Motorcycling in the 1970s The story of biking's biggest, brightest and best ever decade Volume 3:: Funky Motorcycling - Biking in the 1970s - Part Two
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (753 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00M1RI15Q |
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| Number of Pages | : | 439 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Conchscooter said Read How It Was. Detailed description of the people, motorcycles, racers, styles and attitudes from my favorite decade of riding. Favorite because I was young and anything was possible; favorite in retrospect because technology wasn't running things. The five volumes at two dollars each are an amazing bargain for pages of information amply illustrated, though the photos of leather clad racers in traditional pose do nothing for me as the riders are masked very effectively, and if you want to know about riding mostly. Certainly was worth the time to read Mr. Skelton has put together a very good set of books on motorcycles and motorcycling. All five held my interest from start to finish. In my Certainly was worth the time to read Bird Mr. Skelton has put together a very good set of books on motorcycles and motorcycling. All five held my interest from start to finish. In my 40+ years of riding motorcycles, I have owned and enjoyed some of the motorcycles he covered in this series and it was nice to read of his and other contributors insights regarding the development, manufacture and period tests of those cycles along with many others that were covered in this set of books. This group of books certainly was more than worth the ti. 0+ years of riding motorcycles, I have owned and enjoyed some of the motorcycles he covered in this series and it was nice to read of his and other contributors insights regarding the development, manufacture and period tests of those cycles along with many others that were covered in this set of books. This group of books certainly was more than worth the ti. I cannot praise this series of books highly enough. Anon I cannot praise this series of books highly enough. Not only a history of motorcycles, but a social history of the times. A MUST-READ, for all bikers, motorcyclists etc.
The time of British magazines Motorcycle Sport and Bike, and of Cycle in the USA, the time of Mark Williams, Dave Minton and LJK Setright in his pomp.These books set out the argument that although the protagonists were largely unaware of it at the time, the 1970s as a whole can now be seen to have been a golden era in the history of the movement, a pivotal decade which represent a high point in the history of motorcycling that is never likely to be matched.The final book in the series is entitled ‘The Magic of Motorcycling'. The books are designed to be read together, but can also be enjoyed separately.The first volume, 'A Brief History of Motorcycling from 1887 to 1969', is a general history, swiftly told, of motorcycling in Britain from its beginnings at the end of the 19th century up until the dawn of the 1970s (interwoven to an extent with two-wheeled goings on in the USA and elsewhere).It charts motorcycling’s pioneering years, skips through two world wars, tells of social acceptability in the 1920s, hard times in the 1930s and growing ostracisation and decline in the 1950s and 1960s.This book attempts to make sense of the two-wheeled world order, and of motorcycling’s place in society and everyday life, and sets the scene for the larger, more detailed volumes which follow.Volumes two to four are entitled Funky Motorcycling Parts One to Three and together they form a comprehensive, in-depth history of the bikes and motorcycling t