GILERA ROAD RACERS
WRITTEN BY RAYMOND AINSCOE
FROM MILAN TO THE MOUNTAIN
This book records in detail the history of one of motorcycle racing’s most celebrated marques. Beginning with the single-cylinder 317 cc machine built by Guiseppe Gilera in a humble workshop in Milan in 1909, every racing machine to emerge from his stable over the next six decades is catalogued.
CONTENTS :
1. The early years : 1909-35
2. OPRA and CNA
3. European assault
4. The home front
5. The post-war four : to 1953
6. The Saturno
7. The glory years
8. The ultra-lightweights
9. The middleweights
10. Sidecars
11. Scuderia Duke
12. The twilight years
13. Epilogue
Appendix :
1. Classic victories
2. Existing works racing motorcycles
The book is used, but it is in a good condition, hard cover, 192 pages, English text.
ISBN : 0-85045-675-4