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Speed at the TT Races: Faster and Faster
David Wright
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Description for Speed at the TT Races: Faster and Faster
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 110 colour photographs 120 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKZ; WSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 971. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Dustjacket
Yes
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Ramsbury, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785002984
SKU
KKD0008890
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About David Wright
David Wright's interest in the TT goes back over fifty years to the era when the Italian machines of Gilera and MV Agusta dominated the races in the hands of riders like Geoff Duke, John Surtees and Carlo Ubbiali. A constant follower of Island racing ever since, he greatly admires the performances of today's TT-winning machines from Japan and ... Read more
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