THE STORY OF ROYAL ENFIELD MOTORCYCLES

THE STORY OF ROYAL ENFIELD MOTORCYCLES

PETER HARTLEY

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26761
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ESPAÑOL
Editorial:
PETER HARTLEY
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1
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130
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PORTADA DURA CON CARATULA
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250 mm x 190 mm
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Preface
1. "Made like a Gun" 1700-1900
2. Two wheels or four? 1901-1910
3. Great racing years, 1911-1914
4. War and peace, 1915-1923
5. A return to racing
6. Saddle tanks and sporting successes 1928-1928
7. Four-valves and slopers 1930-1933
8. Designs ahead of their times 1934-1939
9. Amongst the muck and bullets 1940-1947
10. Sringers ant twins 1948-1955
11. Plenty of innovation 1956-1962
12. The last chapter? 1963-1980
Appendices
Use of Enfield engines in Berkeley cars
Tchnical details of some of the principal post-1945 machines
Index

Royal Enfield must surely rank among the most revered names in British motor cycling history. It has to its credit a dormidable list of successes in a great variety of competitive eventes. Yet the most fascinating part of the Enfield story is that which deals wich the technical innovations introduced by the company. For in its 70-year history is that which deaks with the technical innovations introduced by the company. For in its 70-year history the Enfield Cycle Company rose from obscure beginnings with origins in firms making needles and gun parts, to great heights of inventiveness and achievemnt in the field of motor cycle engineering. Peter Hartley tells this story with such a feel for the subject that he can make a tale og engineering development read as excitingly as a thriller For al Enfield fans and motor cycle enthusiasts this is a book not to be missed.

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