A Short History Of The Motorcycle

Author: Richard Hammond

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Price : $27.99 NZD
ISBN : 9781474601153
Publisher : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Imprint : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Weight (g) : 0.228
Publication date : September 2018
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What is it about bikes that leaves so many of us powerless to resist?

This entertaining guide charts the history of the bike from its origin as a cheap means of transport to its modern incarnations: a symbol of rebellion, a high-tech racing machine and the rich kid's plaything. Richard Hammond, passionate biker and collector of bikes, looks at the machines that have propelled people across the world to work, to school - and occasionally to their doom.

With his trademark expertise and wit, Hammond examines bikers of every type, from the happy farmer trundling through fields on his Honda Cub to the Hells Angel terrorising towns on their hog.