Motorcycle Books Thread

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10 years ago

I'd like to create an index of motorcycling books.

What are your favorite motorcycle themed/related books?

Obviously, Zen and the art ranks:

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Yermo

10 years ago

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Pirsig, Robert published by Bantam (1984): Amazon.com: Books

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Pirsig, Robert published by Bantam (1984) on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. 419 pages of the 1979 edition of The Inquiry into Values by Robert M. Pirsig.

http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Art-Motor...

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What motorcycling books have you read?

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Yermo

10 years ago

Some recommendations by fans posted to the M-BY-MC Facebook page:

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Yermo

10 years ago

Breaking the Limit: One Woman's Motorcycle Journey Through North America: Karen Larsen: 9780786868704: Amazon.com: Books

Breaking the Limit: One Woman's Motorcycle Journey Through North America [Karen Larsen] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. <em>Breaking the Limit</em> is one woman's account of riding her motorcycle from New Jersey to Alaska and back. Realizing that years of work and travel in other people's countries made her a stranger in her own

http://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Limi...

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Yermo

10 years ago

Amazon.com: Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well eBook: David L. Hough: Books

Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well - Kindle edition by David L. Hough. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well.

http://www.amazon.com/Proficient-Mo...

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Yermo

10 years ago

Amazon.com: Lois on the Loose eBook: Lois Pryce: Books

Lois on the Loose - Kindle edition by Lois Pryce. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Lois on the Loose.

http://www.amazon.com/Lois-Loose-Pr...

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Yermo

10 years ago

Amazon.com: The Tao of the Ride: Motorcycles and the Mechanics of the Soul eBook: Garri Garripoli: Books

The Tao of the Ride: Motorcycles and the Mechanics of the Soul - Kindle edition by Garri Garripoli. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Tao of the Ride: Motorcycles and the Mechanics of the Soul.

http://www.amazon.com/Tao-Ride-Moto...

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Yermo

10 years ago

Amazon.com: Riding a Straight and Twisty Road [Kindle Edition]: Motorcycles, Fellowship, and Personal Journeys eBook: James Hesketh: Kindle Store

Riding a Straight and Twisty Road [Kindle Edition]: Motorcycles, Fellowship, and Personal Journeys - Kindle edition by James Hesketh. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Riding a Straight and Twisty Road [Kindle Edition]: Motorcycles, Fellowship, and Personal Journeys.

http://www.amazon.com/Riding-Straig...

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Lisa Epifano Hall

10 years ago

How about Total Control from Lee Parks. I like to pick that one up and read different sections now and then

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Yermo

10 years ago

Lisa Epifano Hall, absolutely!

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Yermo

10 years ago

Amazon.com: Total Control: High Performance Street Riding Techniques eBook: Lee Parks: Books

Total Control: High Performance Street Riding Techniques - Kindle edition by Lee Parks. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Total Control: High Performance Street Riding Techniques.

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Yermo

10 years ago

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Yermo

10 years ago

Twist of the Wrist: The Motorcycle Roadracers Handbook: Keith Code: 0636648000029: Amazon.com: Books

Twist of the Wrist: The Motorcycle Roadracers Handbook [Keith Code] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. <DIV>Here's everything you need to successfully improve your riding, novice or veteran, cruiser to sportbike rider. This book contains the very foundation skills for any rider looking for more confidence when cornering a motorcycle. Notes and comments by Eddie Lawson. Foreword by Wayne Rainey. </DIV>

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Yermo

10 years ago

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Yermo

10 years ago

The Complete Motorcycle Nomad : A Guide To Machines, Equipment, People, And Places: Roger Lovin: 9780316533560: Amazon.com: Books

The Complete Motorcycle Nomad : A Guide To Machines, Equipment, People, And Places [Roger Lovin] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Moto...

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Yermo

10 years ago

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Yermo

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Sport Riding Techniques: How To Develop Real World Skills for Speed, Safety, and Confidence on the Street and Track: Nick Ienatsch, Kenny Roberts: 9781893618077: Amazon.com: Books

Sport Riding Techniques: How To Develop Real World Skills for Speed, Safety, and Confidence on the Street and Track [Nick Ienatsch, Kenny Roberts] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Contemporary sport bikes accelerate faster, brake harder, and cut through corners deeper than ever before. These technologically advanced motorcycles are exhilarating to ride

http://www.amazon.com/Sport-Riding-...

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Yermo

10 years ago

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Yermo

10 years ago

Ride Like a Pro, The Book: Jerry "Motorman" Palladino: 9780615400129: Amazon.com: Books

Ride Like a Pro, The Book [Jerry "Motorman" Palladino] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Ride Like a Pro, The Book. Published 2009. 152 pages.

http://www.amazon.com/Ride-Like-Jer...

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Yermo

10 years ago

The Upper Half of the Motorcycle: On the Unity of Rider and Machine: Bernt Spiegel: 9781884313752: Amazon.com: Books

The Upper Half of the Motorcycle: On the Unity of Rider and Machine [Bernt Spiegel] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. <DIV>Due to the popularity of Bernt Spiegel's The Upper Half of the Motorcycle in its original German

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Yermo

10 years ago

Against the Wind: A Rider's Account of the Incredible Iron Butt Rally ("Incredible journeys" books): Ron Ayres: 9781884313097: Amazon.com: Books

Against the Wind: A Rider's Account of the Incredible Iron Butt Rally ("Incredible journeys" books) [Ron Ayres] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. <DIV>Ten consecutive thousand-mile days on two wheels in a mental race against imponderable odds and a ceaselessly ticking clock--welcome to the legendary Iron Butt Rally. Against the Wind is a riveting new book

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Yermo

10 years ago

Against the Clock: The incredible story of the 7/49: Ron Ayres: 9781884313196: Amazon.com: Books

Against the Clock: The incredible story of the 7/49 [Ron Ayres] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. <DIV><p style= margin: 0in 0in 0pt class= MsoNormal >The incredible story of Ron Ayres' record-breaking and historic ride demonstrates the importance of teamwork in achieving a difficult objective many thought unattainable. Ayres' compelling text captures the flavor of the ride as it happened with total sincerity. </div>

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Yermo

10 years ago

Leanings: Best of Peter Egan from Cycle World: Peter Egan: 9780760311585: Amazon.com: Books

Leanings: Best of Peter Egan from Cycle World [Peter Egan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. <DIV>Since his work first graced Cycle World magazine in 1977, Peter Egan has graciously taken his readers along on his adventures. The range of motorcycle riding reports cover runs along the Mississippi River to New Orleans for a tin of chicory coffee or flying to Japan to test-ride new Yamahas. In Leanings

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Yermo

10 years ago

Leanings 2: Great Stories by America's Favorite Motorcycle Writer: Peter Egan: 9780760337165: Amazon.com: Books

Leanings 2: Great Stories by America's Favorite Motorcycle Writer [Peter Egan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. <div><p class= MsoNormal style= margin: 0in 0in 0pt ><font size= 3 ><font face= Times New Roman >Even the most die hard of motorcyclists can't ride--or work on--their bikes all the time. So in those moments away from that precious Triumph

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Yermo

10 years ago

101 Road Tales (The Faces of Motorcycling): Clement Salvadori: 9781884313738: Amazon.com: Books

101 Road Tales (The Faces of Motorcycling) [Clement Salvadori] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. <div>Popular motojournalist Clement Salvadori has been sharing his stories from the road with the readers of Rider magazine since 1988. Now

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Yermo

10 years ago

The Ride So Far: Tales from a Motorcycling Life (The Faces of Motorcycling): Lance Oliver: 9781884313882: Amazon.com: Books

The Ride So Far: Tales from a Motorcycling Life (The Faces of Motorcycling) [Lance Oliver] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. <div> Few paint a more vivid or varied picture of the joys of riding than this collection of stories from a motorcycling life by Lance Oliver

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Yermo

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Amazon.com: Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road eBook: Neil Peart: Books

Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road - Kindle edition by Neil Peart. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road.

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Gerald Barrowman

10 years ago

"Obsessions Die Hard" by Ed Culberson

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Yermo

10 years ago

Gerald Barrowman Thanks!

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Yermo

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Obsessions Die Hard: Motorcycling the Pan American Highway's Jungle Gap: Ed Culberson: 9781884313066: Amazon.com: Books

Obsessions Die Hard: Motorcycling the Pan American Highway's Jungle Gap [Ed Culberson] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Obsessions Die Hard chronicles Culberson's determination to fulfill his dream. Ever since he was a teenager he had a fascination with the Pan American Highway System

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Yermo

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Yermo

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Amazon.com: The Perfect Vehicle: What It Is About Motorcycles eBook: Melissa Holbrook Pierson: Books

The Perfect Vehicle: What It Is About Motorcycles - Kindle edition by Melissa Holbrook Pierson. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Perfect Vehicle: What It Is About Motorcycles.

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Yermo

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