Author : Backroad Bob
Publisher : Backroad Bob
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 44,7 MB
Release : 2010-06-23
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 145249374X
Twenty-five previously published articles from the Backroad Bob's Motorcycle Adventures - People, Places, & Things CD.People - These articles examine some interesting motorcyclists and the powerful personalities that drive them. Places - Are you looking for an excuse to ride? These destinations will give you one.Things - Most of these articles are about motorcycle organizations and events.
Author : Colette Coleman
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 42,21 MB
Release : 2018-04-10
Category : Travel
ISBN : 162008239X
"There's something about motorcycles, and the lure of freedom and the open road that they promise. If you've ever wanted to take a motorcycling holiday, you've been before and are looking for new ideas for places to go, or you just want to do something completely different, then this book will inspire you. Featuring 38 spectacular routes from the snowy passes of Patagonia to Australia's Red Centre, Awesome Motorcycle Journeys of the World is the perfect inspiration for your next big motorcycling adventure. All the featured journeys can be taken as part of a 2-3 week vacation, or linked to form a longer trip. You can choose to take your own bike, hire one on arrival, or pick up a bike as part of an organized tour. Whether you are an experienced overlander looking for a quick adventure fix, or a novice rider seeking inspiration these journeys will open up a whole new world of motorcycling possibilities. Inside Awesome Motorcycle Journeys of the World The perfect book for anyone who has ever dreamt of taking off on a bike and exploring the globe. Presents 40 awe-inspiring routes taking in the best of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas. All the featured journeys can be taken as part of a 2-3 week vacation, or linked to form a longer trip. Options for taking your own bike into the country, renting a machine there, or booking a bike-inclusive tour. Includes stunning photography and route maps showing points of interest on the way. Each journey is accessible for everyone regardless of level of expertise on the bike. "
Author : William Martin Murphy
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,32 MB
Release : 2006-09
Category : Motorcycling
ISBN : 9781933926148
William Murphy covers the ground, high and low, top to bottom, in this ambitious guide for the adventurous motorcyclist. Ohio, located in the heart of the nation, is also the heart of the nation's history and Bill points out hundreds of historic sites, museums, and monuments all on the backroads. Bill purposely devised tours that take the rider down these history-filled roads that started out as trails, such as the Sandusky Trail, the Bullskin Trace, Hull's Trace, and more. Each Chapter has a theme such as Following the Water, which includes routes titled: The Great River Road, Lake Erie Tour, The Lake Erie Scenic Byway, and Cuyahoga Valley Canals Murphy explains his enthusiasm and philosophy for wandering: ?I suppose there is a bit of a Kerouac-like romanticism and searching for the meaning of life in most motorcyclists. As was the case with Jack Kerouac in his essay, ?On The Road, ? motorcyclists today also seek and enjoy the adventure that being on the road brings. Whether a teenager on a crotch rocket or septuagenarians on full dressers, every biker finds adventure by being on the road while at the same time satisfying a hard-to-explain need to explore beyond familiar horizons, be they physical or mental.? Maps, mileage charts, and an appendix filled with emergency phone numbers, major hotel and motel phone numbers, motorcycle repair shops and dealers, and a few pages of fun local rides, makes this compendium indispensable for the back road tourist, either on two wheels or four.
Author : Dain Gingerelli
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,65 MB
Release : 2011-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0760334749
These 365 must-ride motorcycles range from classic gaslight-era bikes, racers, and modern sportbikes to oddities that have to be ridden to be understood (or believed).
Author : Christy Karras
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 24,42 MB
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0762766700
Forty classic rides through the region’s quintessential scenes * With its spectacular and varied scenes, no other region of America can best the Pacific Northwest when it comes to motorcycle touring—whether a Sunday afternoon ride with friends or a multiday adventure. Now, with Motorcycle Touring in the Pacific Northwest, bikers have an unparalleled guide describing forty classic rides across the quintessential landscapes of Oregon, Washington, and Vancouver/British Columbia—from the rugged Pacific coast to breathtaking islands, from rain forests to deserts, from the Cascades to the Rockies. In friendly prose peppered with anecdotes, sidebars, and interesting asides, Christy Karras and Steve Zusy describe the routes—most representing a day’s worth of riding—and include a map for each, color photographs, and details aplenty on road conditions and terrain, sites worth stopping for, amenities, and side trips.
Author : Roadrunner Motorcycle Touring & Travel
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 22,31 MB
Release : 2010-04
Category : Motorcycle touring
ISBN : 9781565234796
Riding America's Backroads collects a fine assortment of the excellent writing and photography regularly featured in the pages of RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel magazine.
Author : William M Murphy
Publisher : Arbutus Pr
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 38,74 MB
Release : 2005-07-31
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780976610434
Bill Murphy's recommended routes take the motorcycle rider through Michigan's rural countryside and small towns on roads William Least-Heat Moon famously called "blue highways," with only occasional expressway stretches (if the road meets his aesthetic standards or if it is the most convenient to take in an important site) and jaunts into urban areas (for important tourist attractions, usually historical or motor-related). Murphy's enthusiasm for his mode of travel is irresistible. More than just a book about motorcycle riding in Michigan--and it is that, as nothing before it has been--this is a book about enjoying life's simple pleasures.
Author : Backroad Bob
Publisher : Backroad Bob
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 48,63 MB
Release : 2010-06-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1452430861
Twenty-nine previously published magazine articles from the Backroad Bob's Motorcycle Adventures - Dual Sporters and Thumper Humpers CD. Nineteen stories compiled from fifteen years and 43,000 miles of dual sporting and ten articles that take a look at Thumper Humpers - the endearing term used to describe the individualists that tour on their single-cylinder four stroke motorcycles.
Author : Andrés Carlstein
Publisher :
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,24 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN :
"This narrative follows a young man in his search for meaning, adventure, and the best rum in Latin America. Battling rough roads, careening buses, and bribe-taking cops in 14 countries, he discovers breathtaking beauty as well as what it feels like to hit a truck head-on. Carlstein and his companions - two bikers he meets over the Internet - form an unlikely and comical trio."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Ted Simon
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 37,98 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0140054103
This work features the author's ride of 63,000 miles over four years through 54 countries in a journey that took him around the world. The book covers his journey through breakdowns, prison, war, revolutions, disasters, and a Californian commune.
