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Performance Motorcycles

Mick Walker

Performance Motorcycles are the highest-performance machines within virtually all categories of motorbike, manufactured to top-of-the-range specifications. Manufacturers in the small-capacity 125cc segment produce diminutive super bikes, while the touring fraternity also has a wide selection of performance offerings to choose... Read moreRead less

Performance Motorcycles are the highest-performance machines within virtually all categories of motorbike, manufactured to top-of-the-range specifications. Manufacturers in the small-capacity 125cc segment produce diminutive super bikes, while the touring fraternity also has a wide selection of performance offerings to choose from. The retro market features a number of powerful options, and the highly popular sports sector is a veritable hothouse of fast bikes. At the top of the tree are the super sports machines, many of which are based directly on racing versions.

Most of the major manufacturers produce enduro-styled machines: mostly practical dirt bikes, they are used in a variety of motocross events right up to the celebrated Dakar rally. The modern trials bike is a very specialised machine, and directly complements this category. In all cases, performance motorcycles provide excellent opportunities for spectacular photography, whether on twisting roads, race circuits or mountain tracks. Performance Motorcycles focuses on the machines, identifying the best bikes in each category and giving an account of their evolution and specification. Key motorcycles are illustrated with detailed profile and cutaway artworks showing exterior and interior views as well as details of the engines.

Format: 305 x 229mm
Extent: 176pp
Word count: 70,000
Illustrations: 140 colour and black-and-white photographs, 40 colour artworks

Mick Walker

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