How To Restore Classic Off Road Motorcycle & Birth Of Motocross Book Set

How to Restore Classic Off-road Motorcycles provides the classic off-road enthusiast with a step-by-step guide through a full 

restoration. Whether a post 1950 machine, or a more modern 80s twin shock, everything is covered in detail, from initial dismantling and parts sourcing to being ready to compete, including set-up and maintenance.

• Aimed at the beginner and seasoned motorbike restorer alike

• Real life restoration carried out by the author

• Advice on project choice and the preparation process

• Step-by-step guidance with hundreds of photographs

• Dismantling, restoring and sourcing parts, and rebuilding

• Recommendations on repairs, renovations and parts replacements

• Special tools, their purchase, use and alternatives

• Restoring mechanical parts, such as engine, gearbox, brakes, and electrics

• Tackling bodywork: spraying, polishing, seat re-covering, decals, forks and tyres

• How to save yourself time and money

In the Fifties and Sixties, American dirt track motorcycle racing fans' attention was focused on half-mile and mile oval flat track races and the occasional TT race looped inside the half-mile tracks to include a jump. There were a few & scramble races on tracks, but the surfaces were graded and smoothed, so they were more-or-less flat track races with a few more left-hand turns and a jump or two. Motocross, as we know it today, was the sport of Europeans. All that changed in 1968 when motocross was imported into America, first as the Inter-Am series in 1968-'69, then as the 'Trans-Am" series in 1970. Classic race tracks ranged from the movie backlot at Westlake Village and the arid Carlsbad and Saddleback Park in California to Linnville, Ohio, and Unadilla, New York, and Pepperrell, Massachusetts. The best European riders - Roger Decoster, Jeff Smith, Joel Robert, Torsten Hallman, Bengt Aberg, Arne Kring, Vic Allan, Dave Bickers, and others - competed against the brash new American like Gary Bailey, Dick Mann, Marty Tripes, Brad Lackey, Jim Pomeroy, Gary Jones, Rex Stanton, Barry Higgens, Preston Petty and more. This is the story of the beginning of what has become America's #1 dirt sport.