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Motorcycle: Evolution, Design, Passion
Contributor(s): Walker, Mick (Author)

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 ISBN: 0801885302     ISBN-13: 9780801885303
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: October 2006
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Annotation: The definitive guide to motorcycle design, this gorgeous volume traces the evolution of one of the world's ultimate icons of style. Ranges from late 19th-century pioneers like Gottlieb Daimler and Hildebrand & Wolfmller to present-day manufacturers like Harley Davidson, Ducati, Honda, BMW, Aprilia, and Triumph.
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BISAC Categories:
- Transportation | Motorcycles - History
- Transportation | Motorcycles - Pictorial
Dewey: 629.227
LCCN: 2006924782
Age Level: 18-UP
Grade Level: 13-UP
Physical Information: 0.94" H x 8.92" W x 11.34" L (2.77 lbs) 224 pages
Features: Dust Cover, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: New Yorker (The) 11/20/2006 pg. 93
Scitech Book News 12/01/2006 pg. 131
 
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Publisher Description:

This is the definitive, comprehensive guide to motorcycle design. Tapping a deep well of knowledge and a lifetime of experience, motorcycle racer and historian Mick Walker sheds light on the evolution of one of the world's ultimate status symbols and style icons--a development owing as much to history, politics, and technology as it does to image, lifestyle, and design. In a survey that ranges from the late nineteenth-century pioneers like Gottlieb Daimler and Hildebrand & Wolfm ller to present-day manufacturers--Harley Davidson, Ducati, Honda, BMW, Aprilia, and Triumph--Walker sets each model within its historical context and outlines the main technological and stylistic innovations that make each bike unique.

Contributor Bio(s): Walker, Mick: - Mick Walker is acknowledged to be the world's leading motorcycle authority. In a career that has spanned over forty-five years, he has written over one hundred books and curated several exhibitions. He has been a successful racer, tuner, team manager, talent scout, and British importer. In 1998, he was involved in The Art of the Motorcycle exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City and, in 1999, Ducati presented him with a Lifetime Achievement Award, the first of its kind.
 
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