This book features the sports machines included in the Sammy Miller Museum Collection. 110 magnificent machines excellently restored and beautifully photographed in full colour, with text by the well-known and respected motorcycle journalist, Roy Poynting. Sammy Miller's racing career involving both road, dirt/grass track racing and motorcycle trials. He raced mainly for Ariel motorcycles and in 1964 formed a partnership with Bultaco and went on to become a lead developer of modern two-stroke trials motorcycles. Today, his museum houses the country's foremost collection of such machines, many of them featured in this book. This book will whet the appetite of those not fortunate enough to have already made a visit, and will provide a pleasant reminder for others until they come again.

Quite simply, Sammy Miller was the greatest trials rider the world has ever seen, winning over 1400 events. Not only this but the Ulster-born star was also a works racer for NSU, FB Mondial, Ducati and CZ; plus a very capable scrambler (moto-cross) and grass-track racer. Back to trials, Sammy rode a variety of machinery including James, Honda, SWM, Aprilia and Armstrong; but most of all Bultaco and Ariel. Today, in his mid-70s, he runs the world famous Sammy Miller Museum, which houses a unique collection of motorcycles. Add to that his appearances in classic events and you have a truly unique man.

An enthusiast’s guide to motoring and transport museums in Britain and beyond. Written by experienced automotive expert Lance Cole, this companion guide for car and motorcycle enthusiast covers ninety British motoring and transport museums in depth and over 350 museums worldwide. Included are: Descriptions and photographs A comprehensive global museum listing Outtakes on visits to selected overseas museums A glossary of old car and motorcycle terms and types A discussion of motoring museum culture and the history these museums portray

An introduction and overview of motorbike trials riding.

The Routledge Companion to Automobile Heritage, Culture, and Preservation explores automotive heritage, its place in society, and the ways we might preserve and conserve it. Drawing on contributions from academics and practitioners around the world and comprising six sections, this volume carries the heritage discourse forward by exploring the complex and sometimes intricate place of automobiles within society. Taken as a whole, this book helps to shape how we think about automobile heritage and considers how that heritage explores a range of cultural, intellectual, emotional, and material elements well outside of the automobile body itself. Most importantly, perhaps, it questions how we might better acknowledge the importance of automotive heritage now and in the future. The Routledge Companion to Automobile Heritage, Culture, and Preservation is unique in that it juxtaposes theory with practice, academic approaches with practical experience, and recognizes that issues of preservation and conservation belong in a broad context. As such, this volume should be essential reading for both academics and practitioners with an interest in automobiles, cultural heritage, and preservation.

At 10 o'clock on the twenty-eighth of May 1907 the first Isle of Man Tourist Trophy motorcycle road race began. The riders pushed off on their 500cc single cylinder bikes and ten laps and 158 miles later, Charlie Collier aboard a Matchless would be declared the victor. This book is a history and celebration of the bikes of those early years of the TT races. It covers the events and personalities that led to the creation of the race and its challenging course; the early success of the British motorcycle manufacturers: Norton, Velocette, AJS and Matchless and their riders. The origins of the Italian Fours: Gilera and MV Agusta Quattro are covered and the influence and reign of the Japanese manufacturers too are covered: Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki and Suzuki. There are also details of the technical developments that enabled the bikes to conquer the mountain course with world-record beating times.