PETER CARRICK
1. The move to motor cycles and les graham showa the way
2. 1952 and the first world title
3. Bidding for racing´s top honours
4. Surlees signs and more world titles
5. MV take pver the world
6. Falling to profit from their racing success
7. Hocking and Halwood four years sipreme
8. The Gilera confrontation
9. Record breaking at Daytona
10. Count Domenico Agusta
11. The Honda Hailwood challenge
12. Agostini a new king at MV
13. New chapters in racing history
14. Saarinen and the Yamaha
15 The MV Yamaha racing duel
16 A few more road models
17. THe end of the road
18. A spirited finale
19 The last years
Appendix MV Agusta World Championship record
Index
1st.128pp.well illustrated b/w photographic plates within text. Peter Carrick - journalist & writer almost all his working life- his work is now almost constantly in demand.[ The story of Kawassaki Motor Cycles etc].Soon after WW2 in a tiny Italian village , Count Domenico Agusta [ family business of making helicopters] began to produce motor cycles - as a hobby. The Count's obsession with motor cycle racing & his national pride led him to produce the most reliable & successful racing bikes the world had ever seen. Foreword by J Surtees, Briel history , index, appendix, 19 chpts