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Racing Line - Bob Guntrip

Racing Line

British Motorcycle Racing in the Golden Age of the Big Single

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Buch | Hardcover
232 Seiten
2015
Veloce (Verlag)
978-1-84584-793-7 (ISBN)
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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.
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.

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.

1. Il grandi piloti inglese The character of 1950s racing and its people; British riders and their backers - promoters, team managers, tuners 2. Blank canvas The evolution of the British circuit. Riding on airfields, parks, grass tracks and between barrack blocks 3. A choice of rivals The tools of champions - evolution of the British single, its development, refinement, performance and rugged durability. The emergence of the 7R AJS, and, finally, the G50 Matchless to challenge the pre-eminence of the Manx Norton; then the Italians - Aermacchi, Paton, Linto - and the first stirrings of the Japanese giant 4. 1960 Mercury (Bob McIntyre) 5. 1961 Man in the Shadows (John Hartle) 6. 1962 Perfero (Alan Shepherd) 7. 1963 The Mint (Derek Minter) 8. 1964 Wild Colonials (Mike Duff) 9. 1965 The Kirby Boys (Bill Ivy) 10. 1966 Eyes front (John Cooper) 11. 1967 Anything, anywhere (Mike Hailwood) 12. 1968 Summertime (Dave Croxford) 13. 1969 Nemesis (Yamaha TR2) 14. 1970 Eclipse (Peter Williams) 15. The Records Who won what, where and when

Erscheint lt. Verlag 29.10.2015
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 225 mm
Gewicht 769 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik Regional- / Landesgeschichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport
ISBN-10 1-84584-793-8 / 1845847938
ISBN-13 978-1-84584-793-7 / 9781845847937
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