Book Description
Now in its 31st year, Motocourse continues to go from strength to strength as the fortunes of MotoGP worldwide continue to flourish. Compiled by leading motorcycle journalist Mike Scott, Motocourse is not simply a lavish document on the MotoGP and Superbike seasons, it is a highly collectible resource that has sold out for each of the past three years. It is widely recognized as the leading annual in this exciting sport. Motocourse is packed with detailed race reports, in-depth analysis, rider profiles and outstanding photography that brings to life the excitement of this massively popular sport.
Customer Reviews:
Great Information and Good Presentation.......2007-07-03
This is not the perfect book about MotoGP or Superbike, but it is rather close. The facts and information are very good in this book...the presentation is also well-done and the photographs are wonderful. I only wish that there were more statistical information about races past. (I bought the "MotoGP Results" annual for that purpose.) However, I would definitely recommend this to the veteran race fan who needs to get his or her race information fix in a rather large coffee table book! If you like photos, this is a good book for you!
book looks great but defective dust cover.......2007-03-24
the book is an above average Motocourse which is great, but the dust jacket is defective, seems like it is coming apart, and covered with a wierd film, people tend to collect these, so it probably warrants a return, has anyone had a simliar experience?? are they all like this??
Book Description
Evans Brasfield. This informative book covers the entire spectrum of sportbike projects and is the perfect workshop companion for beginner, intermediate, and advanced riders.
Customer Reviews:
Full of ideas and inspiration.......2007-03-23
I purchased this book along with Sportbike Performance Handbook (Motorbooks Workshop). This book (101 Sportbike Performance Projects) is a much simpler book but one I find myself going back to time and again. It is full of easy how-tos for things I have been thinking about doing to my bike for ages but didn't really know where to start.
Since reading this book I have had the confidence to completely disassemble my forks and install new springs and valves. I also have a list of things to try next. It is written to cover all sportbikes so will need to be read alongside your bikes specific manual. If you love your bike and have always wanted to muck around on it in the garage on wet days or start improving the handling etc., get this book.
Great reference for your motorcycling library.......2005-11-08
This is a nice book to complement your owners manual. I've already gotten my money's worth after completing two of the projects: bleeding the brakes and flushing the radiator. While this is basic maintenance, the owners manual doesn't really detail either of these projects (or recommends that you get the dealer to do it, which really isn't necessary because the author does a good job of describing the tasks). I also like that many of the projects are for mods you would make to a "track" bike, like safety wiring and some of the advanced suspension descriptions. Nice book, highly recommended for your library of motorcycle literature.
Literate++ BikeTech Baedeker.......2005-08-13
Mr. Brasfield has succeded in writing an encyclopedia of 21st-century sportbike technology with both linguistic aplomb and humor. 'Geared' toward the in-line fours, most every project and comment has some application for other configurations as well (like my '00 SuperHawk, e.g.). The mods go way beyond anything I'd fiddle with since: a)I'm 58 and have five machines to tworple with, and; b)the VTR is already too danged fast and hurts my wrists after 30 minutes. Although no substitute for a shop manual (as the author concedes), the tips and photos are most appropriate throughout. Just order it.
Useful.......2005-08-03
I read this book cover to cover, and remained interested throughout.
It covers a wide variety of topics - just about everything you want, and a few you don't, including how to straighten a wheel (simple answer - get someone else to do it).
Some of the content isn't explained enough - like what bike to do this on, where to get special tools, etc. Also, the info on fiberglass repair isn't quite correct - you need to fiberglass both sides of the repair, not just the inside as instructed.
All in all, great book, great pictures, well written.
Good Way to Get Started In Your Own Maintenance.......2005-02-21
Here are 101 projects that can and may need to be performed on your SportsBike. These vary from the very simple such as making a pre-ride check to bodywork repair after a less than successful ride. The projects are broken down into seven categories:
General Maintenance
Brakes
Wheels and Tires
Suspension
Chassis
Engine
Crash Protection
Most of the projects take only an hour or two and are well described and well interested. This book is aimed at the beginner. It starts with a description of the most basic tools, and includes useful little hints like marking your most used sockets with a band of red tape to make them easier to find.
Clearly the author knows sportbikes, and further he is able to convey this knowledge to the reader.
Book Description
Kevin Cameron is one of the most widely read motorcycle journalists in the world--for reasons that this collection makes immediately and undeniably clear. Here are the feature articles and columns that have made Cameron a must-read for motorcycle aficionados: stories of the racing life; interviews with top-notch racers; profiles of builders and engineers (like John Britten); accounts of changes in the racing world; analyses of riding techniques and winning technology; reports of races; and popular pieces about engine and suspension theory. With short introductions to each piece, Cameron puts his on-the-spot writing on motorcycle racing into context, and offers a quick, clear history of the best on bikes.
Customer Reviews:
Motorcycles, yes indeed!!!!!.......2007-10-09
My husband loved the book and has read it 3 times all ready. If you are excited about the motorcycling world, then this book is for you.
Cycle fan.......2007-09-25
Having read Kevin Cameron over the years it is great to relive those articles. The TZ Yamahas were great machines and its great to remember a simpler time of racing with well told articles.
Clear like glass, crystal etc........2007-09-18
What a great book! Kevin Cameron is the clearest technical writer I know of, and my purchase was a no brainer. I know of no one else who can make the inner workings of an internal combustion engine leap to full-colour life with incredible clarity and detail, and do it so effortlessly that you don't even realise how smoothly the images leap up and you see his point with no deductive effort on your part. The book has sections on racing (insightful, but a bit slow if you're not American), racers (very interesting reading about some not-so-famous, but interestingly driven characters), mechanics (haven't gotten that far down the book yet) and inner workings (about the minutiae of the engines, my favourite section, both from Cycle World and in this book).
If you're even slightly into technical texts about motorcycles, you must have this book. KC rocks!
Genius technology writer.......2007-07-21
Racers who want to climb the sport's greasy pole need the basics: skill, will, energy, luck, focus, money and opportunity. Comparable skills are vital in every phase of racing --machine choice, tuning, tire selection, maintenance, logistics, acquiring sponsorship, managing stress. Another helpful ingredient rises above almost all others: a mentor, sitting patiently alongside, to make sure that we understand what is going on and what to do about it most effectively.
Enter Kevin Cameron with TDC, tracing his racing experience over a 35-year career as perhaps the most knowledgeable and capable man in the field, certainly among its finest writers. Individuals may exceed his skills in narrow areas but no one has assembled the 'package' Cameron brings to the task. The book is a four-part selection of 51 of his writings in CYCLE WORLD from 1973-2005, with current, brief introductions, and helps us understand why he is essential reading for serious enthusiasts.
In his first section, THE RACING LIFE, Cameron analyzes where most racers are coming from: privateers with limited means, the moments and signposts that created today's scene (e.g. 1974, year of the 'slick'), the art of crashing, the two-stroke/four-stroke conundrum, frames, suspensions, disk brakes (remember drums?), pioneering riders, some of the appalling incidents that doomed many racing efforts. Ever slept in a van, worked 36 hours straight fueled by coffee and junk food? He has. You can, um, smell it on the page.
With his second grouping, RACERS, he appraises the great riders--attitudes, character, what enabled them to win: Mick, Wayne, Eddie, Freddie, KR, Kevin. Even if you don't know racing's past greats, their strengths and weaknesses, rendered insightfully by Cameron, resonate today throughout the sport--Colin and Casey, Nicky and Vale. New names and faces, sure, but similar human nature propelling the agony and ecstasy, the triumphs and disasters.
MOGULS, MAVENS AND MECHANICS examines some great characters such as Soichiro Honda, John Britten, Jeremy Burgess, Robin Tuluie, Robert Muzzy, Eraldo Ferraci. These are not sketches but insights into the characters, behaviors, skills and motivations that drove these men. He understands not just their external, public personas, but their minds and hearts.
In INNER WORKINGS, the last selection, Cameron returns to his roots: what the machine is doing, how to understand it. He has the uncanny ability to reach down to molecular levels to explain what is happening inside machinery and convey it with dazzling simplicity. Anyone can write turgid, complex descriptions of complicated physical processes, and many do. Few can render esoterica in simple, elegant terms comprehensible to average minds. No wonder the NEW YORK TIMES turns to Cameron, often. We're still not plumbing his depths: he's expert in many areas, including aviation and the amazing radials of WWII.
Anyone who has ever raced, who is racing or who intends to race, in any serious area of motorsports at any level, or just go to the races, or merely watch them on TV, must absorb TDC. You'll learn more in this one book than in decades at the track, at $26.95 (retail) the least expensive learning and life wisdom you'll ever find. It is The Word. Cameron is motorsports' national treasure and our essential mentor.
A Trip Into Technology's Finest Points.......2007-07-02
Like Peter Egan's Leanings series of books (and Side Glances collections), TDC is a compilation of Kevin Cameron's Cycle World columns of the same name. For those unfamiliar, Cameron is a literal engineering genius and it shows month after month in his works (or page after page here, as the case may be). At times though, his writing style can become a bit overwhelming even for an adept mechanic to ingest. He is hardly to blame though as he prides himself on tackling subjects that are simply mind boggling. Readers should expect an information overload as nearly each and every page of this book digs into the most intricate mechanical processes and somehow manages to make sense of them.
Cameron has a knack for exploring technologies not only current, but also in their inception and race applications. It isn't uncommon for him to take a look at a mechanism that comes as standard equipment on today's bikes then to jump back to the earliest records of its inception (be it military or civilian), discuss the concept's trial and error evolution, get into how it affected race-bikes in the early 1980's, then relate it back to today's stock iteration. And all of this is a single paragraph of one article.
It is clear his thirst for knowledge is rivaled only by his desire to educate others in what he's uncovered. But realize that unlike Egan's works, this can hardly be considered light reading. Cameron rarely spends time penning fluff or downplaying advanced concepts so that younger readers/ beginners can follow along. His columns dive right into the technicalities and continue to pull the reader along whether they're ready or not. I often find myself reading a paragraph over and over in attempt to separate the flood of interesting facts presented into smaller bits. Having KC's works chronologically organized into a single volume turns a solid monthly editorial into a piece of reference literature worthy of any coffee table; Whether it belongs to a meachanic, rider, or otherwise.
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Book Description
Now in its 30th year, Motocourse continues to go from strength to strength as the fortunes of MotoGP worldwide continue to flourish. Compiled by leading motorcycle journalist Mike Scott, Motocourse is not simply a lavish document on the MotoGP and Superbike seasons, it is a highly collectible resource that has sold out for each of the past three years. It is widely recognized as the leading annual in this exciting sport. Motocourse is packed with detailed race reports, in-depth analysis, rider profiles and outstanding photography that brings to life the excitement of this massively popular sport.
Customer Reviews:
The Only Motorcycle Racing Annual...........2002-01-27
Yet another excellent annual by Motocourse. Primarily covers the MotoGP tour but also includes SBK and some national racing.
This edition is particular important as Americans topped the 500cc Championship and the Superbike Championship which probably hasn't happend since the late 80s.
Excellent recap and photographs
GP Central.......2001-09-21
If you need to know what happened in GP Bike racing each year and from only one source this is it. The photos alone are worth the price of the book. My only wish is that I had found out about this series sooner so I could read the earier one too!!
Outstanding!! The authoratative book on Gran Prix Racing.......1999-05-23
I've read these books for years. Each and every year I get the whole picture of what has happened on the World Gran Prix Motorcycle scene. The pictures are beyond words, and give a clear shot of what it's like to ride one of these bikes at speed. The technical information is very good, considering that all the major manufacturers take secrecy to the extreme making it hard for outsiders whom are interested in the technical aspects kind of shut outs. Overall, though....I can't wait to get my hands on the next edition.
Book Description
Cruiser motorcycles account for more than 60 percent of the U.S. street bike market, and cruiser sales are increasing annually. Every cruiser sold is modified, period. The changes might be purely cosmetic (such as the addition of chrome, custom paint, and touring equipment), or they might improve performance (aftermarket exhaust, engine mods, brake upgrades). Modifications are made to virtually every cruiser that rolls out of a dealership. Many of the owners of metric cruisersthe term used to descibe cruisers that dont use Harley-style enginesare new to motorcycling or getting back into the sport after a hiatus, and this book will help educate them on the modification possibilities, dos and donts on selecting equipment, and installation techniques. This book covers everything a metric cruiser owner needs to know, including basic tools, basic maintenance, intake and exhaust, suspension and chassis, engine mods, transmission, electrical system tips, and customizing recommendations.
Product Description
With over 60 action photos of the best American road racers in MotoGP and AMA Superbike action from the 2006 season, including the USGP, it's the most up-to-date and action-packed calendar you can get. At 17"x22" hanging size this calendar makes quite the impact. All pages have perforation lines so you can use the images as posters when the month is over.
Customer Reviews:
2007 American Roadracer moto gp calendar.......2007-03-14
This is just the calendar I was wanting for my Son-in-law. He is involved with moto gp and is serving in Iraq. This made the perfect gift for him.
Customer Reviews:
Entertaining, but..........2005-08-05
I received this book as a gift from a non-cycling family member. At first I was excited and eagerly read it. Well, it is interesting, and does provide some advice on how to select components, but mainly its a coffee table book to read when your significant other is watching some show/movie you are not interested in.
DINGS: --If you are an experienced rider, serious about building your own bike, and read current bicycling magazines, you probably already know more than what this book will tell you, --the components are circa 1997-2000. --It does not give a comprehensive step-by-step process to buy bike components, --likewise it is not a comprehensive installation checklist, and it is *very poor* in how to fine tune installed components such as derelliers (sic) or forks. --It does a poor job on geometry and sizing.
PROS: You can find it in discount/half-price book shops for less than $10, it is colorfully illustrated, it makes a good book for a kid interested in bikes, it provides an overall approach to designing, sourcing, and building a custom bike.
Filled with essential knowledge about building a bicycle.......2003-10-11
While the book is only 128 pages long, it is crammed to the gills with important details and information about bikes and how to build them. The photographs are excellent and are a great help in explaining the more intracate deatails of assembling a bicycle.
Richard Ries does a nice job of organizing the book in a logical progression. He starts with the bicycle frame and how to select it all the way through to the final installation of all the bike components. He also details what components are good and which to select from. I have been looking for a book like this for a long time. Many books cover repairing the bike, but there are few, if any, that logically takes you through each step of building one. He gives advice on how to avoid trouble and tips on how to do certain tasks easier. The only downside of the book is that it was written in 1997. Although not a big problem, there are certain hardware advances that are left out of the book because it is not current. However, the book is very helpful in teaching the basic things needed to know about building a bike. "Machineheads" will most likely feel that the book is too simplistic in nature, but for the rest of us who struggle with mechanical endeavors, this is just what we need. This is not a repair manual, but a primer on how to build your first bike. Richard Ries draws from his own personal bike projects as examples to demonstrate how to do it. The advice is down-to-earth and understandable. This book is out of print, but you may be able to track it down on the internet. A very underated book. Don't let the size of the book fool you. Every page is essential without all the fluff. Now, I can finally start on my own bicycle project and maybe you can too. Hopefully, Richard Ries will attempt a new edition of his book with updates. I, for one, would certainly buy it.
Thin book, thin content........1999-12-10
For the neophyte, the book provides a fine introduction to what features or products could help improve riding enjoyment. It is organized around sample projects of a 'beam' style road racer, a tourer, and a dual-suspension mountain bike. It contains a lot of discussion regarding the varieties of missions a bike might take on and how features or products for some missions aren't much good for others, for instance, and encourages the rider/reader to seek a more personally-suited machine. For the experienced rider who knows what s/he wants to ride and is looking for advice on BUILDING the dream bike her/his self, however, it is a bit thin on the nuts and bolts needed to get it all together and working smoothly. Retitle it "Things you could buy for different kinds of bikes you want to build and problems that might creep up if you do," maybe.
This book is essential reading........1999-01-13
The tips given will make this a valuable resource long after I build my perfect bicycle. Great pictures and useful information adorn this indispensable work for the bicycling enthusiast.
Book Description
Packed with fine writing and great photographs, The Official British Superbike Season Review 2006 – in the shops just five weeks after the last round of the championship – is an exciting new annual from Haynes for 2006, joining our best-selling sister titles on Formula One and MotoGP motorcycle racing. British Superbike (BSB), the UK’s premier motorcycle racing category, has a passionate following, huge crowds attend each race, and the 13-round series is televised by ITV. Sumptuous and affordably priced, this book is the definitive record of the 2006 season, detailing events with all the behind-the-scenes insight expected of an official book.
Book Description
Official licensed product. Foreword by Jerry Burgess. MotoGP reached new heights in 2004. In an epic season, Valentino Rossi won back-to-back titles on different makes of motorcycle, after taking on the role of underdog on the previously under-achieving Yamaha M1. MotoGP Season Review 2004 chronicles in detail all 16 races, from Rossi's emotional win in South Africa to his coronation in Valencia. Each rider's performance over the year is analyzed, and there is a unique Riders' Rider of the Year feature, plus an analysis of how the leading bikes evolved over the season. An essential record of the 2004 MotoGP season for all fans of motorcycle racing.
Customer Reviews:
MotoGP 2004 Review (the Book, not the DVD).......2005-10-13
This book is excellent. Ryder expands on his 2004 Season Guide, which was published before the season, including more in depth descriptions of the tracks, bikes, riders and teams and also adds long, detailed descriptions of every race and the entire championship; all this combined with beautiful photography throughout the book make it a real winner. Ryder's unique insider position in MotoGP gives him the opportunity to pass on nuggets of knowledge that aren't commonly found everywhere else, so the book an invaluable addition to any MotoGP fans library.
Pretty Sad.......2005-03-29
I am underwhelmed at this dvd and would not recommend it at all.
The format has been changed and now only shows highlights of the moto gp races. It does not show the entire races anymore, literally skipping halfway through the races until the end. Unfortunately in the u.s. unless you have tivo there is no way to watch or re-watch some of the most exciting motorcycle racing today. I hoped that this would dvd have the races in their entirety....although they do waste time showing what france or italy look like.....
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