The New Generation by Colin Schiller with a foreword by Barry Sheene

Back in 1967 motorcycles were still in the dark ages: noisy, smelly, dirty and thoroughly socially unacceptable. True 100 mph performance was still a fantasy, handling was more often than not like an airport trolley and stopping quickly meant having massive great soles on the bottom of your boots.

The influence of race bike design both in the 1970s and, more importantly, the early 1980s, revolutionized motorcycle engineering so completely that by 1983 1100cc road bikes were pushing out 120 bhp with the potential to top 150mph. FAST BIKES is a fascinating catalogue of the best in that development since 1983 and is the most authoritative directory currently available.

128 pages. Softcover.