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Off-Road Giants! Volume 3: Heroes of 1960s Motorcycle Sport
Andy Westlake
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Description for Off-Road Giants! Volume 3: Heroes of 1960s Motorcycle Sport
Hardcover. This book includes some of the greats of the scrambling world - Dave Bickers, John Banks, Rob Taylor - and others not, perhaps, quite so well known. From the hard-riding Devon farmer John Trible, Gloucester ace Tommy Barker, and Six Days trials star Eric Chilton, to the last ever interview with Olga Kevelos, a true star. Series: Off-Road Giants!: Heroes of 1960s Motorcycle Sport. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; WGCK; WSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 734.
If you can recall the golden era of motorcycle sport then this is undoubtedly the book for you. Featuring sixteen scramblers and one and six days trials stars, this is a must read for all who lined the circuits on muddy Sundays and were glued to their TV sets on Winter afternoons. Author Andy Westlake is regarded as one of the UK's leading classic motorcycle journalists and this book is the perfect follow-up to his two previous books “Off Road Giants” volumes one and two. In this third volume Andy has once again managed to track down and interview ... Read more
If you can recall the golden era of motorcycle sport then this is undoubtedly the book for you. Featuring sixteen scramblers and one and six days trials stars, this is a must read for all who lined the circuits on muddy Sundays and were glued to their TV sets on Winter afternoons. Author Andy Westlake is regarded as one of the UK's leading classic motorcycle journalists and this book is the perfect follow-up to his two previous books “Off Road Giants” volumes one and two. In this third volume Andy has once again managed to track down and interview ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Veloce Publishing
Condition
New
Series
Off-Road Giants!: Heroes of 1960s Motorcycle Sport
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845847456
SKU
V9781845847456
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Andy Westlake
After nearly forty years of riding motorbikes, Andy Westlake is one of the UK’s leading motorcycle magazine journalists. He contributes to leading monthly magazines such as The Classic Motorcycle, Classic Dirt Bike and Motorcycle Sport and Leisure in the UK, and also classic and off-road magazines in France, the USA, and Australia. He attended his first motorcycle sports event as ... Read more
Reviews for Off-Road Giants! Volume 3: Heroes of 1960s Motorcycle Sport
really interesting reading ... filled with often little known anecdotes and ... plentiful photographs Motor Cycling Club (MCC) a must read for all who lined the circuits and trails on muddy Sundays and were glued to their TV sets on Saturday winter afternoons when the event was televised on BBC Grandstand. The interviews are well crafted and Westlake's own enthusiasm ... Read more