The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles


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Covers everything from how to choose and maintain a motorcycle and how to buy appropriate gear to how to ride safely, and how to make the most out of trips on the open road. It also discusses motorcycle history and the timeless motorcycle mystique.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles


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The Complete Idiot s Guide to Motorcycles, Third Edition, is themost complete book on motorcycles covering everything from how to choose and maintain a motorcycle and how to buy appropriate gear, to how to ride safely and how to make the most out of trips on the open road. This newly revised edition contains approximately 15% new and/or revised information, including- A completely updated buyer s guide featuring photos of latest road and sport bikes Updated chapter on racing covering new rules and venues that have come about over the past three years Updated material on the repair and maintenance of motorcycles that reflects new product and service changes of the newer models Additional resources for beginners to motorcycling




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles


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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles, Fourth Edition, is the most complete book on motorcycles, covering everything from how to choose and maintain a motorcycle and how to buy appropriate gear, to how to ride safely, and how to make the most out of trips on the open road.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles, 5th Edition


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The book to drive biker fans hog wild. The most complete book on motorcycles covers everything from motorcycle maintenance and appropriate gear to safety tips, new rules and venues, recommended buys, and making the most out of trips on the open road. It also includes a completely updated buyer's guide featuring photos and write-ups of latest street, sport, and dirt bikes. • Revised edition with more than 400 photos • Includes new information on the newest breed of fuel alternative and three-wheel bikes




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motor Scooters


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The standard mode of transportation for decades in Europe, motor scooter was a cult "fun" vehicle in the USA until the past two years. With oil prices soaring and the 20-to-40 set looking for alternative means of commuter (and weekend cruising) travel, motor scooter have exploded across the United States. In 2001, less than 30,000 scooters cruised U.S. roadways. In 2005, over 100,000 are road-bound, and the number is growing by double digits each year. Beginning at $1,000 and ranging up over $5,000, dozens of models of scooters are available, as are thousands of accessories. And scooter clubs meet from San Diego to Bangor, Maine. Every year, the largest gathering of motor scooters takes place in Indianapolis, speed capital of the world. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motor Scootersis the perfect introduction to the wonderful world of motor scooting.




The Essential Guide to Motorcycle Maintenance


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Popular motorcycle journalist and author Mark Zimmerman brings a comfortable, conversational tone to his easy-to-understand explanations of how motorcycles work and how to maintain them and fix them when they don't. This practical tutorial covers all brands and styles of bikes, making it a perfect companion to the owner's service manual whether you need to use the step-by-step instructions for basic maintenance techniques to wrench on your bike yourself or just want to learn enough to become an informed customer at your local motorcycle service department. This book includes more than 500 color photos and a thorough index to make it an especially user-friendly reference for home motorcycle mechanics of all skill levels.




The Complete Motorcycle Book


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A guide for both novice and experienced motorcyclists includes guidelines for selecting and buying a motorcycle, safety tips, maintenance techniques, and a survey of the basic mechanical and electronic systems




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Choppers


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Choppers are the hottest craze in the motorcycle world. And now, in the successful tradition of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles, we catch the next wave with The Complete Idiot's Guide to Choppers. Unlike the other books on choppers available today, which are principally either photo collections of cool bikes or how-to manuals with boring illustrations and photos, our book combines both these genres to include the following- A complete, up-to-the-minute overview of the history and culture of choppers More than 100 full-colour photos of the hottest bikes More than 60 photos of parts and assembly modes Detailed chapters on every aspect of choppers, from tires to engines to bars to paint In-depth information on the assembly of the special parts that make a "chopped" bike or custom chopper Great inside tips and trivia from "the chopper man" himself, Russ Austin A comprehensive listing of every major chopper dealer or builder in the United States







The Complete Idiot's Guide to Year-round Gardening


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Provides step-by-step instructions for both outdoor and indoor gardening including information on seeds, soil, compost, equipment and fertilizers, as well as types of covers and greenhouses and how to garden and harvest in root-cellars during the winter. Original.