Drag Bike Racing In Britain

Author : Keith Lee
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1845843142
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drag Bike Racing in Britain written by Keith Lee and published by Veloce Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book showcases amazing machines and their riders in the ultimate acceleration sport – drag bike racing. Great photographs are combined with the author’s in-depth knowledge, to explore, for the first time, the sport in the UK, and chart its relentless pursuit for ever more speed. The diversity of motive power and machine design is examined, as is the influence of racers from the home of drag racing – America – in this unique and fascinating look at the most thrilling sports on two wheels.

Author : Nicholas Pettitt
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1845843371
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Drag Racing written by Nicholas Pettitt and published by Veloce Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed look at the first ten years of drag racing in Britain from 1960-1969, complemented by 100 color pictures. It includes the visits by American dragsters, and the running of drag races on RAF airstrips by a growing band of enthusiasts with home-built machines. 1966 saw the opening of Santa Pod Raceway, Britain's first permanent drag strip; this book takes a look at the first four seasons racing there, and the development of the facility as entries and performances increased.

Author : Bob Guntrip
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1845847938
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Racing Line written by Bob Guntrip and published by Veloce Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-10-09 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Chris Pereira
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1845844165
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Motorcycle GP Racing in the 1960s written by Chris Pereira and published by Veloce Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the classic period of Grand Prix racing from 1960 to 1969, and the men and machines involved. A fascinating exploration of the last decade of ‘traditional’ Grand Prix racing, before significant events changed the nature of the sport forever.

Author : Uli Cloesen
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1845848969
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Café Racers written by Uli Cloesen and published by Veloce Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to solely concentrate on the British-powered café racer motorcycle. Renewed interest in custom British café conversions is illustrated with stunning images of select sporting, racing, and ‘café’d’ British motorcycles. From single-cylinder to four-cylinder variants – see the ‘café’d’ side of British bikes!

Author : Colin Peck
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1845844157
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British and European Trucks of the 1970s written by Colin Peck and published by Veloce Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2012-12-12 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The 1970s witnessed more changes to the trucking industy in Europe than any previous decade ... [This book is] a unique account of a turbulent period in trucking history."--Inside front flap.

Author : Colin Peck
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1845844173
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British and European Trucks of the 1980s written by Colin Peck and published by Veloce Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume takes a fresh look at a period in trucking history when power, weight and comfort increased dramatically. However, whilst this revolution was taking place, many manufacturers were struggling to keep pace with competitors, and by the end of the decade, many were being consigned to the history books.

Author : Kevin Turner
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1845846222
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Crystal Palace to Red Square written by Kevin Turner and published by Veloce Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2014-06-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In typically hapless fashion, Turner jumps on his motorbike and sets out in search of adventure. Heading north, he aims his heavily laden Kawasaki towards the massive Øresund bridge, and passes from Copenhagen into Sweden, then onto the majestic waterfalls of Norway. Turner then determines to visit St. Petersburg, a mere 1700km east, before heading back home to London, via most of Poland and a good deal of Germany.

Author : Bruce Grant-Braham
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 184584369X
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Motor Racing at Thruxton in the 1980s written by Bruce Grant-Braham and published by Veloce Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the fastest motor racing circuits in the UK, Thruxton is a supreme test of high speed skill – especially where the art of slipstreaming is concerned. Consequently, it is both feared and revered. This book makes full use of the author’s unique collection of many previously unpublished color photos to follow the evolution of UK motorsport at the venue through the 1980s.

Author : Robert Newman
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1845847482
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Motor Racing Heroes written by Robert Newman and published by Veloce Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2014-06-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 heroes from almost 100 years of motor sport are covered in this book. Revealing the determination, heroism, raw courage, skill at the wheel – and just plain humanity – that has elevated men and women into the special, rarified atmosphere of heroism.