New book on the golden age of GP racing

An Age of Superheroes by Mat Oxley is a 240-page hardback celebration of the men who put their necks on the line in a time when riding a premier class GP bike meant wrestling an evil 200mph two-stroke.

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No traction control, no engine management, very little run-off.

Even Valentino Rossi (who contributes the foreword to this new book) acknowledges this period as a special moment in motorcycle racing history, for he grew up watching Kevin Schwantz, Wayne Rainey, Eddie Lawson, Mick Doohan and Wayne Gardner on TV as they bumped fairings and burned rubber around ultra-fast, lethal race tracks.

The book costs £30.

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