Product Description:

• Any kind of competition breeds a desire to gain a performance advantage over the opposition, and motorcycle racing is no exception. Cutting-edge chassis design is a major factor in motorcycle performance, including that of fast road machines. This book explores the most innovative designs of recent years, to show how motorcycle chassis technology has evolved into today s highly-technical forms which use advanced materials and techniques. This book charts the history of fifteen of the most innovative companies. The companies still thriving today, as well as producing modern machines with a wide range of engine options, are finding considerable business rebuilding and maintaining machines built in the earlier years. Some of the pioneer builders have become household names to the motorcycle fraternity and those written about in this book include: Bakker, Bimota (Italy), Dresda, Egli (Switzerland), Harris Performance Products (United Kingdom), Hejira racing (United Kingdom), Magni (Italy), Maxton Engineering (United Kingdom), P&M, PDQ, Quasar, Rickman UK (United Kingdom), Colin Seeley Racing (United Kingdom), Segale (Italy) and Spondon Engineering (United Kingdom). With full specifications for many chassis and extensively illustrated throughout, this book is a must for any motorcycle enthusiast and a valuable reference for the trade. 

Customer Ratings:

• Fair to middlin . The book is visually appealing, with high quality paper stock and some great photographs of handcrafted manchines. The book s written content suffers by comparison, there is too much filler in the form of engine specifications (how is this relevant in a book dedicated to chassis design/construction?), not enough content related to chassis specifications or construction, and some grievous editing errors. I would also have liked to learn more about the men who built/build these machines, the stories behind the bikes, but I can t necessarily count this as a fault, as the title hasn t strictly promised this. I don t regret buying it, but I have a more than casual interest in chassis design.
• Motorcycle Road & racing Chassis. being an engineer and fan of custom sport bike chassis, I read this book with great anticipation. As a pictoral and light history of the covered companies, the book succeeds. As a detailed reference book, or a book that would provide any kind of in-depth technical detail, I was sorely disapointed.
  The book is well illustrated, and the author provides some insight into the different companies, but I consider it a light brushing rather than a thorough look at each.
  Also, contrary to the publisher s description, I did not find any full specifications for ANY chassis, and only a general specification for P&M chassis. Additionally, although the book has a first printing in November 2007, most chapter references seem to predate 2001 except brief paragraph notes at the end of some chapters telling if the company is still in business or not.
  I was also disapointed to find that other than a printed ad in the back of the book, there were no names, addresses, web sites, or phone # s for any of the 15 companies included.
  As an interesting quick look at the companies, the book succeeds. As a detailed reference for someone looking for a valuable refference for the trade the book is mediocre at best.
  I would buy the book from the understanding that it is written with the depth of a magazine article rather than an in-depth textbook on the history of the companies involved.
  I hate to sound harsh in reviewing the book, but I have to give the book a C+.

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