Getting ready for the off season, wondering if anyone could recommend any good reads? what are some of the motorcycle related books that you've all read.
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Motorcycle adventure riding books
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One Man Caravan: Fulton, Robert E., Jr.: 9781884313059: Books - Amazon.ca
One Man Caravan: Fulton, Robert E., Jr.: 9781884313059: Books - Amazon.ca
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This is a very good read. A REAL adventure w/o the support crew.
Two Wheels Through Terror: Diary of a South American Motorcycle Odyssey: Heggstad, Glen: 9781550229226: Books - Amazon.ca
Two Wheels Through Terror: Diary of a South American Motorcycle Odyssey: Heggstad, Glen: 9781550229226: Books - Amazon.ca
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Might be safer now that FARQ was disbanded.
An interesting but odd read.
Survive the savage sea: Robertson, Dougal: 9780236154616: Books - Amazon.ca
Survive the savage sea: Robertson, Dougal: 9780236154616: Books - Amazon.ca
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Nothing to do with bikes but an awesome read all the same.
This is a must read. The one thing that amazes me about this journey around the world (that took place in 1936 or thereabouts) was that he only ran out of gas once outside of Munich.He was able to push his bike to the next gas station.
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Glenn/RZ500
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I`ve no idea where you can find a copy, but, "Racer.. the Gary Nixon story". By Joe Scalzo I believe, I`ve had mine forever. I met Nixon and his tuner Erv Kanemoto at Mosport, probably `76 or so. He was on a TZ750, likely the OW31 variant. There that weekend also was Gene Romero aboard a TZ750, Vesco sponsored as well. Both those legendary incredibly talented racers are gone now, Nixon and "Burrito". I was a young guy on my CB750 and was in awe talking to them.
I thought that filming himself with "moving pictures" was a pretty neat trick for that time period.
Not sure if the authors have turned this into a book, but it's a great motorcycle adventure story:
Escape Velocity!
...took even longer trips, and then dealt with the aftermath, the ensuing ennui of "real life" - the anchor of a home, the jobs and the bills; the maintenance of everything we've accumulated in our collective seven decades on earth.
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AFJ
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A couple of motorcycling books by Canadian authors that I found were good reads -
"Make Haste Slowly" by Michelle Ann Duff 1999 by Mad8 Publishing and Bar Hodgson
"The Winged Wheel Patch" by Max Burns and Ken Messenger. 1993. Published by Vanwell Publishing, St. Catherines
(A History of the Canadian Military Motorcycle and Rider)
It might be hard to find "One Man Caravan" by Robert Edison Fulton, (jr) as it was published originally in 1937. here was a reprint in
1996 by Whitehorse Press (www.WhitehorsePress.com) but I think they may have gone out of business some time ago.
Another good read which may also be hard to find now is the 2010 book "Legends in Their Lifetime - George Brough and Lawrence of Arabia",
published by the Vintage Motor Cycle Club Ltd. in Britain.
"Make Haste Slowly" by Michelle Ann Duff 1999 by Mad8 Publishing and Bar Hodgson
"The Winged Wheel Patch" by Max Burns and Ken Messenger. 1993. Published by Vanwell Publishing, St. Catherines
(A History of the Canadian Military Motorcycle and Rider)
It might be hard to find "One Man Caravan" by Robert Edison Fulton, (jr) as it was published originally in 1937. here was a reprint in
1996 by Whitehorse Press (www.WhitehorsePress.com) but I think they may have gone out of business some time ago.
Another good read which may also be hard to find now is the 2010 book "Legends in Their Lifetime - George Brough and Lawrence of Arabia",
published by the Vintage Motor Cycle Club Ltd. in Britain.
It's not a MC Adventure book, but I really enjoyed Travels with Charley: In Search of America, by John Steinbeck. He travels in a pickup with a camper on it with his dog, Charly. The countryside he travels is largely gone, but it's a really enjoyable read.
If you can find Max Burns Cycle Canada article compilation books, On Any Wednesday and These are some of my Favorite Roads are very good and can give you ideas of rides for next season.
I also found Shop Class As Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work, by Mathew Crawford to an interesting and valuable read.
If you can find Max Burns Cycle Canada article compilation books, On Any Wednesday and These are some of my Favorite Roads are very good and can give you ideas of rides for next season.
I also found Shop Class As Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work, by Mathew Crawford to an interesting and valuable read.
I was never a fan of hers, tried watching her YT stuff but after a few i was not interested.
She seems to really be going for tv show length episodes. I'll watch a few episodes here and there if she's somewhere I'm interested in. Hopefully the book is better. I assume it will be as it'll have professional editors and won't be worried about playing to youtube's algorithm. Might be a case of the book is better than the video.
I found her episodes on building the Yamaha 600 interesting and entertaining, and her travels through Afghanistan were also very interesting. She deserves a TON of credit, both for the length of her travels and the places she goes. She's more brave than most, and probably smarter too.
I would imagine producing videos of that length so frequently is a challenge content-wise. I subscribed to her channel as there seems to be enough interesting content.
