Motorcycle: Evolution, Design, Passion

by Mick Walker

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 & Wolfmüller 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.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published August 23, 2006

About the author

Michael John Gilbert Walker was a leading motorcycle authority.

Reviews

[Mohan]

Nice coffee table book. I understood there are belts, shafts and chains in a motorcycle after reading this. Maybe this book is only for avid motorcycle enthusiasts.

[Cj 888 · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was expecting a more technical book I think. Mainly about older motorcycles.