The most famous of all British racing motorcycles, with an ancestry dating back to the very dawn of the internal combustion engine, the 'cammy' Norton is inseparable from the era of British domination in motorcycle racing. It is linked with the legendary heroes of the sport, Jimmie Guthrie, Harold Daniell, Geoff Duke, John Surtees, Mike Hailwood and the age when Britain had the world's finest motorcycle industry. This revised edition of the definitive history contains additional material and traces the design, development, the leading riders and tuners. It presents a superb collection of photographs, many previously unpublished. The Manx Norton covers not only the Manx itself, but also features boardroom battles, Norton's early history, record breaking, sidecars, Formula 3 cars, scrambling (motocross); the Domiracer; racing at Daytona and today's classic scene.

The Manx Norton

Engineering & Transportation

Walker, Mick

Automotive

Redline/Books

This volume, the first half of Colin Seeley’s autobiography, isn’t just the story of one man’s life and achievements, although the Seeley marque is indeed an achievement. Colin recalls bending his very first frame using the most basic of equipment in an outdoor workshop on a frosty December morning in 1965. Colin, through sheer hard work and determination built his reputation as a perfectionist in all things, respected by the rich and famous, the manufacturers, and the fans within the motorcycling fraternity then and now. Packed with photographs, news clippings, and memorabilia, the book is also one man’s vivid memories of the motorcycle racing scene. From the thrills and anxieties of sidecar racing in the 1960s with passenger ‘Gungy Wal’ to the development of CSRS and the highly regarded sponsorship and service provided to racers lucky enough to have the friendship and professional interest of Colin Seeley. If you were there you’ll love reliving the moments. If you weren’t, you’ll wish you had been!

Colin Seeley: Racer ...and the Rest

Seeley, Colin

Ballington Unkorked is the story of a South African boy who fell in love with motorcycle racing after watching international stars at his home town circuit. His pure passion drove him onwards and upwards as he began living out his dream. A chance trip to Europe to take part in the big time triggered a phase inc which, against the odds, guts and perseverance took him to the very pinnacle of success, World Champion Road Racer. This story gives you insight into the complexities of the sport technically, physically, and mentally and highlights the extreme danger faced by riders of the era when classic high-speed circuits were still in use in Europe and rider safety was a low priority at most International and Grand Prix venues.

Ballington Unkorked: The Autobiography of a World Champion Road Racer

Sports & Outdoors

Ballington, Kork

Biographies

This is the story of Lawrie Watts and his amazing technical artworks, illustrations, and cutaway drawings of motorcycles, motorcars, aircraft, and farm machinery. He was drawing amazingly complex machinery with meticulous attention to detail way before the development of CAD. Lawrie is not just an artist; he's a designer too. An example of his designs was the Enfield-powered Dreamliner.

Watts My Line?: The Life and Work of Editorial Artist, Lawrie Watts

Biographies & Memoirs

Dixon, David

Arts & Literature

This book features the sports machines included in the Sammy Miller Museum Collection. 110 magnificent machines excellently restored and beautifully photographed in full color, with text by the well-known and respected motorcycle journalist, Roy Poynting. Sammy Miller's racing career involved road, dirt/grass track racing, and motorcycle trials. He raced mainly for Ariel motorcycles and in 1964 formed a partnership with Bultaco and went on to become the lead developer of modern two-stroke trials motorcycles. Today, his museum houses the country's foremost collection of such machines, many of them featured in this book. The book will wet the appetite of those not fortunate enough to have already made a visit, and will provide a pleasant reminder for others until they come again.

The Sammy Miller Museum Collection: Racing and Sporting Machines

Poynting, Roy

This volume, the second half of Colin Seeley's autobiography, isn't just the story of one man's life and achievements, although the Seeley marquee is indeed an achievement. Colin Seeley has worked with motorcycles since he was 18 years old. He raced sidecars in the '60s and developed and manufactured the famous Seeley racing motorcycle in 1965, which is still raced today. In the '70s, Colin was joint MD at Brabham Cars with Bernie Ecclestone of F1 fame. In the '80s, he managed the Norton Rotary Race Team. Today, he is still involved in many aspects of the motorcycle world. This book covers the development of the Mk3 and 4 Seeley, his involvement with Bernie Eccelstone, the Seeley Hondas, Seeley TL200 Trails Bike, Seeley Quickfit, his involvement with Brabham Cars and Formula One, and his involvement with The Norton Rotary Team and the demise of Norton.

Colin Seeley ...and the Rest

Mick Walker has written about most of the world's classic marques and many of the sport's greatest riders, but the onset of a life-threatening illness persuaded him to pen this book through his own huge variety of experiences as a rider, dealer, importer, tuner, team boss, and author. Despite being an intensely personal story, The Ride of My Life is a wide-ranging look at motorcycling that will resonate with every enthusiast. 
 For those who share Mick's passion for the Italian marques of the last half century, the book is required reading, but there is much, too, about machines from Britain, Japan, Germany and elsewhere. Mick has also packed the pages with characters he has known personally, including some of the all-time greats; Barry Sheene, Mike Hailwood, Carl Fogarty, Fabio Taglioni, Alejandro de Tomaso and Derek Minter - whose relationship with Mick is recalled in the foreword. 
 His story begins with the unforgettable trip on a Ducati Daytona that sparked the passion that would never leave him. Going on to try his hand at virtually every form of motorcycle sport, Mick's passion and riding skill made him a serious roadracing contender in the 1960s, despite a shoestring budget.
Already becoming widely known as 'Mr Ducati', he went on to make Mick Walker Motorcycles one of Britain's most prominent spares stockists and dealerships. Individual chapters give his 'insider's view' of the key Italian factories, Ducati, Moto Guzzi and the Aermacchi/Harley-Davidson/Cagiva stable, from the classic era up until recent years. 
Switching careers in the 1980s, Mick wrote the first of his 130+ titles, but continued his hands-on involvement as a consultant to the motorcycle trade. When his son Gary made a promising debut as a racer, Mick was on hand to help and encourage. He writes unflinchingly about the impact of Gary's tragic death in a freak accident, and about his decision to carry on as mentor to other young riders (including Ollie Bridewell and James Toseland), through his Mick Walker Racing team. Much more than just a memoir, Mick brings his vast experience to bear on motorcycling's current fascination with its past, and offers his own note of hope for its future.

Mick Walker: The Ride of My Life

This book features the magnificent Road Machines from the Sammy Miller Museum, the country's foremost collection of such machines, excellently restored and beautifully photographed in full colour. The text is by the well-known and respected motorcycle journalist Roy Poynting. This is the second book covering the Museum Collection and will whet the appetite of those not fortunate enough to have visited the museum, and will provide a pleasant and informative reminder for others until they come again.

Sammy Miller Museum Collection, The: Road Machines

On his day, Peter Williams was the best motorcycle road racer ever and is one of that small band of sportsmen, 'the best never to win a World Championship'. Peter's unique career in the 1960s and 1970s as racer, designer ,and development engineer culminated in many great victories on bikes from 125cc to 750cc. For two months in 1967 he lead the 500cc class of the World Championship on his single cylinder 500cc MkI Arter Matchless Special against the much more powerful Honda and MV Agusta multis of Mike Hailwood and Giacomo Agostini. Just when he was, perhaps, due for a 'works' ride, the Japanese withdrew from Grand Prix road racing and Peter joined the re-emergent manufacturers of Norton. Peter had two consuming passions; riding his motorcycles at 10/10ths, and for Britain to regain motorcycle supremacy. Indeed, the latter was his mission, his crusade, and so he rode almost exclusively British motorcycles but, interestingly, won his only Grand Prix on a foreign one. Peter's engineering designs gave him advantage on the race track and set the trends for what motorcycles are today. He was one of the first to design and race with disc brakes, the first in the world to design and use cast magnesium wheels and tubeless tyres. Peter won the 1970 500cc class British Championship and was the first in motorcycle racing to benefit from tobacco sponsorship. The 1973 John Player Norton Monocoque incorporated all his previous experiments and the first twin spar frame. The pinnacle of his career came on this machine when he won the Formula 750 TT in the Isle of Man with record race and lap speeds. Peter's racing career came to an end in 1974 with a terrible crash at Oulton Park but his engineering continued with work at Cosworth Engineering and Lotus Engineering. Motorcycle innovation continues, too, with his true monocoque design, his Shell Chassis, which, in its electric drive form, finished 5th in its very first outing in the 2010 TT Zero.

Peter Williams: Designed to Race

Williams. Peter

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The Manx Norton

Colin Seeley: Racer ...and the Rest

Ballington Unkorked: The Autobiography of a World Champion Road Racer

Watts My Line?: The Life and Work of Editorial Artist, Lawrie Watts

The Manx Norton

The Sammy Miller Museum Collection: Racing and Sporting Machines

Colin Seeley ...and the Rest

Mick Walker: The Ride of My Life

Sammy Miller Museum Collection, The: Road Machines

Peter Williams: Designed to Race