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August 2006 features
Motorcycles
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Chilton's Motorcycle repair manual
629.2275 Chi
Published in 1974, this manual will assist the vintage motorcycle
enthausiast. Features repairs for BMW, BSA, Bultaco,
Harley-Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, Montesa, Moto Guzzi, Norton, OSSA,
Suzuki, Triumph and Yamaha.
Harley-Davidson
by Allan Girdler and Jeff Hackett
629.2275 Gir
With distinctive prose and stunning photography, this book presents a
history of the company and showcases the standout models from the last
100 years, including the early singles and twins, Flatheads,
Knuckleheads, Panheads, Shovelheads, Evolutions, Sportsters, the new
V-Rod, and more. The authors present a fascinating look at one
of America's favorite icons of the road.
The Complete Book of Motorcycles
by Roger W. Hicks
629.2275 Hic
Features vintage motorcycles, dirt bikes, touring bikes, customs bike
and racing and sport bikes. Although published in 1994, this
book is an interesting overview of motorcycles.
Motorcycles: Fundamentals, Service, Repair
by Bruce A. Johns and David D. Edmundson
629.2275 Joh
Repair basics for motorcycles manufactured before 1987.
Motorcycle Fuel Injection Handbook
by Adam Wade
629.253 Wad
Dissects fuel injection mysteries, thoroughly explaining the
technology from its origins through its subsequent development and
examines ways to modify technology for optimum performance.
More
Proficient Motorcycling : Mastering the Ride
by David L. Hough
629.28475 Hou
Offering new situations, entertaining anecdotes, practical instruction, and fresh photographs and diagrams, More Proficient Motorcycling teaches you how to keep yourself-and your bike-safe from hidden risks and potentially harmful situations. Author David Hough helps you negotiate the road better than you ever have before by covering a wider variety of motorcycling topics, from fine tuning your skills to traveling tactics to safe motorcycle maintenance. He also details ways to control your machine as well as emphasizes how mental preparation can help you control the situation around you.
Proficient
Motorcycling : the Ultimate Guide to Riding Well
by David L. Hough
629.28475 Hou
The best and most complete book ever written on how to ride a motorcycle safely and efficiently.
Adventure Motorcycling Handbook
by Chris Scott
796.75 Sco
This expanded and re-designed new edition is packed with essential
advice and practical know-how on the vital preparation for undertaking
a long journey off the beaten track, be it in a nearby wilderness area
or on the other side of the globe. So whether motorcyclists are
planning their own Big Trip across Africa, Alaska, or Asia, or just
enjoy reading about other people's adventures, this handbook is
guaranteed to illuminate, entertain, and above all, inspire.
Sturgis
Stories : Celebrating the People of the World's Largest Motorcycle
Rally
text and photographs by Thomas G. Endres
796.7509783 End
Features photos and stories about 27 people involved in the annual
motorcycle rally.
Soul
On Bikes : the East Bay Dragons MC and the Black Biker Set
by Tobie Gene Levingston with Keith and Kent Zimmerman ; foreword by Ralph "Sonny"
Barger
796.7509794 Lev
In 1959, Tobie Gene organized the Dragons, a loosely knit, all-black men's club, one of the first of its kind. The dragon's earliest incarnation began as an all-black car club. It originally stemmed from Tobie Gene's big brother role to keep his younger brothers and friends occupied and out of trouble. The Dragons became ten strong, including members like MacArthur, Hooker, Tobie's brothers Joe Louis and Jonas, Baby Joe, Sam and Cousin Rabbit. Tobie Gene became the East Bay Dragons MC's first and only president, still reigning and riding after forty-four years.
Long Way Round : Chasing Shadows Across the World
by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, with Robert Uhlig
910.41 McG
Poring over a map one day, Ewan McGregor--film star and bike nut--noticed it was possible to ride all the way around the world, with just one short hop across the Bering Strait.
So he called Charley Boorman, best friend, fellow actor, and bike nut. From London to New York, Ewan and Charley rode their BMWs through Europe, the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Russia, across the Pacific to Alaska, then down through Canada and America. Exhaustion, injury, and accidents tested their strength, as did treacherous roads and weather. They were pursued by paparazzi in Kazakhstan, courted by men with guns in the Ukraine, and served bulls' testicles for supper by Mongolian nomads. Yet despite the many obstacles, they managed to ride over 20,000 miles in four months. As they traveled, they documented their trip, taking photos and writing diaries.
Zen and the
Art of Motorcycle Maintenance : an Inquiry into Values
by Robert M. Pirsig
921 Pir
A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance becomes a personal and philosophical odyssey into fundamental questions of how to live. The narrator's relationship with his son leads to a powerful self-reckoning, the craft of motorcycle maintenance leads to an austerely beautiful process for reconciling science, religion, and humanism. Resonant with the confusions of existence, this classic is a touching and transcendent book of life.
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