Motorcycle frame design

I was wondering if anyone can recommend a book which covers the history of racing motorcycle frame design. There seems to have been several quantum leaps forward since the days of the garden gate Norton International. I believe that a good bike make a good rider and that if you have never experienced a bike which handles exceptionally well, you wander on in ignorance. People such as the McCandless brothers, Tom Arter , Peter Williams, Rob North, Derek Rickman, Fritz Egli, Harris, and Colin Seeley interest me. How did they get it so right ?

acotrel said:

How did they get it so right ?

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Proberly from their mistakes.

Ashley

A whole bunch of them out there –here are three;


Motorcycle Tuning: Chassis Paperback – 1 Apr 1994 by John Robinson

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Motorcycle...ords=motorcycle+chassis&qid=1573225552&sr=8-7



Motorcycle Road and Racing Chassis Designs: A Modern Review of the Best Independents Paperback – Illustrated, 22 Nov 2007 by Keith Noakes (Author)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Motorcycle...ords=motorcycle+chassis&qid=1573225687&sr=8-6


The Racing Motorcycle: Volume 3: An Introduction to Chassis Set Up Paperback – 30 Sep 2018 by John Bradley (Author)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Racing-Mot...ords=motorcycle+chassis&qid=1573225741&sr=8-5

And my favorite, "Motorcycle Handling and Chassis Design" by Tony Foale - First edition in 2002, second edition now available.

Purchase at https://motochassis.com/product/book-motorcycle-handling-chassis-design/

Currently only available in eBook format, with printed copies in future.

Besides excellent technical details, it includes a fair bit of chassis development history.

Ken

Tony Foale’s book is very good
Also Phil Erving did a chassis design book too but very old designs

Graeme