The Dirtbike Experience

Author : John Pinnell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Motocross
ISBN : 0958060002

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The Dirtbike Experience by John Pinnell Pdf

This work on dirt bike riding is designed to arm participants with all the information they need to enhance the experience of motorcycle ownership. Mechanics with decades in the field, top racers, professional race team mechanics and hardcore trail riders have given their years of knowledge in order to compile the contents of this highly illustrated publication, including: how to fix, replace and maintain the bike's components; what gear to wear; racing tips; how to set up a home workshop; and buying secondhand.

Author : Gary LaPlante
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-13
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781610585521

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How to Ride Off-Road Motorcycles by Gary LaPlante Pdf

Off-road riding is one of motorcycling's most popular pursuits and also one of its best training grounds for improving street-riding skills. Off-road riding takes many forms, from motocross and enduro racing, to dual-sport day trips, to trail riding, to adventure tours. No matter the specific pursuit, all dirt riding (and much street riding) shares the same basic skill set. How to Ride Off-Road Motorcycles schools the reader in all the skills necessary to ride safely and quickly off-road. Chapters cover the basics, such as body position, turning, braking, and throttle control, then proceed to advanced techniques, such as sliding, jumps, wheelies, hill-climbing, and more. If you've ever wanted to try dirt riding or if you're an experienced rider looking to sharpen your skill set, How to Ride Off-Road Motorcycles is a perfect riding coach.

Author : Gary LaPlante
Publisher : MotorBooks International
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780760342732

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How to Ride Off-Road Motorcycles by Gary LaPlante Pdf

How to Ride Off-Road Motorcycles schools the reader in all the skills necessary to ride safely and quickly off-road.

Author : Melissa Holbrook Pierson
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393083262

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The Man Who Would Stop at Nothing: Long-Distance Motorcycling's Endless Road by Melissa Holbrook Pierson Pdf

“Pierson is an even better writer than she is a rider.”—Boston Globe “World’s Toughest Motorcycle Riders”—long-distance motorcycling is not a pastime but an obsession. In this candid, eloquent, sharply observed book, Melissa Holbrook Pierson introduces us to this strange endeavor and the men and women who live to ride impossibly long distances, eating up road, almost without cease. And who find it nothing but fun. Perhaps the most determined of them is John Ryan, a magnetic, enigmatic man who loves nothing better than breaking records of amazing distance—at no small risk to himself and his health. But why? Pierson, who rediscovered the joys of motorcycling in the midst of a personal crisis, puts on her helmet and joins Ryan in his element in order to understand his singular desire and discipline, his passion and his obsession. The Man Who Would Stop at Nothing offers an intimate glimpse of an unusually independent yet supportive community as well as a revealing, unforgettable portrait of its most daring member. In electric, pitch-perfect prose, Pierson gives us rare insights into not only a subculture but also the deeply human craving for something more that drives it.

Author : Ted Simon
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-25
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780141929293

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Jupiter's Travels by Ted Simon Pdf

Jupiter's Travels -Ted Simon's astonishing 4 year motorbike journey around the world The book that inspired Ewan McGregor's Long Way Round In the late 1970s Ted Simon set off on a Triumph and rode 63,000 miles over four years through fifty-four countries in a journey that took him around the world. Through breakdowns, prison, war, revolutions, disasters and a Californian commune, he travelled into the depths of fear and reached the heights of euphoria. He met astonishing people and was treated as a spy, a welcome stranger and even a god. For Simon the trip became a journey into his own soul, and for many others - including bikers Charley Boorman and Ewan McGrergor - it provides an inspiration they will never forget. This classic text, which has informed a whole genre of travel writing in the thirty years since it was first published, will never be bettered for sheer adventure, passion, humour and honesty. Brought up in England by a German mother and a Romanian father, Ted Simon found himself impelled by an insatiable desire to explore the world. It led him to abandon an early scientific career in favour of journalism, and he has worked for several newspapers and magazines on Fleet Street and elsewhere. Ted Simon is also the author of Riding Home and The Gypsy in Me.

Author : A. Berkowitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015075341456

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Motorcycle Fatality Experience Based on Fatal Accident Reporting System Data 1976-79. Final Report by A. Berkowitz Pdf

Author : Sadhguru
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-27
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780593232026

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Karma by Sadhguru Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER “Full of valuable insights to guide you.”—WILL SMITH “Thoughtful and life-affirming . . . a must-read.”—TONY ROBBINS “This book will put you back in charge of your own life.”—TOM BRADY A new perspective on the overused and misunderstood concept of “karma” that offers the key to happiness and enlightenment, from the world-renowned spiritual master Sadhguru. What is karma? Most people understand karma as a balance sheet of good and bad deeds, virtues and sins. The mechanism that decrees that we cannot evade the consequences of our own actions. In reality, karma has nothing to do with reward and punishment. Karma simply means action: your action, your responsibility. It isn’t some external system of crime and punishment, but an internal cycle generated by you. Accumulation of karma is determined only by your intention and the way you respond to what is happening to you. Over time, it’s possible to become ensnared by your own unconscious patterns of behavior. In Karma, Sadhguru seeks to put you back in the driver’s seat, turning you from a terror-struck passenger to a confident driver navigating the course of your own destiny. By living consciously and fully inhabiting each moment, you can free yourself from the cycle. Karma is an exploration and a manual, restoring our understanding of karma to its original potential for freedom and empowerment instead of a source of entanglement. Through Sadhguru’s teachings, you will learn how to live intelligently and joyfully in a challenging world.

Author : Kyle Burger
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781468506099

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The Adventures of Buddy the Motocross Bike by Kyle Burger Pdf

Buddy the Motocross Bike is an exciting children's book that teaches young generation about the lessons in life while giving them something to be excited about while reading a book. "Buddy Learns Confidence" is the first of many Buddy books to come.

Author : Ken Condon
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0760366942

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Riding in the Zone by Ken Condon Pdf

Riding motorcycles is fun, but author Ken Condon maintains that there is a state of consciousness to be achieved beyond the simple pleasure of riding down the road. Riding in the Zone helps riders find that state of being. It's the experience of being physically and mentally present in the moment, where every sense is sharply attuned to the ride. Your mind becomes silent to the chatter of daily life, and everyday problems seem to dissolve. You feel a deeper appreciation for life. Your body responds to this state of being with precise, fluid movements, you feel in balance, your muscles are relaxed, and it seems as though every input you make is an expression of mastery. This is "the Zone." Condon identifies all of the factors that affect entering the Zone and addresses each one individually, from the development of awareness and mental skills to mastering physical control of the motorcycle. At the end of each chapter are drills designed to transform the book's ideas into solid, practical riding skills. Riding in the Zone takes riders to the next level in their skill set.

Author : Melissa Holbrook Pierson
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-12
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0393078361

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The Perfect Vehicle: What It Is About Motorcycles by Melissa Holbrook Pierson Pdf

"This book, a polished, winding meditation on the theory and fractiousness of motorcycles, celebrates both their eccentric history and the wary pleasures of touring."—The New Yorker In a book that is "a must for anyone who has loved a motorcycle" (Oliver Sacks), Melissa Pierson captures in vivid, writerly prose the mysterious attractions of motorcycling. She sifts through myth and hyperbole: misrepresentations about danger, about the type of people who ride and why they do so. The Perfect Vehicle is not a mere recitation of facts, nor is it a polemic or apologia. Its vivid historical accounts-the beginnings of the machine, the often hidden tradition of women who ride, the tale of the defiant ones who taunt death on the racetrack-are intertwined with Pierson's own story, which, in itself, shows that although you may think you know what kind of person rides a motorcycle, you probably don't.

Author : Alex Monnig
Publisher : Momentum
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Motorcycling
ISBN : 1634074289

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Behind the Wheel of a Dirt Bike by Alex Monnig Pdf

Get behind the wheel of a dirt bike and experience the thrill of racing around hairpin turns and flying off of ramps.

Author : Roy Jenkins
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781438914855

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Dirt Bike Ike by Roy Jenkins Pdf

What do you tell a teenager that is failing 9th grade, has learning disabilities, no social life, no direction, friends, money or hope? Ike Hebert is being raised by a single Mom who is holding down two jobs to keep their home together. All Ike has is a bicycle and a dream - to become a champion motocross racer. Through circumstances and a friendship with an outcast junkyard dealer, Ike is able to fan the flame of his dream into life, while learning a secret about growing up, success and happiness. He gets the faith in himself he needs to form his dream and begin to pursue it, against all odds. Suddenly his world and his dream is side-tracked when Ike is lured into a 25 year-old crime. Join Ike as he solves the mystery, negotiates the twists and turns of life s circumstances and overcomes the enemies that try to stop him as he solves this case in south Louisiana."

Author : Fred Rau
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-08
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781610590969

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Motorcycle Touring Bible by Fred Rau Pdf

Touring on a motorcycle has never been more popular than it is today, but with more and more people hitting the open road, a growing number are doing so without the proper skills and information they need to survive the ordeal. Far too often the trip of a lifetime turns into an unmitigated disaster, leading to expensive breakdowns, arrests, lost wages, broken limbs, death, and even, on more than one occasion, divorce. Most people who travel aboard motorcycles have learned these lessons the hard way, if they’ve survived long enough, but now readers of the Motorcycle Touring Bible can learn an easier way; they can learn from author Fred Rau’s mistakes rather than through the school of hard knocks.

Author : Charles E. Dare,James Cuthbert Owens,S. W. Krane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Helmets, Safety
ISBN : UCR:31210004158513

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Impact of motorcycle helmet usage in Colorado by Charles E. Dare,James Cuthbert Owens,S. W. Krane Pdf

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-02
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781465400888

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Motorcycle:Definitive Visual Hist by DK Pdf

Set your pulse racing with this stunning visual guide to over 1000 pin-up machines - iconic symbols of wanderlust, speed, and the open road. From Gottlieb Daimler's gas-powered "engine on a bicycle" which set fire to the seat on its first outing, to superbikes such as the Ducati 916, Motorcycle: The Definitive Visual History takes you on an enthralling tour of the bike's history. It shows you bikes that appeal to the head - practical forms of transport - and to the heart - a parade of classic pin-ups including cult machines such as the Honda RC30, the Triumph Bonneville, and the Harley-Davidson XR750. Motorcycle: The Definitive Visual History shows the brilliance and impracticality of different designs and features detailed cross-sections of engines such as the air-cooled two-stroke. It explains how the great marques such as the Royal Enfield, the "legendary" Indian Scout, Vespa, and Norton all became household names. Whether you are a hardcore enthusiast or looking forward to your first machine, this is one title you cannot be without.