DUCATI 1260 V4 APOLLO 1963: DUCATI'S FIRST VEE-FOUR WAS A POLICE BIKE PROTOTYPE (THE MOTORCYCLE FILES)
Book Details
Author(s)Alan Cathcart
PublisherBRG MULTIMEDIA LTD
ISBN / ASINB00GLAVJYO
ISBN-13978B00GLAVJY2
Sales Rank1,262,647
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
The Motorcycle Files is a series of short but hugely-informative e-books that presents you with a unique opportunity to build your own library of road and track tests of some of the world’s rarest motorcycles.
This one, for example, covers the genuinely unique 1964 Ducati Apollo - a 1200cc V4 built at the request of the Italian company's North American importer in an attempt to capture US police and military sales. Only two of these prototypes were ever made and this is the only one in existence.
Journalist and former racer, Alan Cathcart, has been testing road and racing motorcycles all over the world for twenty years and this, allied to a successful racing career, has earned him the respect of all of the major motorcycle manufacturers, museums and private owners of priceless two-wheeled rarities.
In many cases the machines that he has tested for The Motorcycle Files are the only existing example in the world. And Alan’s unique combination of riding ability and journalistic skills means that manufacturers are willing to open the doors to their factory team race shops to him and then allow him to test on the race track the machines that are usually restricted to World Championship Grand Prix and Superbike racers.
The Motorcycle Files, therefore, are the only publications that can offer you the chance to build up your own library of information on some of the rarest machines on the planet. Each file includes the track or road test, plus technical information and the historical background of the featured machines.
Added to that is the fact that The Motorcycle Files has utilized the skills of some of the best motorcycle photographers in the world to provide unrivalled action and technical images. No other series can strip the fairings from the racing machines and allow you a close-up look at the engines and other technical details usually seen only by the race team engineers.
The initial releases in The Motorcycle Files series will focus mainly upon a selection of the most famous racing machines of the past – machines that competed in the decades from the nineteen-twenties to the ‘eighties.
Future releases will feature more classic racers and road machines as well as recent contenders for MotoGP and World Superbike Championship honours.
All are available exclusively via Amazon for reading on Kindle and on other e-book readers via Kindle applications.
Full details of all releases may be found via Amazon & Kindle and on the series website at www.motorcyclefiles.com
This one, for example, covers the genuinely unique 1964 Ducati Apollo - a 1200cc V4 built at the request of the Italian company's North American importer in an attempt to capture US police and military sales. Only two of these prototypes were ever made and this is the only one in existence.
Journalist and former racer, Alan Cathcart, has been testing road and racing motorcycles all over the world for twenty years and this, allied to a successful racing career, has earned him the respect of all of the major motorcycle manufacturers, museums and private owners of priceless two-wheeled rarities.
In many cases the machines that he has tested for The Motorcycle Files are the only existing example in the world. And Alan’s unique combination of riding ability and journalistic skills means that manufacturers are willing to open the doors to their factory team race shops to him and then allow him to test on the race track the machines that are usually restricted to World Championship Grand Prix and Superbike racers.
The Motorcycle Files, therefore, are the only publications that can offer you the chance to build up your own library of information on some of the rarest machines on the planet. Each file includes the track or road test, plus technical information and the historical background of the featured machines.
Added to that is the fact that The Motorcycle Files has utilized the skills of some of the best motorcycle photographers in the world to provide unrivalled action and technical images. No other series can strip the fairings from the racing machines and allow you a close-up look at the engines and other technical details usually seen only by the race team engineers.
The initial releases in The Motorcycle Files series will focus mainly upon a selection of the most famous racing machines of the past – machines that competed in the decades from the nineteen-twenties to the ‘eighties.
Future releases will feature more classic racers and road machines as well as recent contenders for MotoGP and World Superbike Championship honours.
All are available exclusively via Amazon for reading on Kindle and on other e-book readers via Kindle applications.
Full details of all releases may be found via Amazon & Kindle and on the series website at www.motorcyclefiles.com
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