Toby - excellent. I am looking now for Stealing Speed. It's quite a rare and expensive book. Two major interests for me (1) by day I administrate at a major academic medical institution. So keen on the intellectual property angle. Apparently the Japanese lifted the technology from the East German inventors (2) I grew up around a lot of petrolheads, including guys that rode motorbikes. There were some wicked 2 strokes in the neighborhood: a modified Yamaha RD350 with expansion chambers. My friend used to regularly break tachometers from revving so high. Then there were 500cc and 750cc Kawasaki triples that had way more power than suspension and brakes. All of them got crashed in different incidents, but super impressive machines nonetheless. The four strokes nearby somehow did not wreck, Norton Commando and Yamaha 650 twin.Jim, I have it too and its excellent. I want more like this. If you also like motorcycle stuff look up "Stealing Speed". Its about Walter Kaaden and Ernst Degner over at MZ and spans ww2 into the cold war. Its a really nice easy read and has lotsa fun 2stroke or "2t" info including Mz's associations with nazi technology
Toby - excellent. I am looking now for Stealing Speed. It's quite a rare and expensive book. Two major interests for me (1) by day I administrate at a major academic medical institution. So keen on the intellectual property angle. Apparently the Japanese lifted the technology from the East German inventors (2) I grew up around a lot of petrolheads, including guys that rode motorbikes. There were some wicked 2 strokes in the neighborhood: a modified Yamaha RD350 with expansion chambers. My friend used to regularly break tachometers from revving so high. Then there were 500cc and 750cc Kawasaki triples that had way more power than suspension and brakes. All of them got crashed in different incidents, but super impressive machines nonetheless. The four strokes nearby somehow did not wreck, Norton Commando and Yamaha 650 twin.
I will find that book.
Just finished reading....if you are interested in the development of drivers Phil Hill, Sterling Moss and Wolfgang Von Trips, early Formula 1, Ferrari and Mercedes you may also enjoy this.