a novelty was the cable-operated disc brakes on the front telescopic forks, which was later replaced by a double sided drum brake. at the insistence of count agusta, the machine was built as a tourer. the large rectangular headlight, the humpbacked tank and raised handlebars were not ideal for sports riders. the black paint that the machine was finished in caused it to be nicknamed the "black pig". it was also called one of the ugliest motorcycles its time. after the more powerful and more beautiful shaped model, the mv agusta 750 s, was presented in 1970, it was the end of the unloved motorcycle. the mv agusta 600 is today considered the most wanted and most expensive model of the older mv agusta motorcycles.