Motorcycle Design and Technology

by Gaetano Cocco

Written for everyone from motorcycling greenhorns to technical experts, this illustrated tour of motorcycle physics and mechanics offers a complete presentation of concepts which have never before... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8879111892
• ISBN13: 9788879111898
• Release Date: January 1889
• Publisher: Giorgio NADA Editore
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.4" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

If you like the technical part of motorcycling, you need this.

Very technical but in a easy, flowing way. You don't need to be an engineer to read, understand and enjoy it. And once you do, you'll understand so much more what your bike does and why. You'll also understand why you don't see balloon tyres and other bling accessories on racing bikes.

No More Misconceptions

Have you ever wondered why your motorcycle's handling changed from the way you intended? This book will clear up all your misconceptions and guide you towards your desired specific task. This is a book for graduate school designers, but presents information that is easily understood. This is brain food for the technicallly inclined.

The Real Deal

The most complete text I have read to date on the properties that make motorcycles what they are. If you love to ride and are mechanically inclined, you'll love this book.

Track or road, this is about the forces that apply

This book is all about the general theory behind suspension, frames, and tires. It provides a host of formulas complete with supporting graphics. Great stuff to impress your friends. What this book is not is a how-to manual for setting up a race bike, and/or resolving the likes or real world scenarios you would encounter on or off the track. The chapter on engines is mostly about vibrations, forces of rotations, and how they bolt into frames. The language conversion (Italian to English) is proper, but not smooth-often making it hard to determine if he's staying on the subject. If you want one book to learn the most from, buy Keith Cameron's Sport Bike Performance Handbook (ISBN076030229). If you have money left over, buy this one. However, this book would be a great (okay...excellent) gift item for anyone that rides street or track performance motos. By the way, it equally covers Italian, Japanese and German designs.