Scooters - A 100-Year History traces the origins of the scooter from the 19th Century when vehicle invention and experimentation was still in its infancy though it was not until the late 1950s that the scooter, as we know it today, became an established mode of transport.. With its popularity growing as an affordable form of transport among the ......
Say "vroom" to the expanded edition of our BMW bestseller! No other book on the market shows the allure of BMW motorcycles in such a large format and wide variety. Discover the motorbikes near 100-year history through groundbreaking BMW models, trend- setting innovations, major motorbiking milestones, rallies, and racing triumphs. SELLING ......
The Harley-Davidson Source Book celebrates these iconic motorcycles in encyclopedia form. Rich with vivid photography, insightful commentary, and production specs and data, this is the #1 resource for die-hard Harley fans all around the world. When most people close their eyes and imagine a motorcycle, that motorcycle looks very much like a ......
This is the most beautiful book of its kind: celebrating the art and design of the luxury motorcycle by presenting forty of the best-designed and most enduringly iconic motorcycles ever made, spanning half a century. The book showcases forty rare and exceptional motorcycles, from 1905 to 1956, presented in chronological order, illustrated with ......
Back in print! The full history of the popular Triumph Tiger Cub motorcycle. This ultimate reference source book covers every aspect of these machines, including 22 detailed model profiles, delivery details, technical design specifications, military, police and competition bikes, plus the full story behind the model s production run. Now back ......
In The Build, Robert Hoekman Jr compiles insights from todays best builders to help you plot out your own beautiful beast. Loaded with photos, The Build features firsthand advice from the masters of moto design, including John Ryland (Classified Moto), Alan Stulberg (Revival Cycles), Jared Johnson (Holiday Customs), Jarrod ......
The Official 2020 Bennetts BSB Season Review covers every race from this stunning season, including over 5 hours of high octane action with ex-racer and TV commentator, James Whitham, presenting the highlights of this season s hair-raising, fairing bashing, wheel-to-wheel, close encounters of the biking kind!
The Official 2020 Bennetts BSB Season Review covers every race from this stunning season, including over 5 hours of high octane action with ex-racer and TV commentator, James Whitham, presenting the highlights of this season s hair-raising, fairing bashing, wheel-to-wheel, close encounters of the biking kind!
With 75 World Championships (riders and manufacturers), 270 Grand Prix victories, and more than 3000 International race wins, MV Agustas competition record is unequalled amongst Italian motorcycle manufacturers. MVs list of World Champions includes some of the greatest names in the sport, with Carlo Ubbiali, John Surtees, Mike Hailwood, Giacomo ......
A hybrid machine--powered at times by steam, electricity or internal combustion--the motorcycle in its infancy was an innovation to help bicycle racers go faster. As motor age technology advanced, the quest for greater speed at the velodrome peaked, with riders reaching up to 100 mph on pedal-started bikes without brakes, suspensions or gear ......
A tragic age and a tragic character, both seemingly compelled to destroy themselves...a chilling reminder of how little control we have over our fates Damon Hill
One of the greatest motor racing stories Nick Mason
Timely, vivid and enthralling … it’s unputdownable’ Miranda Seymour, author of The Bugatti ......
Graham Jarvis has been at the top of off-road motorcycling for the best part of twenty-five years and has competed in hundreds of competitions and races all over the world, from TVs Junior Kickstart in the early 1990s to the fabled and ridiculously perilous Erzberg Rodeo, which Graham has won a record-equalling five times and is one of ......
Alicia Mariah Elfving, founder of TheMotoLady.com and the Womens Motorcycle Show, dishes profiles of more than 70 women past and present who ride and wrench as well as anyone, and in the process have proven every bit as indispensable to maintaining and growing a positive motorcycling culture.
Written and curated by Alicia Mariah ......
Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday. Hondas voracious success on track and showroom in the late Sixties turned them into world no 1. However, in the Seventies race winners were two-strokes; Honda didnt do two-strokes and sales were flagging. Rather than race a two-stroke Honda designed an immensely complicated bike to beat the two-strokes, the ......