The Super Bikes

Superbikes - two-wheeled monsters with engines big enough to power a family saloon.
The word conjures up dazzling machines possessing speed and glamour, admired when parked, scarcely visible when moving.

Although the last decade has seen a blossoming of such motor cycles, manufacturers were producing superbikes long before the word was thought of. This book describes the features and performances of thirty-eight of the world's most powerful machines, starting in 1905. These include such giants as the Brough Superior, whose 998cc engine was capable of 100 mph in 1925, the award winning BSA Gold Star of 1938, and more recent BMWs, Moto-Guzzis and Japanese bikes.
In assessing the capabilities of each bike the criticisms are not spared amongst the superlatives, and one notorious machine carries the taunt that it was ridden by only 'the quick and the dead'.

Detailed specifications are given for each machine. The many photographs, a large number of which were specially taken, show the whole of every bike and important or peculiar details in close-up.

The Superbikes is a must for every biker who wants to settle old arguments - or maybe stir up some new ones - about the biggest, quickest and best in the world of motor cycling, past and present. For those not lucky enough to own one of these bikes, this book is the next best thing.