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Classic Racing Motorcycles [Hardcover]

Mick Duckworth (Author)

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Hardcover: 72 pages
Publisher: Motorbooks International (15 July 2003)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0760316139
ISBN-13: 978-0760316139
Product Dimensions: 32.4 x 25.3 x 1.4 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,398,645 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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 heads, liquid cooling, four- and even six-cylinder engines, and aerodynamic fairings.The 60-plus bikes features in Classic Racing Motorcycles include examples from al the major Japanese and European manufacturers. 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. The bikes are arranged in chronological order to show how the technology developed, decade by decades, and detail shots show key points of each model.

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Still it is a Great Book! 25 Feb 2011

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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 GP bikes like the Honda NR500 and the Elf series. These ELF hub steered bikes should well earn a mention in the book even though they are not from any marque.

Anyhow it is still a great book!

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