Classic Images: Isle of Man TT Races
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (850 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B007W2UI8I |
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| Number of Pages | : | 292 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Historic TT" according to Bill Boggs. The book is the compilation of many years of photographs of TT bikes and riders. If you know and love old bikes it is a walk back into an era of fragile machines and even more fragile riders. Safety equipment was all but worthless. If you are not into old bikes, the photos and narrative might be instructive, but are not too engaging. I follow the TT, so it helps give this long running pagent of speed and human risk a perspective. The book also gives you the very B
Many of the plates are priceless. Mortons Media Group, market-leading publishers of classic and vintage titles, own one of the largest photographic archives of its kind in the world. It is a treasure trove of millions of motorcycle and related images, many of which have never seen the light of day since they were filed away in the darkroom over 80 years ago.Perhaps the biggest gem of all is the collection of glass plates - almost two tons of them to be precise! They represent a largely hitherto unseen look into our motorcycling heritage from the turn of the century. Sorting and capturing the images for you to enjo