Jim Redman

Author : Jim Redman
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781845845490

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Jim Redman by Jim Redman Pdf

The incredible rags-to-riches story of one of the world’s greatest motorcycle racers. From humble beginnings in 1930s London, to winning six world titles, Jim Redman MBE is one of GPs most extraordinary characters, and a true legend of motorcycle racing. After migrating to South Africa, he started his racing career in the mid-fifties, and was awarded an MBE in 1964 – a year that also saw him win three World Championships in a single day, a feat, to this day, matched only by Mike Hailwood. During the mid-60s, Jim was THE man to beat on track, but a bad crash at the ’66 Belgian GP ended his racing career. Following this, Jim was involved in a number of business ventures – including helping his two sons with their own successful sports careers, and owning a champion sire race horse – until, in 1995, he once again took up a career in racing as a Classic Racer and Demonstration Rider.

Author : Mick Walker
Publisher : Redline Books
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0953131181

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Mick Walker's Japanese Grand Prix Racing Motorcycles by Mick Walker Pdf

This book is the fifth in the Mick Walker Racing Motorcycle series. It covers the Grand Prix Motorcycles from Japan.

Author : Michael Scott
Publisher : Welbeck
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781787397866

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The Illustrated History of Moto GP by Michael Scott Pdf

This illustrated history jam packed with more than 150 stunning photographs celebrates high performance motorbike racing since the start of the world championship in 1949.The daring exploits of motorcycle race legends Valentino Rossi, Barry Sheene, Casey Stoner and John Surtees are all gloriously celebrated in Moto GP: The Illustrated History. Each racing decade is dissected and discussed, as are the big incidents, top personalities and technological innovations. To complete the book, motorcycle racing's greatest names – including John Surtees, Giacomo Agostini, Kenny Roberts, Valentino Rossi, Casey Stoner and young phenom Marc Marquez – provide exclusive personal insights and accounts of what it is like to race at speeds of 180mph. Moto GP: The Illustrated History is a unique book which brilliantly conveys the exhilarating spirit of this popular sport.

Author : Chris Pereira
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781845844165

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Motorcycle GP Racing in the 1960s by Chris Pereira Pdf

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 : Andrew Buys
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781644629581

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Sport; Is the Backbone to Business by Andrew Buys Pdf

Andrew Buys, the author takes you deep into how he was brought up, from the age of three years old, to his seventy-fifth year. How his environment, his family up brining, his circle of friends, how sports developed his mind, despite his small structure, he was awarded state colors for soccer, and then became a National Motor Sport Champion of his country. The size of the man never once entered his mind, playing rugby elevated him to be selected to his high-schools first rugby team, and at that time, Andrew was five feet four inches tall, and one hundred and thirty two pounds. Not one member of his team or others were under 250 pounds in weight. This sports background, and his common sense family surroundings, set him up to climb the business ladder one step at a time. This book is a good read for businessmen, Mr. Average sportsman and everyone else. Robert. M. Santa Barbara

Author : Aaron P. Frank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1610609581

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Honda Motorcycles by Aaron P. Frank Pdf

Author : Roberta Key Haldane
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806188300

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Gold-Mining Boomtown by Roberta Key Haldane Pdf

The town of White Oaks, New Mexico Territory, was born in 1879 when prospectors discovered gold at nearby Baxter Mountain. In Gold-Mining Boomtown, Roberta Key Haldane offers an intimate portrait of the southeastern New Mexico community by profiling more than forty families and individuals who made their homes there during its heyday. Today, fewer than a hundred people live in White Oaks. Its frontier incarnation, located a scant twenty-eight miles from the notorious Lincoln, is remembered largely because of its association with famous westerners. Billy the Kid and his gang were familiar visitors to the town. When a popular deputy was gunned down in 1880, the citizens resolved to rid their community of outlaws. Pat Garrett, running for sheriff of Lincoln County, was soon campaigning in White Oaks. But there was more to the town than gold mining and frontier violence. In addition to outlaws, lawmen, and miners, Haldane introduces readers to ranchers, doctors, saloonkeepers, and stagecoach owners. José Aguayo, a lawyer from an old Spanish family, defended Billy the Kid, survived the Lincoln County War, and moved to the White Oaks vicinity in 1890, where his family became famous for the goat cheese they sold to the town’s elite. Readers also meet a New England sea captain and his wife (a Samoan princess, no less), a black entrepreneur, Chinese miners, the “Cattle Queen of New Mexico,” and an undertaker with an international criminal past. The White Oaks that Haldane uncovers—and depicts with lively prose and more than 250 photographs—is a microcosm of the Old West in its diversity and evolution from mining camp to thriving burg to the near–ghost town it is today. Anyone interested in the history of the Southwest will enjoy this richly detailed account.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 956 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Cycling
ISBN : UOM:39015048298734

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Cycle World by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stuart Barker
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781789466812

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Ragged Edge by Stuart Barker Pdf

One week in June. One small island. 40,000 annual visitors. Raw speed. Numerous annual deaths. The Isle of Man TT motorcycle road race. Five minutes to go. The claxon sounds, harsh as an air raid siren. Television crews attempt last-minute interviews with riders. The thousand yard-stares give it away: they're really not listening now. Four minutes to go. The grandstand is packed. Some racers tell their mechanics, 'I'll see you later for a pint' - just to make themselves believe they will. Three minutes to go. For the first man on the road, hidden dangers exist. He will have no-one to follow. And he is the hare that the greyhounds will be chasing. Two minutes to go. By the end of the first lap, riders will be howling past faster than a bullet from the barrel of a gun. A full 160pmh. And that's not even the fastest part of the course. One minute to go. The atmosphere is palpably tense. It's like no other sporting event on earth. Formula 1 drivers can crash spectacularly and just walk away. Everyone knows that's not the case here. Five seconds. The starter raises the chequered flag, ready to snap down. No more time for nerves, for doubts. The race has started. How it will end, no-one knows. The TT has begun. In Ragged Edge, Stuart Barker will write the definitive story of this unique event, from the tarmac up. The history, the atmosphere, the heroes, tragedies and legends. And most importantly: our fascination with this seductive yet perilous test of skill and daring. This is the unvarnished, raw truth behind the world's most dangerous sporting event - in the words of those who ride it.

Author : Jeff Clew
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1995-07-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781845847548

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Motorcycling in the 50s by Jeff Clew Pdf

For many, a motorcycle bought at the beginning of the 1950s was a first taste of the freedom offered by personal transport. Although postwar austerity was fading, money was still tight and new machines virtually unobtainable, but there were plenty of cheap prewar machines around and an ex-War Department motorcycle could be bought from one of the big city dealers on the never-never; better still it would be sent to your local railway station. Ex-army dispatch riders’ coats and boots would serve to keep the weather at bay as the new motorcyclists explored and enjoyed the quiet roads in a pre-motorway era. The decade would become a Golden Era of motorcycling as manufacturers brought new and excitingly advanced machines to an appreciative audience which had never even heard of a Japanese motorcycle. Motorcycle sport mushroomed in popularity at a time when you actually had to go to the race to see it and helped to reinforce the public’s ever-growing enthusiasm for the motorcycle. the era would also see the arrival of the moped, scooter and bubblecar. For those that were there, Jeff Clew’s insight to motorcycling of the ‘50s will provide a delightful nostalgic journey into the past, while those younger riders who cherish 1950s motorcycles today will discover a whole new dimension to their enjoyment of the machines.

Author : Roger Hughes
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781845848620

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‘Sox’ Gary Hocking by Roger Hughes Pdf

Until now, Gary Hocking was the only World Motorcycle Champion of his era without a book dedicated to his life. This book reveals Gary’s life in Rhodesia, how he was helped to become a World Champion, his dedication, and retirement at a young age – and the accident that cost him his life.

Author : Matthew Richardson
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781399051491

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Honda: The Golden Age by Matthew Richardson Pdf

When the fledgeling Honda Motor Company wanted to break into Europe, they knew their machines had to prove themselves at the greatest motorcycle race in the world, the Isle of Man TT. At that time part of the World Championship series, the TT attracted the biggest names in the racing world. It was also the toughest and most challenging event of its kind. In 1959, the first Japanese riders to reach the Island experienced a culture shock when they encountered western lifestyles for the first time, and this was only a few years after the Second World War. Yet they won over young hearts and minds, and helped rebuild bridges. Not only that, Honda machines proved themselves reliable – and fast. They were soon picking up race victory after race victory and the likes of Jim Redman, Luigi Taveri and Mike Hailwood were queueing up to ride them. When they walked away from Grand Prix motorcycle racing in 1967, Honda had won everything there was to win on two wheels at the Isle of Man TT. A legend was born, and the Honda name would go from strength to strength. Yet founder Soichiro Honda never forgot how it all started, and the Isle of Man retains a special place in Honda company history.

Author : David Wright
Publisher : Crowood
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781847976482

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100 Years of the Isle of Man TT by David Wright Pdf

Run over the everyday roads of the Isle of Man for over 100 years, the world-famous Tourist Trophy races have gripped the imaginations of successive generations of motorcyclists. From the earliest days of single-speed, belt-driven machines delivering 5 bhp, to the highly developed projectiles of today offering a fearsome 200 bhp, race fans have thronged the roadside banks and watched in awe as the best racing motorcyclists in the world rode the fastest machines of their day around the twists, turns and climbs of the 374 mile Mountain Course, all in pursuit of a coveted Tourist Trophy. This new updated edition covering the 2007 - 2012 races, reveals the event's colourful history through the high-speed activities of great riders such as the Collier brothers, Geoff Duke, Mike Hailwood, Giacomo Agostini, Steve Hislop, Joey Dunlop, John McGuinness and many others. It also looks at the machines and mechanical developments and race organisation, plus the financial rewards and commercial interests; setting them all in the context of the triumphs and tragedies of a great sporting event that has seen average lap speeds rise from 40 mph to over 130 mph. Written in an easy style, this book reveals the Manx TT's colourful history through its great riders, machines, mechanical developments and race organisation and is superbly illustrated with over 250 colour photographs.

Author : Peter Burgess,David Gollan
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Automobiles
ISBN : 9781845846084

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How to Build, Modify & Power Tune Cylinder Heads by Peter Burgess,David Gollan Pdf

- New! Revised and updated edition - complete with extra illustrations - of this best-selling SpeedPro title.- The complete practical guide to successfully modifying cylinder heads for maximum power, economy and reliability.- Understandable language and

Author : Greg Pullen
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-26
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781785006302

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Classic TT Racers by Greg Pullen Pdf

At 10 o'clock on the twenty-eighth of May 1907 the first Isle of Man Tourist Trophy motorcycle road race began. The riders pushed off on their 500cc single cylinder bikes and ten laps and 158 miles later, Charlie Collier aboard a Matchless would be declared the victor. This book is a history and celebration of the bikes of those early years of the TT races. It covers the events and personalities that led to the creation of the race and its challenging course; the early success of the British motorcycle manufacturers: Norton, Velocette, AJS and Matchless and their riders. The origins of the Italian Fours: Gilera and MV Agusta Quattro are covered and the influence and reign of the Japanese manufacturers too are covered: Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki and Suzuki. There are also details of the technical developments that enabled the bikes to conquer the mountain course with world-record beating times.