Archive for 'Motorcycle Books' Category
Japan’s Motorcycle Wars
16 July 2008Japan’s Motorcycle Wars delves deep into the history of the Japanese motorcycle business going well beyond the stories of the now successful big 4 brands everyone seems to know. For all of the impact Japanese motorcycles have had here in the U.S. and around the world, there hasn’t been a scholarly book written about how [...]
Driving a Sidecar Outfit
23 April 2008David L. Hough has rewritten and updated Driving a Sidecar Outfit. The brand new second edition arrived in The Kneeslider’s mail and it looks like a comprehensive introduction to everything you’ll need to get started. You might recognize the name, David Hough, he’s the author of Proficient Motorcycling and More Proficient Motorcycling, 2 very popular [...]
Sideburn Flat Track Magazine
20 February 2008Sorting through The Kneeslider’s mail this morning (the print stuff, not email) I found an issue of a brand new magazine from England, it’s called Sideburn and it’s all about the dirty world of go fast, turn left flat trackers. Flipping through the pages I found a display ad for Bratstyle, then I see the [...]
Standard Catalog of Japanese Motorcycles 1959-2007
18 February 2008A few days ago, The Standard Catalog of Japanese Motorcycles 1959-2007 arrived and it looks like I’ll be referring to it quite often. Inside are pages filled with photos and lists of literally every Japanese motorcycle offered for sale in the U.S. from 1959 through 2007. If you have a need or desire to [...]
MotoGP Technology
14 December 2007MotoGP is like Formula One, extremely expensive, high tech and secret. Everyone wants to know what the other guys are doing but unless you’re part of the team, you only see the results on the track, the inner workings of the engine and chassis are kept under wraps.
When the allowed engine displacements were reduced from [...]
Motorcycle Road and Racing Chassis
7 December 2007If the names Bakker, Dresda, Harris, Spondon or many others like them ring a bell, you’ll find Motorcycle Road & Racing Chassis a very interesting book. Just published, it covers 15 specialty frame builders, some still in business, some not, with stories of how they came about and photos of the frames and completed bikes [...]
Up-N-Smoke Engine Project Book Needs Writers
2 May 2007Are you a vintage motorcycle engine expert? Do you know the ins and outs of engines from Vincent and Norton and some of the other famous marques? Last year I pointed out Daniel Pierce’s Up-N-Smoke Project, a series of excellent photos depicting powerplants from many of the best known vintage motorcycles. Dan has decided to [...]
What Motorcycle Magazines Do Best
22 February 2007If you have been reading The Kneeslider for any length of time you’re already familiar with Jesse James’ radial motorcycle, the Wakan 1640, Roland Sands’ KRV5, Matt Hotch’s Vinnie, the new Vmax, the eCycle hybrid motorcycle, the new Can-Am Spyder, the changing trend away from the old choppers and even the recent CARB fines Jesse [...]
