Press Release | November 20, 2019
The Motorcycle Files, the range of e-books written by Alan Cathcart and published by BRG Multimedia, are available for download via Amazon or the Kindle bookstore.
Each e-book in The Motorcycle Files series provides the reader with a full history of the subject machine, an in-depth technical analysis, and track-test riding impressions by Alan Cathcart. They are illustrated by rare archive material and superb digital photography, including many shots with fairings removed to give a close-up look at engine and chassis technology.
Three new exotic Italian bikes have been added to the current list of 30 titles: Moto Guzzi V8 Grand Prix 500, Moto Guzzi Bicilindrica 500, and MV Agusta 1976 350 Four.
Moto Guzzi V8 Grand Prix 500
Moto Guzzi was the dominant manufacturer in the 350cc class of Grand Prix racing in the mid-1950s and the sensational V8 was the weapon it chose to make in an effort to take the premier 500cc category from Gilera and MV Agusta. It is still the only eight-cylinder motorcycle ever raced and had not reached its full potential when Moto Guzzi quit racing at the end of the 1956 season. Although the V8 never did win a Grand Prix, its specification alone, not to mention a win in the prestigious Imola Gold Cup and recording a speed of 178mph in the Belgian GP at Spa, was enough to guarantee it iconic status.
Moto Guzzi Bicilindrica 500
In contrast, the Moto Guzzi Bicilindrica 500cc vee-twin did win the 1935 Isle of Man TT in the hands of Stanley Woods and many Grand Prix races after that. In fact, it kept on winning over a racing career spanning two full decades. The machine featured is the bike in its final form, as when it won the 1953 Spanish Grand Prix.
MV Agusta 1976 350 Four
Covered by the final e-book in this release is a machine which truly represented the end of an era – the jewel-like 1976 MV Agusta four-cylinder 350, complete with titanium frame! Giacomo Agostini rode it to victory in the Dutch TT at Assen to suitably close the book on almost thirty years of highly successful Grand Prix racing activity for the famous Italian marque.
Priced at £2.99 each (or the equivalent in other national currencies) all 30 titles in the range are available worldwide for download via Amazon or the Kindle bookstore.
