1945 Harley Davidson & Ind. Chief, etc. Motorcycles LEGENDARY BOOK


1945  Harley Davidson & Ind. Chief, etc. Motorcycles LEGENDARY BOOK

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1945 Harley Davidson & Ind. Chief, etc. Motorcycles LEGENDARY BOOK :
$98.47


1945 Modern Motorcycle Mechanics & Speed TuningThe LEGENDARY 2nd EditionNOT A REPRINT !!!Best source for restorers and riders of early Harleys and Indians
No reasonable offer will be refused, but please be reasonable!The best book ever published on this subject!
This is an original copy of the 2nd edition.
NOT a modern reprintThis book was privately printed by the author.
Very few original copies were printed & of course many fewer exist now!John Bernard Nicholson
Modern Motorcycle Mechanics and Speed Tuning - Revised Second Edition
[Saskatoon, Saskatchewan], [1945]560 pages“For those who are interested in older motorcycles, this is the manual to have. Written by J.B. (Bernie) Nicholson in 1945, the treatise was the follow-up to the Fist Edition of 1942.
Plenty of information regarding early American motorcycles such as Harley-Davidson and Indian, and popular British brands of the day. The book is a snapshot of the motorcycle industry as it was set to recover from the Second World War, and also features a special chapter on training Army riders, as well as a section on Speed Tuning.” Greg Williams“I case you\'re not familiar with it, J.B. (Bernie) Nicholson was a Canadian who wrote and published Modern Motorcycle Mechanics in the early 1940s. He knew his stuff, and collected the \"how-to\" on all the popular motorcycles of his day.
Though a lot of Brit bikes are covered, what\'s interesting here is that in the early editions (he went through seven editions in his lifetime) is info on Harleys and Indians in the \"American\" sections going back to JDs and VLs, that is still invaluable to restorers today of the earlier American bikes.
As we know, the Harley-Davidson Motor Co. did not publish a shop manual until 1941, for the U-model Flatheads and Knuckleheads and those earlier models were not covered. Also, the Indian section goes into details not usually seen in Indian\'s piecemeal pubications. That\'s what makes this [2nd edition] worth its weight in gold.
Originally published in 1945, this Modern Motorcycle Mechanics 2nd Edition, is an indispensable guide for owners of JD and VL models Harleys and Indians. The second edition of MMM and ST is the best source for present-day restorers and riders of early American Harleys and Indians.
Later editions of the book left out earlier models to make room for more recent bikes and the Speed Tuning section was also taken out “!!! Antique Motorcycle OrgCONDITION:
Typical used shop manual condition. Covers soiled. Inner hinges cracked. Some soil & thumb prints here & there. Name clipped from “Contents” page. But the binding is holding firm & the text pages are all solid. Quite usable without any worries. Nice to imagine what bikes the original owner of this manual was working on!
A much better than average copy, as most were literally used until they fell apart.SHIPPING:
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1945 Harley Davidson & Ind. Chief, etc. Motorcycles LEGENDARY BOOK :
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