Press Release
Just Published by Whitehorse Press: BUILDING BUDGET BRITS
A Practical Guide for Refurbishing BSA and Triumph Unit Twins By Mike Brown
Center Conway, NH, February 2009—Motorcycle enthusiasts wanting to put a classic British bike on the road will find this practical, easy-to-understand guide invaluable, as it provides a detailed roadmap for rebuilding and restoring unit-construction Triumph and BSA twins without having to mortgage your house.
The book is organized as you would a rebuilding project, starting with selecting a bike to work on and finally bringing all the pieces together to ride. Packed with detailed photographs and clear procedures, it contains the practical, down-to-earth guidance you wish the factory manuals had, but don't. Brown passes along tips, shortcuts, and money-saving advice he has acquired over a span of 20 years working with British motorcycles. As an amateur builder himself, he understands that you may not have the expensive tools and equipment found in professional shops. Yet Brown offers many practical, clever ways to get the job done without spending a fortune or sacrificing quality.
Every aspect of refurbishing unit-construction British twins is covered: engine work, transmissions, frame repairs, shocks and forks, brakes, tanks, and restoring Amal concentric carburetors inexpensively. The book also helps you choose a bike to buy, including how to spot bogus serial numbers and easy ways to secure legal titles for project bikes without paperwork. The chapter on selecting a bike can alone save the cost of this book many times over.
With 20 years of experience tinkering with British motorcycles and writing technical articles for motorcycling magazines, combined with a talent for straightforward explanation honed by his day job of teaching high school, Brown has produced a really helpful book that is packed with information and easy to understand.
Whether you want to build a concours quality restoration or just put a reliable, good-looking British bike on the road, you will find plenty of solid information in this book, much of which is not found in any other book or manual on British bikes.
Paperback, 8.25 x 10.5 inches, 175 pages, B/W photos and illus, $24.95. Copies are available at your local bookstore, motorcycle dealer, or directly from the publisher, Whitehorse Press, 107 East Conway Road, Center Conway, NH 03813-4012. Telephone toll-free 800-531-1133 or visit www.whitehorsepress.com.