Inside American Motorcycling
Author : Harry V. Sucher
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 36,22 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Motorcycle industry
ISBN : 9780962743412
Hogs, Blogs, Leathers and Lattes
Author : William E. Thompson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 24,87 MB
Release : 2012-09-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0786468599
Book Description
This book combines more than 45 years of the author's riding experiences with data collected over five years of systematic observation and extensive ethnographic interviews with over 200 male and female riders. Much has been written about hardcore bikers, but there has been little scholarly research on the much larger segment of the population more aptly called motorcycle enthusiasts. This book focuses on them--the hard working plumbers, truck drivers, and other blue collar workers as well as the white collar executives, doctors and other professionals who are mostly married, have mortgages, pay their bills, obey the law, and on weekends and holidays participate in a favorite pastime, riding motorcycles.
The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Motorcycles
Author : Tod Rafferty
Publisher : Running Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,84 MB
Release : 1998-12
Category : Motorcycles
ISBN : 9780762405282
Book Description
Beginning with the early motorcycle manufacturers, such as Pope, Thor, and Merkel, this book continues right up to the long tenure of Harley-Davidson and includes a 32-page directory of manufactures. 500+ photos.
Born to Be Wild
Author : Randy D. McBee
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 44,70 MB
Release : 2015-05-14
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1469622734
Book Description
In 1947, 4,000 motorcycle hobbyists converged on Hollister, California. As images of dissolute bikers graced the pages of newspapers and magazines, the three-day gathering sparked the growth of a new subculture while also touching off national alarm. In the years that followed, the stereotypical leather-clad biker emerged in the American consciousness as a menace to law-abiding motorists and small towns. Yet a few short decades later, the motorcyclist, once menacing, became mainstream. To understand this shift, Randy D. McBee narrates the evolution of motorcycle culture since World War II. Along the way he examines the rebelliousness of early riders of the 1940s and 1950s, riders' increasing connection to violence and the counterculture in the 1960s and 1970s, the rich urban bikers of the 1990s and 2000s, and the factors that gave rise to a motorcycle rights movement. McBee's fascinating narrative of motorcycling's past and present reveals the biker as a crucial character in twentieth-century American life.
American Motorcyclist
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 47,77 MB
Release : 1997-08
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
American Motorcyclist magazine, the official journal of the American Motorcyclist Associaton, tells the stories of the people who make motorcycling the sport that it is. It's available monthly to AMA members. Become a part of the largest, most diverse and most enthusiastic group of riders in the country by visiting our website or calling 800-AMA-JOIN.
Standard Catalog of American Motorcycles 1898-1981
Author : Jerry Hatfield
Publisher : Krause Publications
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 12,42 MB
Release : 2006-02-08
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780873499491
Book Description
The resurgence of interest in motorcycles, with more than 1million new sales in 2004, is reminiscent of the revved up days of the 1970s. In this new reference novice, riders, vintage collectors and hobbyists get coverage of every American-made model, pre-war to present day, to roll off the line and onto the pavement. &break;&break;From vintage models like the Flying Merkel and Excelsior motorcycles to the tried and true Indian motorcycles and evolutionary Harley-Davidson, this guide captures the technical details and history of American motorcycles like nothing else. &break;&break;Collectors, historians and motorcycle enthusiasts will find technical specifications including performance figures, horsepower, weight and more for help in identification. A collection of 1,200 crisp detailed photos also assists with identification, and offers inspiration for these enduring vehicles.
AMA Ride Guide to America Volume 2
Author : American Motorcyclist Association
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,75 MB
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780760366905
Book Description
From the corkscrew roads of California to the scenic mountain notches of New England, this second AMA Ride Guide to America from the American Motorcyclist Association reveals more enticing backroads for motorcyclists everywhere to dream about. With topographic road maps and point-to-point route outlines for more than 40 trips nationwide, riders can explore rocky shorelines, breathtaking canyonlands, majestic mountain peaks, and everything in between. Each trip description is detailed with attractions along the way and recommendations for interesting places to stay and eat. Included are trips in: The Pacific Northwest California The Rocky Mountains The Southwest The Midwest Texas Appalachian Mountains The American South The mid-Atlantic region New England This is is a must-have travel book for any rider who dreams of taking two wheels on the best of America's open roads.
Motorcycles!
Author : Susan E. Goodman
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 17,34 MB
Release : 2007-09-25
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0375841164
Book Description
WHETHER THEY'RE JUMPING barrels, zipping along the highway on a road trip, or tearing up the motocross track, motorcycles are the coolest things on two wheels! Choppers! authors Susan Goodman and Michael Doolittle show readers the many types of motorcycles there are, how they work, and some of the exciting jobs, competitions, and events that feature them. This actionpacked Step 3 reader is filled with vibrant color photographs!
The Man Who Would Stop at Nothing: Long-Distance Motorcycling's Endless Road
Author : Melissa Holbrook Pierson
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,48 MB
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 039307904X
Book Description
Provides an insider's view of long-distance riding, explains what draws people to the challenges and solitude of the pastime, and highlights a middle-aged diabetic man who loves riding impossible distances.
Breaking the Limit
Author : Karen Larsen
Publisher : Hyperion
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,93 MB
Release : 2004-07-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780786868704
Book Description
reaking the Limit 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, and with an invitation to meet her biological father for the first time, Karen Larsen set out on a fifteen-thousand-mile trip with nothing but her motorcycle and the barest of essentials. Larsen's journey tests the limits of her own endurance, challenges her long-held beliefs and values, and asks what it means to belong to a family. Through the the fields of Iowa and the deserts of the Southwest, over the Rockies and across Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, Larsen confronts questions of femininity, family, independence, and personal identity. Her journey speaks to the immense space and over-whelming beauty of North America, as well as to the diversity and vitality of the people she meets along the way. Breaking the Limit invites you to join her as she braces against the wind, trades security for freedom, sacrifices stability for motion, and opens herself up to the vast canopy of a continent.
