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Mick Walker's Japanese Grand Prix Racing Motorcycles [Paperback]

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Paperback: 220 pages
Publisher: Redline Books (May 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0953131181
ISBN-13: 978-0953131181
Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.3 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds

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5.0 out of 5 stars Japanese Racing motorcycles, June 18, 2008

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This review is from: Mick Walker's Japanese Grand Prix Racing Motorcycles (Paperback)

For motorcycle lovers this is the best book in years to explain how and why Japanese motorcycles influenced and changed our world. The modern four cylinder motorcycle engine started with Honda's 250 cc four cylinder racer from the early 60's (looks the same as todays engines). If you like small, complex, hi-tech engines (a 50cc twin, DOHC, 4 valve per cylinder racer that Honda multiplied into a 5 cylinder 125cc racer and again into six cylinder double overhead cam racer) this book is for you. It details it all with amazing photos and history of ALL of the Japanese brands all the way up to the current MOTO GP racers. Two stoke lovers will not be disappointed. It covers with amazing detail a technological era of racing and competition that shows clearly why racing improves a brand. My only complaint is that the book is not hardbound.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive review of the racing bikes, January 17, 2009

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While Mick Walker does a good job of reveiwing the entire history of Japanese racing bikes, more technical information about the machines would have been appreciated. The author tends to focus a lot of space on the riders/events/results rather than a technical/specification analysis.
Overall, this book is a good reference, but it could have been much better.

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Today Japan is universally acknowledged as the world's foremost motorcycling nation, with vast production facilities, worldwide sales, and a virtual stranglehold on the major branches of the sport, including motocross and Grand Prix road racing. Read the first page

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tubular steel cradle, single leading shoe drum, championship table, telescopic fork, twin shock, world championship series, title chase, title race, lap record, racing motorcycles, final drive, swinging arm, world title

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Kenny Roberts, Phil Read, Dave Simmonds, Mike Hailwood, Tom Phillis, Eddie Lawson, Freddie Spencer, Soichiro Honda, Barry Sheene, Great Britain, Hugh Anderson, Kork Ballington, Brands Hatch, Giacomo Agostini, Tommy Robb, West Germany, Bill Ivy, Ernst Degner, Mick Doohan, Mick Grant, Blue Riband, Carlos Lavado, East German, Luca Cadalora, Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini

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