Rebel Read-Op/HS: The Prince of Speed

by Phil Read

Winner of eight world championships between 1964 and 1977, Phil Read MBE is Britain's most successful living motorcycle road racer. Starting out on a bike bought by his doting mother in 1956, he announced his entry in big-time racing with an Isle of Man TT victory in 1961. Three years later he took his first world title, also the first for the Japanese Yamaha factory he raced with.

Four more Yamaha-mounted titles followed including one hard-fought...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0955527872
• ISBN13: 9780955527876
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Redline Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.9" x 11.2"