The Grand Prix Motorcycle: The Official Technical History
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (755 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1935007017 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Unlike Formula One cars, which have little in common with road cars, either technically or visually, MotoGP motorcycles are not greatly different from everyday production sportbikes. The essays create a narrative that brings together the many and ever-evolving influences of engine design, materials, tires, and chassis to reveal what technology has provided to help riders win races.Told with style and great technical insight by acclaimed author Kevin Cameron, this is the development history of 500cc and MotoGP road-racing motorcycles from 1949 to the present day. Successful solutions become the subject of engineering meetings at the factory, and may immediately return as updated parts, or be incorporated as an element of next season s machine. This is the story of how top-class racing motorcycles have evolved, year by year, from the beginning of the FIM World Championships in 1949 to the present. They discuss what can be done to be quicker at key points around the circuit. What s learned in this year s racing season affects the design of next year s production bikes. Increased tire grip is useless if it supplies no cues to let the rider know the limit is near. The rider talks with the crew chief and the data t
To hasten recovery from higher education, he began building and tuning racing motorcycles in 1964, becoming a two-stroke partisan with a 250cc Yamaha TD1-B as that revolution gathered strength. Then, as two-strokes waned in the 1980s and his family waxed Cameron s keyboard ultimately replaced his toolbox. Kevin Cameron is the technical editor of Cycle Wor
Cameron never intended to be a writer. To hasten recovery from higher education, he began building and tuning racing motorcycles in 1964, becoming a two-stroke partisan with a 250cc Yamaha TD1-B as that revolution gathered strength. Then, as two-strokes waned in the 1980s and his family waxed Cameron s keyboard ultimately replaced his toolbox. About the Author Kevin Cameron is the technical editor of Cycle World and began writing for its predecessor, Cycle, in 1973. . He describes writing for Cycle as an accident an experiment by an editor who wanted an insider s view on the fast-developing American 750cc racing scene. Cameron s strength as a technical journalist lies in his ability to present apparently complex physics or engineering matters in simple terms of familiar phenomena and everyday experience
S. Kosloske said Very well done, great reference for Moto-GP tech over the years. I've been a big fan of the authors magazine articles for a while now. When I saw that he had a book out on the history/tech of GP bikes, (you can buy signed copies off his site) I had to get a copy.Great full-spread pictures, tons of details of the evolution of. said Good book. Very interesting book. However, I didn't find probably the first half all that interesting (except for the 'chapter excerps' or whatever they were). I guess I'm just not that interested in the old bikes, though.. The Grand Prix Motorcycle jeff hall Excellent book, very interesting and informative.Kevin Cameron continues to be one the best motorcycleauthors.