A history, a reference, a visual powerhouse: if the sound of a motorcycle revving up starts your heart racing, delving deep into motorcycle lore will just add to the excitement. With 200 photos of the models you love to see, a thorough look at the backgrounds of the finest machines, and bios of the great names, here's the definite leader of the pack in motorcycle books. It takes in motorcycling from its early, hesitant start, focusing on all the pioneers of the sport; moves through the war years and after, when Japan emerged as a major manufacturer; presents the thrill of grand-prix and road racing; and checks out today's newest, high-performance road machines and tourers. The makers whose top-of-the-line cycles appear include Harley-Davidson, BSA, Norton, Indian, Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha, and Triumph. Also covered: classic retros, customizing, speedway, the TT races, and world speed record machines.

The Hamlyn History of Motorcycles

Mick, Walker

History

Hamlyn

For the first half of the 20th century Great Britain led the world in motorcycle design and production, exporting its products to countries in every section of the globe. However, as the second half of the century began in 1960 this once great industry commenced what was to be a terminal decline. During the 1960s and '70s Britain still manufactured a wide range of machines, but a combination of poor management, lack of investment, foreign competition (notably from Japan), and the arrival of the small, affordable car transpired to effectively sound the death knell of the British motorcycle by the end of the 1970s.

British Motorcycles Of The 19602 And '70s

Europe

Shire Publications Ltd.

Ducati: Taglioni and His World-beating Motorcycles

Biographies & Memoirs

Sutton Publishing+ltd

A comprehensive history of famous motorcycles and riders. All aspects of motorcycling are covered, including biking culture, classic retros, customizing, speedway, TT races and world-speed-record machines. BSA, Triumph and Honda are some of the manufacturers featured.

The History of Motorcycles

Science & Math

Technology

Chancellor Press

DUCATI SINGLES: All Two- and Four-stroke Single-cylinder Motorcycles Including Mototrans - 1945 Onwards (Osprey collector"s library) [Hardcover]

Engineering & Transportation

Automotive

London: Osprey Publishing, 1985

Spanish Post-War Road and Racing Motorcycles

Osprey_Publishing

<p>From the Osprey Collector's Library, 192-pages, published in 1987. Features the history of Moto Guzzi singles from 1920.</p>

Moto Guzzi singles: All two- and four-stroke single-cylinder motorcycles from 1920 (Osprey collector's library)

OSPREY PUB.

When Bert Greeves produced a motorcycle to test an invalid-carriage suspension system, little did he realize that it would soon go on to dominate the off-road racing scene through the 1950s, 1960s and into the 1970s. But it did just that, and provided the basis for lines of successful road racers and roadsters too. In this unique account, Rob Carrick and Mick Walker provide a detailed history of the company, its motorcycles and the victories that made Greeves one of the legendary names in British motorcycle sport.

Greeves

Rob Carrick

Osprey Publishing (UK)

BMW K-series motorcycles (A Foulis motorcycling book)

Haynes

Due to the demand from motorcycle enthusiasts, Mick Walker has teamed up with Redline Books to reprint his series of six Racing Motorcycle books. First to be published is Mick Walker's British Racing Motorcycles, but it is nothing like the original book published in 1990. This new edition is a high quality, 208 page book, which has been extensively updated and completely redesigned in a style which breaks the mould of motorcycle marque history book design. The text is typical of Mick Walker's detailed, yet entertaining style, and with over 400 photographs in colour and black and white, many of them previously unpublished, the book offers a wealth of information. It is both a work of reference and an enjoyable read. Models covered include the AJS Porcupine and R7, The BSA Gold Star, Manx Norton, Norton Commando and Rotary, Matchless G45 and G50, the Rocket 3 and Trident and many more, including a section on 'specials' and the garden shed engineers who developed their own exotic machinery for competition. Mick Walker's Italian Racing Motorcycles, the second book in the series, was published in November 1998. It follows a similar style, with twice as much text as in the original edition and over 800 pictures. Other titles will cover German, European, Japanese and American.

British Racing Motorcycles

Brooklands Books ltd.

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