Motorcycle: Evolution, Design, Passion

Walker, Mick

ISBN 10: 0801885302 / ISBN 13: 9780801885303

Edité par Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

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Synopsis :

This is the definitive, comprehensive guide to motorcycle design. Tapping a deep well of knowledge and a lifetime of experience, motorcycle racer and historian Mick Walker sheds light on the evolution of one of the world's ultimate status symbols and style icons--a development owing as much to history, politics, and technology as it does to image, lifestyle, and design. In a survey that ranges from the late nineteenth-century pioneers like Gottlieb Daimler and Hildebrand & Wolfmüller to present-day manufacturers--Harley Davidson, Ducati, Honda, BMW, Aprilia, and Triumph--Walker sets each model within its historical context and outlines the main technological and stylistic innovations that make each bike unique.

À propos de l?auteur: Mick Walker is acknowledged to be the world's leading motorcycle authority. In a career that has spanned over forty-five years, he has written over one hundred books and curated several exhibitions. He has been a successful racer, tuner, team manager, talent scout, and British importer. In 1998, he was involved in The Art of the Motorcycle exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City and, in 1999, Ducati presented him with a Lifetime Achievement Award, the first of its kind.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Motorcycle: Evolution, Design, Passion
Éditeur : Johns Hopkins University Press
Date d'édition : 2006
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Good
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket