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Sportbike Performance Handbook (Motorbooks Workshop) |
Author: Kevin Cameron
Published: 1998-05-14 |
List price: $25.95
Our price: $25.95
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As of: September 06th, 2008 08:16:12 PM
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Kevin Cameron Rocks!
There's no better explanatory text on all aspects of motorcycle performance. Way to go Kevin. We reference Kevin's work often in discussions at [...], the place for Buell Motorcycle Enthusiasts.
 BRILLIANT technical motorcycle book
I don't think I've ever read a book that achieves this level of clarity. To be honest, I'm still only on the third chapter, but I'm telling you, anyone who loves motorcycles must read this book once. KC takes you by the hand and explains in painstaking, un-boring detail how every little bit inside works. He tells you how the engineers who built the thing reasoned the design of that particular bit, how the physical or chemical or both properties of the elements of that part interact. Involved as it sounds, this is a technical text that is unputdownable at the same level as some of other favourite books, like Stephen king's Cujo, Ayn Rand's Fountainhead etc.
Excellent Technical Grounding
I found this book a very interesting and informative read. If you are not interested in technicalities then this is not a book for you. The book explains all areas of sportbike mechanics and how to get different types of performance from them - engine, gearbox, electrics, suspension etc.
It doesn;t really tell you how so much as give you the knowledge you need to decide what it is you want to do and how to go about doing it.
If you've enver wondered what actually makes your bike tick, this is a good read.
Easy to access, but not elementary.
Kevin Cameron, as always, manages to present very complex, highly technical information in an easy to access way. No specific bike tuning or tricks, but solid information about the underlying phenomena that form the basis for performance upgrades. Kevin approaches each system in the bike separately while referencing the whole, which really helps to deepen an understanding of why the bike is the way it is.
The Alpha and Omega
This is *the* book that really breaks down the fundamentals of the various sections of motorcycle technology, as well as the physics involved, to a level understandable by the interested mechanically-minded person. While I would not recommend it for someone completely new to the field of motorcycling (unless they had a very mechanically-proficient background), it fills the gap between backyard wrench and engineering student beautifully. Cameron's writing style is concise yet descriptive; all subjects are treated with not only a thorough understanding and focus on the basic points, but Cameron's long experience in design, engineering, and as a race mechanic. His book was one of the inspirations for my own, "The Motorcycle Fuel Injection Handbook", and this is the only publication that is suggested inside of my own book. Worth the price.
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