Funky Mopeds - The 1970 Sports Mopeds Phenomenon

Informationen zum Autor Richard Skelton has been a motorcyclist since first taking to the road on a Yamaha FS1-E on his 16th birthday in 1976, and his first book, Funky Mopeds, was about the 1970s sports moped phenomenon in which he played an active part.After 30 years working in the television industry as a sound editor, and time spent working as a newspaper reporter, as well as a writer for BikeSport News and other racing publications, he now combines writing books about motorcycles and classic cars with running a small B&B in the Yorkshire Pennines. Klappentext A celebration of the sports mopeds of the `70s and early `80s. This book recaptures the spirit of happy, carefree times and looks at the bikes that gave freedom and mobility to a generation. Zusammenfassung A celebration of the sports moped charting the history of a genre created unwittingly by the government in 1972 and killed off by more legislation five years later. _x000B__x000B_This book recaptures the spirit of happy and carefree times and looks at the bikes that gave freedom and mobility to a generation.

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• Autori: Richard Skelton
• Editore: Veloce publishing plc
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.05.2016
• EAN: 9781845840785
• ISBN: 978-1-84584-078-5
• Pagine: 144
• Dimensioni: 210 mm x 250 mm x 15 mm
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Veicoli, aerei , imbarcazioni, viaggi aerospaziali > Auto, moto, scooter; HISTORY / General, TRANSPORTATION / Motorcycles / General, History: specific events and topics, c 1970 to c 1979, Nostalgia: general, Motorcycles: general interest, Road & motor vehicles: general interest