Motorcycles - Motorsport Books

By: Mick Walker . Italian Racing Motorcycles is second in the series. Italy has a reputation for style in all things, not least in motorcycles. The first pure-bred Italian motorcycles made their appearance at the beginning of the 20th century and...

By: Mick Walker . Japanese Production Racing Motorcycles is the sixth and final book in the series. As Grand Prix Racing Motorcycles explains, the Japanese did not suddenly become proficient in the design and development of motorcycles when they first...

By: Mick Walker . European Racing Motorcycles is fourth in the series. Unlike the other volumes, which concentrate on a single nation, this volume covers no less than twelve countries, all of which enjoyed a fair level of success, but didn't quite...

By: Mick Walker . British Racing Motorcycles is the first in this series. With foreign-built motorcycles generally dominating road and track today, it is perhaps difficult to appreciate that the situation was not always so. There was a time when...

By: Mick Walker . German Racing Motorcycles is the third in this series. For a considerable period there were two distinct Germanys. Both the West and East produced innovative machinery, often in the vanguard of technical progress, good enough to win...

By: Tom Madigan . Motocross racing began in 1924just outside London, England. It remained a European sport populated with Euro stars and didn't emigrate to the United States until 1957. By 1970, the U.S. had its own national race series, complete...