Mick Walker's European Racing Motorcycles - Couverture souple

Mick Walker

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0953131130 ISBN 13 : 9780953131136

Editeur : Brooklands Books Ltd., 2000

Synopsis

Author: Mick Walker. With foreign-built motorcycles generally dominating road and track today, it is perhaps difficult to appreciate that the situation was not always so. There was a time when virtually every manufacturer in Great Britain listed a racing machine in his catalogue and British machines dominated the scene. Between the world wars, Norton, Rudge, Sunbeam, AJS and Velocette shared the spoils of victory despite the efforts of Italy, Germany, Sweden, France and Belgium. It was not until the mid 1930s that success began to come the way of the continentals, at first in the lightweight class, when Guzzi and Benelli from Italy appeared in the list of winners, along with Germany’s DKW. For many years after her decline as a force in world motorcycle manufacturing, Britain (and the Commonwealth) continued to provide great riders; Surtees, Hocking, Hailwood, Read and Sheene, to name but a few. Contents: AJS 7R, BSA Gold Star, Manx Norton, Matchless G50 & G45, JPS Norton, AJS Porcupine & 3-valve, Rocket 3 & Trident, Specials, Triumph GP, Two Strokes, Velocette, Vincent HRD & Thruxton. With over 800 pictures.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Author: Mick Walker. This book covers no less than twelve countries; all of which, although gaining a fair level of success, didn't quite justify a whole book to themselves. The twelve countries are Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Holland, Portugal, the Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Yugoslavia. The Czechoslovakian & Spanish chapters are the two which have the most words and photographs, but the other ten are just as fascinating. Of course some European nations such as Denmark or Norway produced riders rather than racing bikes. Many individual marques are covered, plus various Soviet types which, although they come under a single heading, are in fact the product of seven individual factories. The book also encompasses a large number of talented engineers, designers and riders of world standing. Over 500 pictures in colour and black & white. 232 pages.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brooklands Books Ltd.
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0953131130
• ISBN 13: 9780953131136
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible