Harley-Davidson Sportster: Sixty Years
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (865 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0760352186 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorAllan Girdler is a well-known motorcycle and automotive journalist and former editor of Cycle World and Road and Track magazines. He has authored several books, including Harley-Davidson XR-750, The Harley-Davidson and Indian Wars, and American Road Race Specials.
Jeff said A Sporter lover's delight!. This is a very thorough, informative and entertaining history of Sportsters from their inception through 199A Sporter lover's delight! Jeff This is a very thorough, informative and entertaining history of Sportsters from their inception through 1994, and a must-read for anyone who loves Sportsters. As someone who is considering buying a Sportster for his/her first Harley, however, it wasn't much help because the latest models covered were 20 years ago. Despite that, I found the book to be a fascinating read.. , and a must-read for anyone who loves Sportsters. As someone who is considering buying a Sportster for his/her first Harley, however, it wasn't much help because the latest models covered were "A Sporter lover's delight!" according to Jeff. This is a very thorough, informative and entertaining history of Sportsters from their inception through 199A Sporter lover's delight! Jeff This is a very thorough, informative and entertaining history of Sportsters from their inception through 1994, and a must-read for anyone who loves Sportsters. As someone who is considering buying a Sportster for his/her first Harley, however, it wasn't much help because the latest models covered were 20 years ago. Despite that, I found the book to be a fascinating read.. , and a must-read for anyone who loves Sportsters. As someone who is considering buying a Sportster for his/her first Harley, however, it wasn't much help because the latest models covered were 20 years ago. Despite that, I found the book to be a fascinating read.. 0 years ago. Despite that, I found the book to be a fascinating read.. Wonderful This is a great publication that explains everything anyone would need to know about the longest production running motorcycle that Harley-Davidson has ever put out in the past 60 years.. Reprint of the original release Brian D Tooley This is a reprint of the original release from this author with a different picture on the cover print looks bad and the pictures are of poor quality the original is a much nicer book to own
Allan Girdler is a well-known motorcycle and automotive journalist and former editor of Cycle World and Road and Track magazines. He has authored several books, including Harley-Davidson XR-750, The Harley-Davidson and Indian Wars, and American Road Race Specials.
Noted Sportster expert Allen Girdler covers all the bikes--the XLCH, Café Racer, XR1000, XLX, 883, Iron, Forty-Eight, Seventy-Two, and Nightster--that have made the Sportster one of the most iconic motorcycles on earth.. Such was the case with the Harley-Davidson Model K. This should have made the Model K a massive sales success. Dubbed the Sportster, it was everything the Model K was not. Thanks to their modern overhead-valve engines, the lightweight British bikes humiliated the side-valve Harleys on the track and on the street. Thus began the Sportster's sixty-year reign.Harley-Davidson Sportster: Sixty Years tells the complete Sportster story. More importantly, it was faster than the British competition. What nobody counted on was the British bike invasion. People hungered for new motorcycles, buying just about everything manufacturers could build. Upgrades to the Model K