Classic Racing Motorcycles
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German motorcycle manufacturers have always used competition as a certain method of improving their machines and market penetration. The author describes the famous as well as the more obscure characters, motorcycles and marques which battled to project Germany to the forefront of the field.
This book provides an account of American motorcycle racing from its beginnings until the 1970s. The names of Harley-Davidson and Indian are renowned in American motorcycle racing. But, as this book demonstrates, the North American racing scene was rich in both marques and characters. This book places equal emphasis upon the rider as well as the constructors, looking at the racing champions who had to ride for overseas teams when American manufacturers abandoned international competition.
After World War II, the Japanese motorcycle industry sought to improve competitiveness in the export field against entrenched European marques and racing was seen as the obvious way to improve credibility and gain publicity. Walker looks at the men, the machines and the events.