Racing Line (eBook)

British motorcycle racing in the golden age of the big single

Bob Guntrip (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
232 Seiten
Veloce (Verlag)
978-1-78711-337-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Racing Line is the story of big-bike racing in Britain during the 1960s - when the British racing single reached its peak; when exciting racing unfolded at circuits across the land every summer; and when Britain took its last great generation of riding talent and engineering skill to the world.

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The decade between 1960 and 1970 saw British racing singles reach the peak of their development, a time in which exciting racing unfolded at circuits across the land every weekend, and the decade of Bob McIntyre, Derek Minter, Mike Hailwood, Phil Read, Bill Ivy and Peter Williams.
Racing Line documents the period from the introduction of the G50 Matchless, up to the advent of the Yamaha TR2, and the birth of the two-stroke era - a period of immense change. Britain during the 1960s wasn't only a nation of pop music and fashion; it was a decade crammed with the most competitive racing in the history of motorcycle sport. Racing Line tells this story - the riders, the machines, the drama and the excitement.

Autor

Bob Guntrip discovered that motorcycles could send shivers down his back while he was still in short pants, and has never really recovered. After more than 30 years editing and contributing to sports magazines on three continents, he knows his love for motorcycle racing is total and irreversible. He has on occasion sought cures in science journalism, lesser forms of sport and even interior design; each has lasted no longer than the first bark of an Italian V-twin or howl of a Japanese four to pass his office window. In 2015 Bob tried writing bikes out of his system with his book 'Racing Line': his follow up book 'Slow Burn' was the inevitable result.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.7.2022
• Verlagsort: Exeter
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Bildbände
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Schlagworte: 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 7R AJS • 978-1-845847-93-7 • 9781845847937 • Ace Cafe • ACU • Aermacchi • Billie Nelson • Bill Ivy • Bill Lacey • Blandford • BMCRC • Bob McIntyre • Brands Hatch • British bike racing • Cadwell Park • cafe racers • Derek Minter • Domiracer • Dunlop triangular • Francis Beart • G50 Matchless • Gilera • golden age of bike racing • Honda • Isle of Man • Jack Findlay • Jim Curry • John Hartle • King of Brands • Lucas • Magneto • Mallory Park • Manx Norton • Mike Hailwood • motorbike racing • motorcycle meets • Motor cycle racing • Motorcycle Racing • MV Agusta • Oliver’s Mount • Oulton Park • Paddy Driver • Paul Dunstall • Percy Tait • Phil Read • Ray Petty • Ray Pickrell • Rob Fitton • Silverstone • Steve Lancefield • Tom Kirby • TT races • V4793 • Yamaha
• ISBN-10: 1-78711-337-X / 178711337X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78711-337-4 / 9781787113374