Classic Racing Motorcycles
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (934 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0760316139 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 72 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Still it is a Great Book! TeeForce This is a great book covering a lot of GP bikes from the late 40s to the early 80s. Some I did not even know exist! For example, I always thought that Honda made a 6 cylinder GP bike BUT was surprise that MV actually built one before Honda.However the down side is that the write up is too brief. Pictures are way too little. Each bikes gets only a page and around 3 pictures. It is also missing some
Among the models chosen are many, which are part of important collections, including Honda among the models, own museum, and those of ex-world champions. Some have rarely been seen in recent years, including rare machines from the former Eastern Bloc.All the models in Classic Racing Motorcycles are specially photographed in full color, together with comprehensive technical specifications and informative background text. Racing has always been at the forefront of motorbike technology, and Classic Racing Motorcycles profiles the all-time best of the breed. It features the bikes that were Grand Prix championship winners and major contenders across more than six decades of racing for the 1930s to the 1980s.Among the new technologies, which these machines pioneered, are: overhead and double-overhead camshafts, telescopic forks, swingarm and monoshock rear suspension, two-stroke disc-valves, four-valve cylinder he