Ducati Singles Restoration (Mick Walker)

Author : Mick Walker, Softbound, 239 Pages, ISBN: 9780760317341, 2003, Motorbooks Edition- Very Rare book in unread condition !

My first book was Ducati Singles (Osprey Publishing), whilst Ducati Singles Restoration is number 18. Of the two. however, the latter was much more difficult to compile !

Much of this was due to the truly vast array if single-cylinder machinery which the famous Bologna factory manufactured over many years.

Try make some sense of this, from the restoration point of view, proved difficult to say the least.

Much of the material on which the text is based tame from either my own collection of factory literature gathered over many years or personal experience Most of the photographs and line drawings, too, came from my own files. Although it must be stated that the EMAP archives, which hold the old Motor Cycle and Motor Cycling files, also came to my assist-an with a number of the illustrations.

A number of Ducati enthusiasts helped by providing encouragment and/or photographs, notably Marc Bruna, Barry Davis, Jim Porter, Don Upshaw, Simon Morris, Philip Tooth, Alan Moseley, Nigel Ball, Alan Hill and my Italian friend Gerolamo Bettoni.

Doug Jackson and Alan Kirk also provided some key photographs and I gratefully acknowledge their excellent contribution.

Both my secretary Carol Green, who typed the manuscript, and my wife Susan, who provides such valuable support and encouragement, deserve a vote of special thanks.

Finally, my thanks also to the excellent Osprey editorial team headed by Nick Collins, supported by Ian Penberthy. Once more, they have managed their usual professional transformation of the original manuscript into the finished product that you have before you now.