Archive for Items Categorized 'Motorcycles', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
BMW Motorcycles of the Century
by Claudio Somazzi & Massimo Bonsignori
Market values, maintenance, model specifics, what makes one bike more collectible than another—it’s all here. If you don’t already have a BMW you’ll probably want one after reading this book!
Red Tape and White Knuckles: One Woman’s Motorcycle Adventure through Africa
by Lois Pryce
No fancy bike, no fancy gear, no fancy Adventure Tours outfit—just one woman and her little Yamaha taking on the Dark Continent. Sadly, no fancy photographs either—you’ll have to use your imagination.
Women Who Ride the Hoka Hey
by Abagail Van Vlerah
Picture it: the first Challenge went from Florida to Alaska, more than 8500 back road miles! Over 190 hours in the saddle. And you have to sleep outside! Things have changed since then—“Hóka-héy!” (Let’s Go! in the Lakota language) indeed.
New York City Horsepower: An Oral History of Fast Custom Machines
by Michael McCabe
What makes a New York custom bike or car different from those made anywhere else? Or modern ones different from earlier ones? Meet several generations of builders and see their shops and their creations.
Born to Be Wild
by Randy D. McBee
Bikers—menace to society or upstanding citizens? Want to look at motorcycling from a scholarly point of view? If class, race, gender, sexual orientation, stereotypes, and politics interest you as much as cubic inches and spark plug gaps, this is the book.
Bike & Style
by Michael Köckritz
That this book comes with its own music (an actual record) is only one way in which it looks at motorbikes and the attending life/style in a fresh way.
Moto Guzzi Motorcycles Since 1921
by Jan Leek and Wolfgang Zeyen
The fourth-largest motorcycle maker in Europe is not nearly as well known in the US as it deserves. This book helps. A bit.
The American Motorcycle Girls
by Cristine Sommer Simmons
Few things are more satisfying to the serious reader than to come across a book that boldly goes where none has gone before. Well and insightfully written, fantastically illustrated, designed with period touches—and not to forget, a really decent price!
The Ride: New Custom Motorcycles And Their Builders
by Chris Hunter, Robert Klanten editors
Motorcycles with attitude. From one-off cost-no-object confections to creatively stroked basic Honda S90s this book offers a global look at new philosophies and old skills.
The Chopper, The Real Story
by Paul d’Orléans
There are piles of books about choppers and motorcycle culture; none are like this one. If you recognize the bike on the cover even from this angle—that’s both good and bad . . . the book explains why.
Ducati Monster: 20th Anniversary
by Claudio Porrozzi & Otto Grizzi
This iconic bike is endlessly customizable and comes in beginner and superbike flavors. A 20-year model run and 250,000 copies sold—who’d have thunk that a parts-bin special would make such a dent in the universe!
Tricycles, Quadricycles and Light Cars 1894–1907: A Forgotten History
by Aldo Carrer
Tons of photos—but little else—of the earliest of the early days of mobility. From vehicles to buildings to fashion, you’re “not in Kansas anymore.”
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