Go on a 60-year ride with Harley-Davidson's Sportster
Things got a little weird in the American motorcycle industry after World War II. People hungered for new motorcycles, buying just about everything manufacturers could build. But on rare occasions a manufacturer produced a machine that nobody wanted. Such was the case with the Harley-Davidson Model K. The Model K had most of the features buyers wanted in a modern machine, like hand-operated clutches, foot-operated shifters, and cool-running aluminum heads, but it lacked perhaps the most important technological upgrade: a modern overhead-valve valve-train design.
The Model K retained the antiquated side-valve design because of arcane AMA racing rules written when Harley-Davidson and Indian competed head-to-head on American racetracks, but by 1952 Indian was on its last legs. This should have made the Model K a massive sales success. What nobody counted on was the British bike invasion. Thanks to their modern overhead-valve engines, the lightweight British bikes humiliated the side-valve Harleys on the track and on the street. Upgrades to the Model K didn't help; Harley finally relented and introduced a new overhead-valve middleweight for the 1957 model year. Dubbed the Sportster, it was everything the Model K was not. More importantly, it was faster than the British competition. Thus began the Sportster's sixty-year reign.
Harley-Davidson Sportster: Sixty Years tells the complete Sportster story. Noted Sportster expert Allen Girdler covers all the bikes--the XLCH, Café Racer, XR1000, XLX, 883, Iron, Forty-Eight, Seventy-Two, and Nightster--that have made the Sportster one of the most iconic motorcycles on earth.
Allan Girdler is a well-known motorcycle and automotive journalist and former editor of Cycle World and Road and Track magazines. He has authored several books, including Harley-Davidson XR-750, The Harley-Davidson and Indian Wars, and American Road Race Specials.
"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.
Gastos de envío:
EUR 2,76
A Estados Unidos de America
Descripción Hardcover. Condición: New. May have light shelf wear from storage. Nº de ref. del artículo: 240510052
Descripción Hardcover. Condición: New. Nº de ref. del artículo: Abebooks115494
Descripción Hardcover. Condición: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Nº de ref. del artículo: Holz_New_0760352186
Descripción Hardcover. Condición: new. Brand New Copy. Nº de ref. del artículo: BBB_new0760352186
Descripción Hardcover. Condición: new. Buy for Great customer experience. Nº de ref. del artículo: GoldenDragon0760352186
Descripción Condición: new. Nº de ref. del artículo: FrontCover0760352186
Descripción Hardcover. Condición: New. Brand New!. Nº de ref. del artículo: VIB0760352186
Descripción Hardcover. Condición: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Nº de ref. del artículo: think0760352186