Off-Road Giants!: Heroes of 1960s Motorcycle Sport, Vol. 2
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (968 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1845843231 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
No Pads Just Guts This book is really cool. It goes through the years from the '50's to the '60's, In 1963, I became a fan of these bikes & riders. The start of modern Motocross & Trials, I used to try my hand at the Trials ride on my CZ 125. Keep your feet on the pegs. Also did some 'Scrambling' the birth of motocross. In short there are a number of great riders, telling their stor. Jeffrey Morseburg said Looking At British Off-Road Competition Through the Rear View Mirror. Many of us look back at the days of our youth with fondness, especially our early experiences at sporting events, where our impressionability creates indelible memories. The sporting heroes we chose in our youth usually remain our favorites for the rest of our lives. This is just as true for motorcycle enthusiasts as it is for baseball or football fans. When Andy W. "Five Stars" according to David Martinez. Wonderful account of early motocross history.
"packed with black-and-white images -- 123 in all -- of competition from that era and some are truly spectacular" - Ultimate MotorCycling
Accompanied by a new set of over 100 stunning photographs, this is a book that will evoke fond memories for all who share the author’s love of motorcycle sport in the 1960s.. For the author, it’s a personal trip down memory lane, as he was lucky enough to see many of these men and women at the height of their racing careers. Seventeen of the rider profiles in this book originally appeared over a three-year period in the pages of The Classic Motorcycle magazine, but the profile on the Rickman brothers – two true greats – has not been seen in print before. If you remember off-road stars like the Rickman brothers’ Vic Eastwood, Lew Coffin, and John Avery, then this is a must-have book for your collection. They’re big names who brought the thrills and spills of the golden era of motorcycle sport to a whole generation
After nearly forty years of riding motor bikes Andy Westlake is one of the UK's leading motorcycle magazine journalists. He attended his first motorcycle sports event as an eight year old in 1961 and it is the bikes and people of that era that he writes so passionately about. He has competed with great success in classic long distance trials and as recently as 2006 won a gold medal in the Lands End trial