Off-Road Giants! - Andy Westlake

Off-Road Giants!

Heroes of 1960s Motorcycle Sport

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
128 Seiten
2011
Veloce (Verlag)
978-1-84584-323-6 (ISBN)
24,90 inkl. MwSt
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Personal interviews with some of the greats of off-road motorcycling from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, along with some stunning period photographs that paint a wonderful picture of what motorcycling was about in this golden era.
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. 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 of scrambling's true greats - has never been seen in print before. Accompanied by a totally 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 a golden age.

After nearly forty years of riding motorbikes, Andy Westlake is one of the UK's leading motorcycle magazine journalists. He contributes to leading monthly magazines such as The Classic Motorcycle, Classic Dirt Bike and Motorcycle Sport and Leisure in the

FOREWORD by Tim Britton ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS JOHN AVERY - HIGH FLYER LEW COFFIN - GRASS GREAT COLIN DOMMETT - A STUDY IN LONGEVITY BOB RAY - ARIEL ACE BRIAN CURTIS RON LANGSTON - GREAT ALL-ROUNDER TERRY COX - FOUR-STROKE FAN DEREK AND DON RICKMAN MARY DRIVER - AT THE TOP LEVEL ARTHUR AND LYN PULMAN - PRIZE PAIR BILL BROOKER - COMPETITIVE BUSINESS CHRIS CULLEN - CULLEN TIME BILL GWYNNE - OFF-ROAD PRINCE MIKE GUILFORD - GUILFORD'S GUILE KEN SEDGLEY - TWO-STROKE STALWART VIC EASTWOOD - MULTITASKER NEIL & PAUL JARMAN PAT LAMPER - MASTER OF THE MUD INDEX

Erscheint lt. Verlag 10.2.2011
Zusatzinfo 123
Sprache englisch
Maße 207 x 250 mm
Gewicht 730 g
Themenwelt Natur / Technik Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe Auto / Motorrad
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport
ISBN-10 1-84584-323-1 / 1845843231
ISBN-13 978-1-84584-323-6 / 9781845843236
Zustand Neuware
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