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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN-10
0760375569
ISBN-13
9780760375563
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23050436820
Product Key Features
Book Title
Scooter Bibles : the Ultimate History and Encyclopedia
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2022
Topic
Automotive / History, Motorcycles / History, General, Motorcycles / Pictorial
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
42.8 Oz
Item Length
10.8 in
Item Width
8.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2025-417034
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"..."The Scooter Bible" is an exhaustively researched treasure of pictures, old advertisements and minutia."-- Bud Wilkinson , Ride-CT / Ride-New England
Dewey Edition
23/eng/20220614
Dewey Decimal
629.227/5
Table Of Content
Foreword Introduction: Mondo Scooter 1 The Pioneer Motorscooters 1902-1930 2 The Great American Scooter Craze 1935-1940 3 Military Motorscooters 1939-1945 4 The Golden Age of the Motorscooter 1946-1954 5 Mass Mobilization 1955-1960 6 The Mod Years 1960-1975 7 The DIY Years 1976-2000 8 A New Millennium 2001-On Scooter Encyclopedia A-Z Acknowledgments About the Author Index
Synopsis
The Scooter Bible is an entertaining, colorful, and authoritative history of the little motorbikes that could. Beginning with the first motor scooter in 1902 , Eric Dregni is your guide to everything from the postwar American scooter boom to the golden age of Italian and European scooters, the rise of Mod scooter culture in England . . . right up to modern electric scooters . Today, nostalgia for vintage Vespas, Piaggios, Cushmans, Lambrettas, and other top brands drive a new thirst for retro-inspired scooters in showrooms around the world. This revised and updated edition of The Scooter Bible brings the story up to date with the drive for zero emissions via electric vehicles . Throughout, author Eric Dregni offers you a wealth of imagery: historic black-and-white photos , evocative period advertisements , manufacturer photos , and more--over 500 images! Along the way, he also shows you scooter evolution , changing technologies , and scooter appearances in popular culture . And as the most comprehensive scooter book ever, The Scooter Bible also includes the world's most exhaustive encyclopedia of scooter brands , from Puddlejumper to Piaggio, Ducati to Doodlebug, and Zündapp Bella to Genuine Stella. The Scooter Bible is all you need before kick-starting your scooter engine to life and praying for ever more speed. Indeed, scooters are mechanical marvels on two wheels . Streamlined spuds. Mutant oddballs of Jet Age styling gone berserk. Innovative inventions shoehorned like sardines into miniaturized monocoque bodies. Engineering and styling enigmas (the stranger the better). They are the weird and the wonderful . And they are all here in The Scooter Bible ., The Scooter Bible is an entertaining and authoritative photographic history of the little motorbikes that could, beginning with the first scooter in 1902 and continuing right through to modern electric scooters. The Scooter Bible is an entertaining, colorful, and authoritative history of the little motorbikes that could. Beginning with the first motor scooter in 1902, Eric Dregni is your guide to everything from the postwar American scooter boom to the golden age of Italian and European scooters, the rise of Mod scooter culture in England . . . right up to modern electric scooters. Today, nostalgia for vintage Vespas, Piaggios, Cushmans, Lambrettas, and other top brands drive a new thirst for retro-inspired scooters in showrooms around the world. This revised and updated edition of The Scooter Bible brings the story up to date with the drive for zero emissions via electric vehicles. Throughout, the authors offer you a wealth of imagery: historic black-and-white photos, evocative period advertisements, manufacturer photos, and more-over 300 images! Along the way, they show you scooter evolution, changing technologies, and scooter appearances in popular culture. And as the most comprehensive scooter book to ever grace the altar, The Scooter Bible also includes the world's most exhaustive encyclopedia of scooter brands, from Puddlejumper to Piaggio, Ducati to Doodlebug, and Zündapp Bella to Genuine Stella. The Scooter Bible is all you need before kick-starting your scooter engine to life and praying for ever more speed. Indeed, scooters are mechanical marvels on two wheels. Streamlined spuds. Mutant oddballs of Jet Age styling gone berserk. Innovative inventions shoehorned like sardines into miniaturized monocoque bodies. Engineering and styling enigmas (the stranger the better). They are the weird and the wonderful. And they are all here in The Scooter Bible., The Scooter Bible is an entertaining and authoritative photographic history of the little motorbikes that could, beginning with the first scooter in 1902 and continuing right through to modern electric scooters., Explaining what inspires the scooter faithful isn't easy. Tell a friend you like scooters, and some will hoot, some will smirk. But others will nod appreciatively and launch into a discussion of the paint codes or carburetor on the first generation of 98cc Vespas. The Scooter Bible is an entertaining, colorful, and authoritative history of the little motorbikes that could. Beginning with the first scooter craze more than a century ago, Eric Dregni chronicles the American scooter boom, the golden age of European scooters, and the rise of Mod culture in England. Inside, readers will find more than 500 images, including historic shots, evocative period advertisements, and manufacturer photos. That's not to mention a thorough review of scooter evolution, evolving technologies, and the scooter's frequent role in popular culture. And as the most comprehensive scooter book in print, The Scooter Bible includes an exhaustive encyclopedia of every brand ever made, from Puddlejumper to Piaggio, Ducati to Doodlebug, and Zündapp Bella to Genuine Stella. Today, nostalgia for Vespas, Cushmans, and Lambrettas drives a new thrist for retro-inspired scooters in showrooms around the world. The Scooter Bible is all you need before kickstarting your scooter engine to life-and praying for ever more speed. Book jacket., The Scooter Bible is an entertaining, colorful, and authoritative history of the little motorbikes that could. Beginning with the first motor scooter in 1902 , Eric Dregni is your guide to everything from the postwar American scooter boom to the golden age of Italian and European scooters, the rise of Mod scooter culture in England . . . right up to modern electric scooters . Today, nostalgia for vintage Vespas, Piaggios, Cushmans, Lambrettas, and other top brands drive a new thirst for retro-inspired scooters in showrooms around the world. This revised and updated edition of The Scooter Bible brings the story up to date with the drive for zero emissions via electric vehicles . Throughout, the authors offer you a wealth of imagery: historic black-and-white photos , evocative period advertisements , manufacturer photos , and more--over 300 images! Along the way, they show you scooter evolution , changing technologies , and scooter appearances in popular culture . And as the most comprehensive scooter book to ever grace the altar, The Scooter Bible also includes the world's most exhaustive encyclopedia of scooter brands , from Puddlejumper to Piaggio, Ducati to Doodlebug, and Zündapp Bella to Genuine Stella. The Scooter Bible is all you need before kick-starting your scooter engine to life and praying for ever more speed. Indeed, scooters are mechanical marvels on two wheels . Streamlined spuds. Mutant oddballs of Jet Age styling gone berserk. Innovative inventions shoehorned like sardines into miniaturized monocoque bodies. Engineering and styling enigmas (the stranger the better). They are the weird and the wonderful . And they are all here in The Scooter Bible .
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