TIM HOLMES / REBEKKA SMITH
1. Classic Background
2 Buying your bargain
3. Ride or restore?
4. Running on old bike
5. Veteran: Pioneering days
6. Vintage. The wartime influence
7. The build-up to war: Depression or expansion
8. Post-war. Boom before collapse
9. The European scene
10. Orienal origins
11. America´s big three
12. The best way to use it: The Classic scene
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
This thorough introduction to the booming world of collectable motor cycles surveys the classic scene and its roots, advises on how to buy, what it will cost, and how to set about restoring a classic machine, and lists the requirements for getting it on the road. Appropriate veteran, vintage, post-vontage and post-war models are all examined, followed by a selection os the more popular European, Japanese and American bikes. Rallies, runs, road racing, classic motor cycles. Invaluable appendices and a wealth of photographs help to a make this a book for all true two-wheel enthusiasts. Tim Holmes is assistant editor of The Classic Motor Cycle and co-editor, with his co-author Rebekka Smith, of Classic Mechanics.
