Top Dead Center 2 Racing and Wrenching with Cycle World's Kevin Cameron

by Buell, Erik; Cameron, Kevin

• ISBN13: 9780760336083
• ISBN10: 0760336083
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-12
• Publisher: Motorbooks

Summary

Kevin Cameron is easily one of the most widely read motorbike journalists on earth. This second collection of his articles and columns from Cycle and Cycle World offer readers the chance to catch up on some of the world's best writings about motorcycles. Fifty separate pieces are arranged thematically, and Cameron writes an introduction to each piece, putting it into context from Legendary machines like the Battle Twin (Buell RR100), Bimota Tesi 1D, Britten V-110, technology like transmission, Chassis and suspension, two-wheel steering, Hub-steering, racing, gearheads Moto Guzzis, Honda CR-72, Erv Kanemoto, Rex McCandless, Voxan Boxer, Rad greaves trying to break 200 mph, traction on a MotoGP bike, examining twenty years of Honda Superbikes, looking at anti-lock breaking, pondering Buell motorcycles, and asking which tyres are best for what this is an informative collection of subjects to appeal to any motorcyclist.

Author Biography

Kevin Cameron is one of the premier motorcycle writers. His feature stories and monthly column have been appearing in the industry's largest-circulation magazine, Cycle World, for more than 20 years. Kevin lives in Gill, Massachusetts.  cycleworld.com

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Memorable Machines
The Honda CR-72: The Past as Future, October 1974	p. 10
Cosworth-Norton Technical Analysis, January 1980	p. 19
Bimota Tesi 1D, Superbike Annual 1991	p. 33
Honda NR750, January 1992	p. 36
Britten V-1100, June 1992	p. 45
Voxan Boxer, March 2000	p. 52
Timeless Technology
All about Transmissions, May 1978	p. 56
The Ignition Process, May 1979	p. 71
Chassis and Suspension, Part 1, March 1983	p. 85
Chassis and Suspension, Part 2, April 1983	p. 99
Chassis and Suspension, Part 3, January 1984	p. 114
Chassis and Suspension, Part 4, May 1984	p. 127
TDC: Rods, November 1984	p. 139
TDC: Pistons, December 1984	p. 142
Tires: The Basic Vocabulary, Part 1, March 1984	p. 146
Tires: The Basic Vocabulary, Part 2, April 1984	p. 152
Tires: The Basic Vocabulary, Part 3, June 1984	p. 161
Cars & Bikes & Planes: Anti-Lock Braking, November 1988	p. 174
Two-Wheel Steering, February 1992	p. 181
TDC: A Short History of Chassis Flex, June 2004	p. 185
Gearhead Geniuses
Morbidelli: On the Cutting Edge of Two-Stroke Technology, March 1978	p. 190
Buell: The Other American Maker, July 1985	p. 200
Silent Hero: Erv Kanemoto, April 1990	p. 212
Soichiro Honda: 1906-1991, November 1991	p. 223
Forging a Future: Michael Czysz, August 2006	p. 227
Racing Revealed
The Racer as Tourist, March 1980	p. 236
TD1: A Personal Remembrance, July 1984	p. 249
Breaking Away: Doug Chandler, January 1991	p. 255
Forever Young: Gary Nixon, November 1992	p. 262
Ago: Giacomo Agostini and MV Agusta, May 1994	p. 269
History at Speed: 20 years of Honda Superbikes, May 2000	p. 275
Behind the Barrier: John Kocinski, September 2000	p. 281
Farewell, 500s, January 2002	p. 288
Grip, Gripe, Grip, March 2005	p. 292
Index	p. 300
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