Dream Bikes

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Those who can afford the best can always afford a little bit extra for something exclusive. By the 1980’s motorcycle technology was advancing in giant strides and even the exotic bikes produced by the Japanese big Four were not special enough for some

Thus was born the Dream Bike, This was often a machine featuring the exotic engines that the Japanese had spent millions designing and developing but utilizing the best of European chassis know haw and hand built craftsmanship. These personalized machines raised the standards worldwide, leading in turn to even more fantastic designs, not just from Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, and Suzuki but from US and European challengers too.

This book is a celebration of these larger than life machines. Both the small and exclusive customizing firms and the big manufacturers are represented. From the high tech Bimota to the stately Harley Davidson, from the monstrous Amazonas to the Wankel-engined Norton all the biggest best and most beautiful of the world’s Dream Bikes are here.

Author Alan Cathcart himself a successful motorcycle racer analyses the latest engine and suspension designs in loving details. Around 40 bikes come under his expert scrutiny, many of which have been specially photographed for this volume. With a total of well over 200 full colour pictures, this is quite simply a book that no motor cycle enthusiast can afford to be without.

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Description

Authored by Alan Cathcart and published by MacDonald Orbis of London in 1988. This First Edition copy is hardcover bound in Fine condition, covered in plastic and comes with a Fine dust jacket. The size of the book is 303x228x20mm with 240 pages including the index and glossary. ISBN 0356155668.

Covers custom and low-production bikes of Ducati, Gilera, Honda, Yamaha, Munch, BMW and others colour photographs throughout text.