Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Br it ish M ot orcycl es of the 40s and 50s By Roy Baco n 240 pages . $34 .95 From the dark days of World War II to the booming 1960s, Britain produced a wonderland of motorcycle designs. They are all described and analyzed by boffin Ro y Bacon, and illustrated with pho tos we've never seen and th ose fine line drawings of th e inner workings of engines that we treasure. From familiar BSAs and Trium phs to exo tic o ne-offs lik e th e Wooler beam-four and th e clip-on motors that are fascinating in their in genuity, it is all here in o ne book. We recommend it to th e permanent library of any on e who likes postwar British iron. Available for $34.95 plus a $3.95 handling fee from Classic Motorbooks, P.O . Box I, Osceola, WI 54020. Chuck Clayton Winn ing Motorcycle Eng ines By Vic Willoughby 128 pages . $29.95 mo torh om e? All th e actio n, pl us the behind th e scenes going-ons, from each of th e 15 ro unds of th e World Championship Road Race Series is he re in Scott 's well -wri tten, n oholds-barred approach to telling it ' like it is. In addition to Scott's words, the 192-page yearbook features the outstanding color and bla ck and white photography of Patrick Gosling, whose pictures a ls o ac company Scott's reporting throughout th e seaso n in th e pages of Cycle News. In addition to his regular race-byrace features, his choices of the top IO road racers, a political look at racing, and tech pieces on th e exotic motorcycles, Scott gives road race fans a spec tators gu ide to th e Grands Prix with an eigh t-page feature on the .circu its that make up the series. Remarkably, Motorcycle Grand Prix Year 1989/1990 was published on November I - barely SIX weeks after Eddie Lawson wrapped up his fourth World Championship in Brazil. A job well done, Mr. Scott. Motorcycle Grand Prix Year 1989/ 1990 is available for $24.95 plus $3.95 handl ing fee from from Classic Motorbooks., P.O. Box I, Osceola, WI 54020. Paul Carruthers Now it can be told - how some of th e winningest motorcycles of recent history got that way . The author, Vic Wi lloughby, . water cra~r,- ., , , u • I' • • J' • Special Offer Subscription Order Form " D Yes! Resene my subscription to Personal Watercraft Illustrated, America's Personal Watercraft Recreation Magazine, at tile special rate of $18.95 for 12 issues. Thafs over $17.00 off tile subscription price. I I I I I I I -I I Please pr int clearly and f ill out completely. Name Address -'-- City _ State PlIone ( _ _ ) Zip Order Date _ _ Chuck Clayton o 12 isues $18.95 I I I I . 0 24 lsues $34.90 o 12 isues 1st Class Canada, Melleo and all other foreilll coulltries • $41.00 (U.s. Fa"',) o CIIecIl or MoneJ Order Enclosed o Send Bill o Charge mJ credit card _ _ Visa _ _ Mastercard Card N.mber ---= Motorcycle Grand Prix Year 1989/1990 By Michael Scott 192 pages . $24.95 For anyone with a passion for Grand P ri x road racing, a spot on the coffee table should be reserved for the fourth edition Exp. Date Signatare _ I 6 I I I I L Mall to: Penonal Watercraft llustrated c/o Cycle News, Inc., P.O. Rei. 498, Lone Beach, CA90801-G498 ' knows his wa y to technical truth. H e spo ke with all th e key designers and tuners to learn th e secrets inside such milestone motorcycle engines as the A] S 7R , th e Mota Guzzi V-8, Du cati 750SS, th e MZ two-strokes and rotary Norton. Fourteen different a pproa ches to the conquest of distance with speed. Pho tos, charts and diagrams abound, along with those wonderful exploded and cutaway lin e drawings. If you are into tuning for speed, you might gain some useful insights from these 127 pages. If you just lik e ogling naked metal scu lp ture of the motorcycle species, this book is a must. Available for $29.95 plus $3.95 handling fee from Classic Motorbooks, P.O. Box I, Osceola, WI 54020. 24 Hr. FAX Order Une (213) 427-6685 . ememlJer to illdlllle , . , /Nymeet Of' cre4it card iIIfoI'Inmo. witlJ1""" order. ~ of Scott's Motorcycle Grand P rix Year. Who qualified on the pole for the Italian 500cc G P in Misano? Where did Eddie Lawson finish in Austria? Who drives the biggest 1989 Motocross des Nations By Professor Bailey $39.95 plus $3 .00 shipping Gary Bai ley's video coverage of the 1989 Motocross des Nations is proof that he learns from his mistakes. Last year Bail ey's videotape of th e ra ce in France sho wed lap aft er lap of racing over a track that was difficu lt to see from a distance. The resu lt was a program that became increasingly , boring. . Th is year 's event in Gaildorf, West Germany, pr esented the same problem; mu ch of the tra ck wasn 't visible from a single vantage point, making it difficult for Bailey, with his single hand-held camera, to cover the entire track, But Bailey didn't try to do that this - time, and instead of showing almost all of th e three 30-m inu te motos Bail ey mainly co ncen trates on th e highlights, with lo ts of footage showing th e Ameri can s in action as well as several of th e other battles that took pl ace on th e track..

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