New motorcycle book: "Classics - Great Motorcycles and People" Geoff Osborne and I have just published a new book about classic bikes called "Classics - Great Motorcycles and People." We've been working on it for four years. It is only available from this website: www.apexbikes.com I hope some of you will be interested in a great book and this is also a perfect Christmas present (hint hint). It's $55 plus postage ( $6.50 in NZ) for 150 pages of motorcycling goodness. (BTW: We are getting great feedback from people who have got in early and read the book - exceeding their expectations is what they are saying). Its a high quality publication featuring 10 bikes. There are loads of studio-shot photos of each bike and the words go into detail about the bike, what marque it's from and its place in history. I undertook detailed research before I wrote it. The bikes featured are: Graeme Crosbys Suzuki XR69 a rare works example. Yamaha TZ750 is this the greatest Grand Prix motorcycle of all time? This is the bike restored by Al Wilton, who is well known on the site as malcy25. Ivan Millers Suzuki RN400 a multiple championship winner and one of fewer than 30 works models built. From Ken McIntoshs famous workshop, the mighty Manx Norton, Egli Vincent and Jawa 500 all showing the engineering excellence that made this small NZ company world famous. Ginger Molloys first Bultaco TSS125 featuring a detailed interview with Molloy about his experiences racing on the Continent in the 60s. Russell Burlings CZ360 twin port - the ultra rare CZ model that changed the motocross world. John Nicholsons Triumph TR5 and Yamaha DT1 - both created new directions in sport motorcycling, two decades apart. Classics has in-depth interviews with motorcycling greats including: Graeme Crosby, John Boote, Ginger Molloy, Ivan Miller, Peter Ploen and Stu Avant. It also features passionate and talented enthusiasts : Ken McIntosh, Alistair Wilton, Russell Burling and John Nicholson. Here's the cover:
