JAPANESE RIDERS IN THE ISLE OF MAN
Written by Ralph Crellin
Published by Amulree Publications
in 1995
ISBN: 0952112647
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JAPANESE RIDERS IN THE ISLE OF MAN
Written by Ralph Crellin.
Stock no. 1829184
1st.
1995.
Softcover.
Very good condition.
The story of those who challenged the TT. In the 1950s and 1960s, the TT was the premier event in the Grand Prix road racing calendar, it therefore made sense for the major Japanese manufacturers to target the meeting as a significant milestone on the route to world championship honours. Red pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 80 pages. ISBN: 0952112647. Previous bookseller's price label to front cover. Contents clean.
Front cover
Contents
- About this book
- The Challenge
- Foreword by Mitsuo Itoh
- Introduction
- Map of the Clypse Course
- TT:
- 1959 - The East takes on the West
- 1960 - Suzuki arrive
- 1961 - Yamaha join in
- 1962 - Suzuki's perseverance wins through
- 1963 - Itoh's finest victory
- 1964 - Fewer Japanese riders
- 1965 - No Japanese finishers
- 1966 - A tragic year
- 1967 - Honda starts its withdrawal
- 1976 - Katayama chases a world title
- 1978 - Katayama returns as world champion
- 1983, 1984 & 1987 - Privateers
- MANX GRAND PRIX:
- 1988 - The one and only
- Index of riders
- A short racing biography
- Map of the Mountain Course
- A Race apart