AGV Logo — Amisano Gino Valenza or AGV SpA is a company Italian, founded in 1946, specialized in manufacturing motorcycle helmets. It is based in Alexandria, in the Piedmont. In 1946 , VFA began by manufacturing leather seats and motorcycle saddles. A year later, in 1947, she began producing motorcycle helmets. AGV competes with brands of helmets “upscale” as Arai and Shoei in Japan , Shark in France , Schuberth of Germany , Bell to the United States and other Italian manufacturers like Suomy, Nolan, X-lite, Givi.
Although many sprinters bike have been wearing helmets AGV, the brand is most often associated with both multiple world champions Italy Giacomo Agostini and Valentino Rossi who used them for much of their careers. Barry Sheene also focused AGV helmets, but then changed to Arai, along with Giacomo Agostini. In the past, the brand also features world champions of Formula 1 as Niki Lauda, Emerson Fittipaldi, Alan Jones and Nelson Piquet. More