1982, ISBN: 0851122558

[EAN: 9780851122557], Neubuch, [PU: Guinness World Records Limited], L.J.K. SETRIGHT, GUINNESS BOOK OF MOTOR CYCLING FACTS AND FEATS, WORLD RECORDS LIMITED, 0851122558, UNUSED, VERY GOOD,… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780851122557], Neubuch, [PU: Guinness World Records Limited], L.J.K. SETRIGHT, GUINNESS BOOK OF MOTOR CYCLING FACTS AND FEATS, WORLD RECORDS LIMITED, 0851122558, UNUSED, VERY GOOD, NOT EX-LIBRARY, sunfaded, 266 pages. Would you be interested in a two-wheeler of 120 horse-power? Or in a three-wheeler of 2 poodlepower? When do you think was the first application of the disc brake to a motorcycle? When. for that matter, do you think the disc brake was rented? Where were the cylinders in a Millet or a Megola, and which way did they go? The history of motorcycling is made up of a series of a series of impressive facts, a great many of which are are found in this book - including the answers to the above questions and to many others which you might never have dreamed of asking. But perhaps you think that motorcycles come second to the qualities of their riders and that it is the riders who make the activity, or the sport, into something that moves the spirit. So who rode in the TT for thirty years? What was the largest number of people to ride a single motorcycle, and how far did they get? If the journey from New York to Los Angeles is 3051 miles (4910 km), how long did it take in 1959? This book will help you to judge whether, for instance, Agostini was a better rider than Hailwood, Read than Ivy, Brown than Vink. Facts and feats, figures and faces are the essence of the book providing an indispensable background to the fear and feel of the motorcycles themselves. It contains exactly the kind of information to interest amateur enthusiast and dedicated professional alike. Which are you? That is another question which this book may help to answer. 723<