Veteran Motorcycles

by Jeff Clew

Today there is still doubt about who made the first motorcycle. Early experiments in Britain were handicapped by a 4 mph speed limit, repealed in 1896. Now the motorcycle became a practical proposition, early designs originating from the Continent. British designs soon followed, as did a process of refinement, through the adoption of the spray carburettor, the high tension magneto and mechanically operated valves. Competition successes helped boost...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747802769
• ISBN13: 9780747802761
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.1" x 8.0"