaving school, he worked for his father for a while and then joined the aviation industry, working for the Italian manufacturer Bestetti. To assist him in this project, Remor brought Magni with him from Gilera (director of the racing department) under the watchful eye of the Count.

His technical expertise was fundamental in developing the world-beating 350 and 500 cc "Threes" in the 1960s and the "Fours" in the 1970s.

Motorcycle manufacturer From 1977 he began his career as an entrepreneur founding the house that bears his name, along with his two sons. The company, based in a small but fully equipped workshop, was located at Samarate, 20 miles from the MV factory. (Sfida means "challenge" in Italian). In 1999, models based on the four-cylinder Suzuki Bandit 1200 engine were added.