Speed at the TT Races

Faster and Faster

David Wright (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2017
The Crowood Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78500-298-4 (ISBN)

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For over 100 years the world's best motorcycle racers have pitted themselves against the gruelling 373/4 -mile Isle of Man Mountain Course at the annual event known worldwide simply as 'the TT'. The Tourist Trophy meeting - to give its proper name - represents perhaps the greatest challenge that the sport of motorcycle racing can offer. The top names in road racing - Collier, Wood, Duke, Hailwood, Agostini, Hislop, Jefferies, McGuinness, Hutchinson and the Dunlop dynasty - have all considered the pursuit of a Tourist Trophy to be the ultimate goal. From riding the earliest single-cylinder, belt-driven machines with outputs of under 10bhp, to coping with today's sophisticated four-cylinder machines giving well over 200bhp, generations of riders have risked their lives to satisfy the desire to go faster than the next man and to win a TT. In the process they have lifted lap speeds by almost 100mph. Exactly how that huge increase has been achieved is told within these pages, set against the background of the triumphs and the tragedies of the TT history.

David Wright is the author of several motorcycle history books, including Vincent published by Crowood. His deep interest in the TT goes back to his youth and this book is the culmination of years of research. He lives on the Isle of Man.

Erscheinungsdatum	27.07.2017
Zusatzinfo	Halftones, black and white; Halftones, color; Illustrations
Verlagsort	Ramsbury
Sprache	englisch
Maße	215 x 260 mm
Gewicht	971 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport
ISBN-10	1-78500-298-8 / 1785002988
ISBN-13	978-1-78500-298-4 / 9781785002984
Zustand	Neuware