Motor Cycle racing

The thrill of really high-speed racing was first made available to the man in the street by the motor cycle : it was the democratic racing-machine from the start, and its appeal has never faded.
The account tells the whole story, from tentative beginnings when motor cycles were too experimental even to race, up to the latest super-streamlined record-smashers capable of terrifying speeds. A vivid text, packed with facts and stories, is illustrated throughout with 260 contemporary photographs of the men and their machines, many of them never before published. Every important name and type of machine is here, every great circuit and historic event.
Motor Cycle Racing gives a borad perspective of the whole development of the sport : early rallies, when a long-distance race might end in chaos, and highly personal duels, such as when Jake de Rosier came all the way from America to ride against Harry Collier at Canning Town ; the enthusiastic rivalry between manufacturers in the twenties ; the beginnings of TT and of Grand Prix racing, and the rise to dominance of the Italians and Germans ; the renewed rivalry of manufacturers after 1945 ; and the present day re-emergence of individual heroes - Hailwood, Redman, Agostini.
Here too, is the modern scene : Grand Prix, Speedway and local club scrambles. Each aspect of the sport is given due attention, and amply illustrated.
From start to finish, there is more than enough in this book to delight expert and layman alike.