This title presents a visual history of two-wheeled motorized transport:
the motorcycle. It contains around 300 photographs from PA Photos' huge
archives, spanning the whole of the 20th Century. The story of the
motorcycle started when it was little more than a bicycle frame with an
engine strapped on, soon becoming a purpose designed vehicle for cheap
every-day transport, navigating congested urban traffic, for long distance
travel, cruising and holidays. Some machines became test-beds for
mechanical refinement and thrilled spectators at race circuits and off road
tracks throughout the world. From the temperamental vintage machines of the
early 1900s, to the motorcycling subcultures of the 1940s Hells Angels, the
1950s Cafe Racers, and the Mods and Rockers of the 1960s, all aspects of
the motorcycle are celebrated.