SPEED AND HOW TO OBTAIN IT – EIGHT EDITION 1968

SPEED AND HOW TO OBTAIN IT
BY THE STAFF OF ‘THE MOTOR CYCLE’

8TH EDITION, new impression 1962

A book with a lot of technical information and illustrations.

CONTENTS :
1. What does speed imply ?
2. The machine : a general survey
3. Lower half of the engine
4. Work on the upper half
5. Tanks, carburettor and frame
6. Gear box, clutch and chains
7. Front and rear suspension
8. Running-in
9. Final tuning
10. In the race
11. Thermodynamics
12. Fuels
13. Power output
14. Gas flow
15. Combustion chamber
16. Mechanical losses
17. Balance
18. Oils and lubrication systems
19. Oil consumption and piston rings
20. Technical trends
21. Basic two-stroke principles
22. Pepping up two-stroke trials models and roadsters
23. Tuning two-strokes for racing
24. Formulae and references

The book has been used. Soft cover, 184 pages, English text.