Motorräder: Bücher - Geschichte und Modelle

Motorräder des Ostblocks - Bulgarien, Polen, Sowjetunion 1945-1990 (Typenkompass)

Auf dem Gebiet der ehemaligen DDR fuhren nicht nur MZ und Simson: Im Zuge sogenannter Kompensationsgeschäfte wurden immer wieder Fahrzeuge aus Ostblock-Staaten importiert.
Da der DDR von den RGW-Staaten die Oberhoheit über den Motorradbau bis 250 Kubik übertragen wurde, waren die CZ und Pannonia, die CZ und Ural kaum im Strassenverkehr zu finden, umso mehr allerdings in den Ursprungsländern.

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In gewohnter Manier akribisch recherchiert und ausführlich in zahlreichen, oftmals historischen Fotos dokumentiert, bietet Frank Rönicke in diesem Typenkompass einen umfassenden Überblick über die Zweiradfertigung des Ostblocks.

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Das Motorrad-Buch - Die große Chronik mit über 1000 Modellen

Kein anderes Fahrzeug steht so für die Freiheit und Unabhängigkeit wie das Motorrad. Für viele ist es weit mehr als nur reine Fortbewegung - auf dem Bike zu sitzen ist pures Leben und die Fahrt selbst ist das Ziel.
"Das Motorrad-Buch" erzählt die spannende Geschichte des Kraftrads und seiner technischen Entwicklung. Über 1.000 wichtige Modelle stellt diese umfangreiche Chronik nach Jahrzehnten gegliedert vor - von den ersten Motorrädern der Jahrhundertwende über die legendären Maschinen von Harley-Davidson bis zu sportlichen Crossfahrzeugen und Rennmaschinen.

Das Buch erklärt die Meilensteine der Motortechnik und porträtiert die großen Marken und ihre Konstrukteure. Steckbriefe von bedeutenden Modellen und Galerieseiten mit auch weniger bekannten Maschinen laden zum Stöbern und Entdecken ein.

Dieser umfassende und reich bebilderte Band ist wirklich ein Muss für jeden Motorrad-Liebhaber!

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Youngtimer - Motorräder 1970-1980 (Typenkompass)

In den 70er Jahren erlebte die Motorradindustrie ihre Blütezeit. Vom zweirädrigen Autoersatz der Nachkriegsjahre entwickelte sich das Motorrad zum Freizeit- und Sportgerät der Babybommer-Generation.
Die Motorradindustrie selbst tat ein Übriges, um die Nachfrage anzuheizen. Praktisch im Stundentakt erschienen neue, attraktive und vor allem immer leistungsfähigere Modelle, die nichts mit den "Windsbräuten" und "Elefanten" der Altvorderen zu tun hatten.

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Motorradfahren wurde zum Synonym von Freiheit und Abenteuer, und jeder, der ein Zweirad fahren konnte, fühlte sich ein wenig wie Peter Fonda. Kurzum: Die Motorräder von damals sind heute längst Kult und Achim Gaier legt mit diesem Typenkompass das entsprechende Buch vor.

Hier fahren noch einmal die Legenden von gestern vor, die bekannten wie auch die unbekannten Zweirad-Klassiker jener goldenen Motorradjahre - von Honda bis Yamaha, von BMW bis Zündapp.

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European Racing Motorcycles

This book covers no less than twelve countries; all of which, although gaining a fair level of success, didn't quite justify a whole book to themselves. The twelve countries are Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Holland, Portugal, the Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Yugoslavia.

The Czechoslovakian & Spanish chapters are the two which have the most words and photographs, but the other ten are just as fascinating. Of course some European nations such as Denmark or Norway produced riders rather than racing bikes.
Many individual marques are covered, plus various Soviet types which, although they come under a single heading, are in fact the product of seven individual factories.

The book also encompasses a large number of talented engineers, designers and riders of world standing. Over 500 pictures in colour and black & white.

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The Motorbike Book

Takes you on an action-packed ride through the history of the motorbike that is all about the men, machines and landmark technology behind the most iconic bikes from ACE to Zundapp. Featuring over 1,000 of the latest and greatest motorbikes in the world this is an amazing visual guide tracing their evolution from the 1910s right up to the superbikes of today.

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All about the grit and the glory, "The Motorbike Book" takes a truly international view from Italy's Ducati to Japan's Suzuki and tells you just how famous marques like Honda and Harley-Davidson became household names.
Plus, go on a virtual tour inside the engines of some of these legendary bikes to see just what powers their performance.

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Motorcycles we loved in the 1990s

The 1990s marked a significant period in British motorcycle history, cherished by nostalgic riders now in their 50s. Notable sports bikes of the era included Honda's FireBlade, Yamaha's R1, and Ducati's 916, which propelled Carl 'Foggy' Fogarty to victory in the World Superbike championship.
Hyperbikes like Kawasaki's ZZR1100, Honda's CBR1100XX Super Blackbird, and Suzuki's Hayabusa set new performance benchmarks, reaching speeds of up to 178mph.

This decade also witnessed the revival of Triumph, the introduction of Ducati's Monster 900, Honda's NR750 with its unique oval pistons, and Yamaha's innovative GTS1000 with hub-center steering. "Motorcycles We Loved in the 1990s" pays homage to these iconic bikes and more.

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Motorcycling in the '50s

For many, a motorcycle bought at the beginning of the 1950s was a first taste of the freedom offered by personal transport. Although postwar austerity was fading, money was still tight and new machines virtually unobtainable, but there were plenty of cheap prewar machines around and an ex-War Department motorcycle could be bought from one of the big city dealers on the never-never; better still it would be sent to your local railway station.

Ex-army dispatch riders' coats and boots would serve to keep the weather at bay as the new motorcyclists explored and enjoyed the quiet roads in a pre-motorway era.

The decade would become a Golden Era of motorcycling as manufacturers brought new and excitingly advanced machines to an appreciative audience which had never even heard of a Japanese motorcycle.

Motorcycle sport mushroomed in popularity at a time when you actually had to go to the race to see it and helped to reinforce the public's ever-growing enthusiasm for the motorcycle. the era would also see the arrival of the moped, scooter and bubblecar.

For those that were there, Jeff Clew's insight to motorcycling of the '50s will provide a delightful nostalgic journey into the past, while those younger riders who cherish 1950s motorcycles today will discover a whole new dimension to their enjoyment of the machines.

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The Art of the Vintage Motorcycle

This is the most beautiful book of its kind: celebrating the art and design of the luxury motorcycle by presenting forty of the best-designed and most enduringly iconic motorcycles ever made, spanning half a century.
The book showcases forty rare and exceptional motorcycles, from 1905 to 1956, presented in chronological order, illustrated with stunning studio photographs that present the machines as works of art and wonders of design in themselves.

An international roster is featured: a 1905 Peugeot Factory Racer, a 1916 Indian Power Plus, a 1929 Majestic, a 1936 Excelsior Manxman, a 1951 Harley Davidson 750CC WR, a 1951 Vincent 1000CC Black Shadow, and a 1955 Triumph Tiger Cub, among others.

Written by a motorcycle collector and expert, the book presents the history of the motorcycle through the most significant makes of all time. Each is accompanied by detailed images and texts covering the bike's background, legends behind the machines, feats of design and engineering, and tales of classic races, rallies, and motorcycle shows.
The book is enhanced with reproductions of period ads and historic photos, evoking a sense of time and place.

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Vintage Dirt Bikes Enthusiasts Guide

Knobby tires, small two-cycle engines, four-speed transmission, and a full four inches of suspension travel. Those are the bikes that most baby boomers grew up on. Now, those simple little Hondas, Yamahas, Harleys, and Pentons are making their way from the back of the garage to the front. From the barn to the shop. The shop where patient mechanics and enthusiasts are stripping them down and bringing them back to life.

The questions for the prospective buyer is: What to bring home? Among the thousands and thousands of dirt bikes, scramblers, trials bikes, play bikes and early motocross bikes, which are the best bikes to make your own?

"Vintage Dirt Bikes" will help the reader make that decision by providing information on all the most popular makes. For each bike, this book provides four to six paragraphs describing the bike in general terms. In addition, bullet points for each model include the following information: Relative cost to acquire, value when finished, and which are most likely to offer the most fun for the money. Readers will also find what to look for when checking the condition of items such as paint, suspension, frame, and engine.

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Encyclopédie mondiale de la moto - Plus de 1000 constructeurs de ABC à Zündapp

If today the number of motorcycle manufacturers can be counted on the fingers of two hands, they were a hundred times more numerous nearly a century ago. This proliferation can be explained by the craze for the internal combustion engine at the beginning of the 20th century and also that of the bicycle at the same time.
The marriage of the engine and the "Little Queen" seemed to be the simple and economical solution to motorize the masses. A few companies, craftsmen and DIY enthusiasts tried the experiment. Some quickly disappeared, others knew how to adapt, show imagination and flooded the emerging motorcycle market with great reinforcements of sporting successes which assured them advertising spin-offs increasing their sales.

Harley-Davidson in the USA, BMW in Germany, Moto-Guzzi in Italy, Triumph in Great Britain are today among the rare survivors of ancient times who can boast of having a real history. The Japanese quartet formed by Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha and Suzuki has, for its part, been able to breathe new life into the practice of two-wheelers by inventing the fun motorcycle.
But what do we know about the thousands of anonymous and passionate manufacturers who have flourished over the decades? This is what this encyclopedia proposes to help you discover through more than 1000 brands.

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Motos - Le temps des inventions 1895-1918 (2ème édition)

This book deals with the first turns of the motorcycle wheel, particularly in France, a country where the internal combustion engine would arouse an extraordinary craze during the Belle Epoque.
The image of the world of the motorcycle that has come down to us is ultimately quite unrealistic: we can easily imagine frail, sputtering machines, moving at the speed of a bicycle and piloted by some mustachioed eccentrics.
Of course, these machines still largely make use of materials such as wood, leather, brass or copper that smell of craftsmanship. But make no mistake: these are indeed "high tech" machines, relatively efficient. Moreover, from a purely technical point of view, everything or almost everything was invented between the end of the 19th century and the eve of the Great War.
It would still take years to "refine" these techniques, but during this period, manufacturers and engineers laid all the foundations of the modern motorcycle.

This work therefore echoes these marvelous machines by focusing not on the most mythical ones, but on motorcycles which are in some way the catalysts of the techniques of the time.

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100 ans de motos (3e édition)

Through this very comprehensive work, relive the great moments in the history of the motorcycle, from the De Dion tricycle of the late 19th century to the most recent models of 2020-2021.
Classified chronologically, the 200 motorcycles in the book are presented precisely, with a technical sheet and detailed photos. An explanatory and very well-documented text tells us the history of the model on the motorcycle market, and allows us to realize the spectacular evolution of this machine over the past century.

How far away the time of the motorcycle is... Today, the motorcycle has become in our countries a pure leisure product, adapting and declining to fashions, but it is also now a concentrate of very high technology. With this book, you will also discover or rediscover that motorcycle also rhymes with passion.

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50 motos de légende

This book traces the destiny of 50 atypical motorcycles that have written history, each in its own way. On the circuits, on the road, in the cinema...
These 50 stars of two-wheelers have left their mark on their era. The BMW R60/7 of the Gendarmerie, the Kawasaki ZZR250 of KillBill, the Triumph Thunderbird 6T of Marlon Brando in The Wild One, the Harley Davidson Fat Boy of Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2, the Yamaha XT250 of Rambo or the BroughSuperior SS100 of Lawrence of Arabia, the Suzuki GSX-R (first replica), the Honda CB750 Four (the best-selling)...

The reader will travel through a century of legendary motorcycles.

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Les 100 plus belles motos du monde

Road or sports, off-road, sidecars, roadsters, American, Japanese or European, these legendary motorcycles, from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day, are all richly illustrated by more than 300 photographs.
Find the big names in motorcycling, such as the timeless Royal-Einfield 500 Bullet, the Honda CB 750 Four, the Moto Guzzi V850 Gt Califormia or the BMW S 1000RR HP4.
100 models that will make you dream and thrill.

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Les plus belles motos classiques

Written by renowned motorcycle expert Patrick Hahn, this book presents fifty of the most iconic models in the world of motorcycle production, illustrated by Tom Loeser with a gallery of superb portraits created using a light painting process that involves photographing the bikes in total darkness and "painting" them with multiple passes of a hand-held lamp.

Packed with magnificent portraits bathed in light, the book tells the story of the motorcycle through the most significant and iconic machines of all time. It features the most famous brands, from BMW, Indian and Triumph to Vincent, Ducati and Harley-Davidson.

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1. The Experimental Years
2. The 1903 Mitchell
3. The 1910 FN
4. The 1913 Thor
5. The 1914 Indian Hendee Special and the 1938 Sport Scout
6. The Militaire Deluxe
7. 1921 Mars, 1000 Replica
8. 1922 Megola
9. 1922 Motosacoche
10. 1923 James
11. 1924 Moto Guzzi C4V 500 cc, 1947 Bicylindrica, 1955 V-8 Replica and the 1956 250 DOHC
12. 1927 Henderson Four
13. 1928 Neander
14. 1929 Harley-Davidson JDH and 1975 XR750.

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Motos '70 - L'incroyable histoire des motos de légende

In 1969, the Honda 750 Four was marketed, which would revolutionize the world of motorcycling. All the historic European manufacturers would renew their range to face the Japanese wave.
This book will allow you to immerse yourself in the 1970s, a particularly prosperous decade for the motorcycling world.
Honda 750 Four, Norton Commando, Suzuki 750 GT, Kawasaki H2, BMW Series 2 and R90S, Triumph Bonneville and Trident, ... many models are covered, from a historical point of view, but also a technical one, all embellished with anecdotes and many unpublished and archive images.

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Motos insolites & prototypes hors normes

From the first De Dion tricycles to the Honda 750s, from the world champion MV Agusta to today's Yamaha M1 Grand Prix or from the first Vespa of 1946 to the Piaggio MP3 born in 2006, the history of the motorcycle is essentially known by its most famous models.
These stars have often hidden in their shadow the work of the precursors, the sometimes crazy inventions of a few inventors and those, brilliant, which nevertheless did not achieve success due to lack of means, technology or simply luck.

It is to all these motorcycles abandoned by history that this book pays tribute today with a predilection for all those which in their time pioneered new ideas and concepts, however unusual they may be.
Félix Millet five-cylinder from 1897, Peugeot 500 cm³ double overhead camshaft from 1913, Killinger front-wheel drive from 1938, Carniti three-cylinder scooter from 1953 or Japanese copies of BMWs in the 1950s, this extraordinary history opens the doors to the unknown.

Illustrated with nearly five hundred photos, this collection, which brings together road and racing motorcycles, engines, sidecars and scooters, is a revised and enriched anthology of the articles published by the author in the specialist weekly "La Vie de la moto" since 2005.

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Motos Youngtimers - Génération 1985-2000

In 1985, the Suzuki GSX-750R appeared, rightly considered the first road-legal super sports bike. It kicked off a new generation of super sports bikes such as the Kawasaki Ninja, the Honda VFR and CBR and the Yamaha YZR.
BMW passed the 100 hp mark for the first time with the K 1100LT road bike, while the first big trail bikes appeared: the Honda Africa Twin, the Yamaha Super Ténéré and the Cagiva Elephant.

Custom bikes were really popular with the Yamaha Virago, the Honda VF 750C Magna and the Suzuki LS 650 Savage. Not to mention the classic Yamaha Diversion, Suzuki Bandit and Yamaha SRX. These stars of the 1980s and 1990s, the youngtimers, are now legendary.
It's time to rediscover them by reading this book that pays tribute to them.

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Motos muy antiguas

This illustrious volume portrays the pioneering motorcycle manufacturers and their innovative designs during the first forty years of the history of this iconic vehicle.
Offering a comprehensive visual catalog, the book presents technical data, historical narratives, and anecdotes that encapsulate the evolution of these machines from their inception.

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From early bold experiments to the most iconic models, the work covers the fascinating journey of the motorcycle, revealing its impact on mobility and culture. Each page is imbued with the essence of those formative years, where creativity and engineering converged to bring the first motorcycles to life.

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