Description
Author: Bob Guntrip, Hardbound, 232 Pages, ISBN: 9781845847937, 1st Edition, October 2015 **Each copy personally signed by the author, Bob Guntrip**
The decade between 1960 and 1970 saw British racing singles reach the peak of their decelopment, a decade in which exciting racing unfolded at circuits across the land every weekend, and the decade of Bob McIntyre, Derek Minter, Mike Hailwood, Phil Read, Bill Ivy and Peter Williams.
This book documents the period from the introduction of the G50 Matchless, up to the advent of the Yamaha TR2, and the birth of the two-stroke era - a period of immense change. Britain during the 1960s wasn't only a nation of pop music and fashion; it was a decade crammed with the most competitive racing in the history of motorcycle sport. Racing Line tells this story - the ridres, the machines, the drama and the the excitement.
The 1960s saw British racing singles reach the peak of their development. It was a decade in which exciting racing unfolded at circuits across the land every weekend; an era crammed with the most competitive racing in the history of motorcycle sport — and
tne decade of Bob McIntyre. Derek Minter, Mike Hailwood, Phil Read, Bill Ivy and Peter William.
Racing Line tells this story — the riders, the machines, the drama and the excitement, documenting the period from the introduction of the G50 Matchless. up to the advent of the Yamaha TR2, and the birth of the two-stroke era.
