Shooting Star
The Rise & Fall of the British Motorcycle Industry
Abe Aamidor, Gregg Valentino and Nathan Jendrick
ECW Press
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Aide EAN13 : 9781554909001
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For many years the British motorcycle industry was the largest in the world,
not counting low-powered mopeds and scooters and the like. After World War II
the motorcycle industry was the third largest source of foreign exchange for
the United Kingdom after motor cars and Scotch whiskey. Yet by 1975 the
industry was essentially dead. What led to the fall of the motorcycle industry
in Britain, after virtually defining the country for so long? Shooting Star:
The Rise and Fall of the British Motorcycle Industry is the first
comprehensive look at the motorcycle industry with a critical look at business
and trade practices that led to its demise. The full romance, beauty and
excitement of the machines and especially the top racers who rode them is
captured here, but it's all blended for the first time with information about
the lesser known businessmen who built the companies and then ran them into
the ground, as well as a critical look at some of the engineers and designers
who were brilliant and badly flawed at once. The failures of the British
motorcycle industry are a painful object lesson for the badly strapped
American automobile industry at the present time.
not counting low-powered mopeds and scooters and the like. After World War II
the motorcycle industry was the third largest source of foreign exchange for
the United Kingdom after motor cars and Scotch whiskey. Yet by 1975 the
industry was essentially dead. What led to the fall of the motorcycle industry
in Britain, after virtually defining the country for so long? Shooting Star:
The Rise and Fall of the British Motorcycle Industry is the first
comprehensive look at the motorcycle industry with a critical look at business
and trade practices that led to its demise. The full romance, beauty and
excitement of the machines and especially the top racers who rode them is
captured here, but it's all blended for the first time with information about
the lesser known businessmen who built the companies and then ran them into
the ground, as well as a critical look at some of the engineers and designers
who were brilliant and badly flawed at once. The failures of the British
motorcycle industry are a painful object lesson for the badly strapped
American automobile industry at the present time.
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