Victory Motorcycle Tales From Around The World

Author : Mark D. Vickers
Publisher : Partridge Publishing Singapore
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781543749380

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Victory—Motorcycle Tales from Around the World by Mark D. Vickers Pdf

About this book: VICTORY – MOTORCYCLE TALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD is much more than just a book about Victory Motorcycles. Whilst these great motorcycles serve as the thread to hold the theme together, this is a collection of stories from motorcycle enthusiasts around the world, from amazing adventures to everyday memories, from thought-provoking reflections to the humorous. Some are written in the form of personal diary entries and include details of visits to friends and relatives, unmissable tourist spots, favourite restaurants, weather and road conditions, thus enabling the reader to lose themselves in the story as if they are present on every twist and turn. Other stories are polished essays to convey the feeling of people met and places visited. From the USA to Argentina, Alaska to New Zealand, Taiwan to Indonesia, and many more places around the world, whilst the various writers in this book share a passion for Victory Motorcycles, there is something for everyone. Anyone with an interest in motorcycling, or indeed more generally in travel, will enjoy this book.

Author : Ted Simon
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 41,8 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 : Gregory W. Frazier
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781450221412

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Motorcycle Adventurer by Gregory W. Frazier Pdf

"This travelogue originally authored by Clancy is for the avid motorcycle adventurist, the travel dreamer thirsting for motorcycle touring. Clancy circled the globe during 1912-1913 on a 1912 motorcycle. There were no GPSs, ATMs, Internet, and often no gas, roads or motorcycle repair shops. It describes the first motorcycle global adventure ride by the man who survived a dream quest with his gun, determination, grit, and guts"--Back cover.

Author : Gregory W. Frazier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Motorcycle touring
ISBN : 1610590953

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Motorcycle Touring by Gregory W. Frazier Pdf

Author : Carlos A. Caggiani
Publisher : Ed Caggiani
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-16
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781453785379

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Tracks and Horizons by Carlos A. Caggiani Pdf

From 1964 to 1966, Carlos Caggiani travelled to 26 countries on a 1947 Indian Chief motorcycle with hardly a penny to his name. At 24 years of age, he embarked on the adventure of a lifetime. He spent time with everyone from poor natives in the Andes mountains, to rich families in the United States. He crossed rivers without bridges, suffered famine, intense heat and cold, guided his motorcycle through rain and snow storms, rode on dirt and cobblestone roads, was chased by the FBI, was shot at in Bolivia during a revolutionary war, and had a serious accident due to a mechanical failure in Panama that left him hospitalized for 17 days. The experiences in this book demonstrate a human being's tenacity and triumph in the face of adversity, and shows that anything is possible. There is always something more just beyond the horizon...and as the horizon expands, our limits disappear.

Author : Elspeth Beard
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781782438052

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Lone Rider by Elspeth Beard Pdf

In 1982, at the age of just twenty-three, Elspeth Beard left behind her family and friends in London and set off on a 35,000-mile solo adventure around the world on her motorbike. This is the story of a unique and life-changing adventure.

Author : Tom Cotter
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780760351659

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The Harley in the Barn by Tom Cotter Pdf

"Harley in the Barn is a narrative and photo-driven book detailing over 35 incredible "barn-finds" of rare and vintage motorcycles from around the world"--

Author : Neill Birss
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781743487204

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Burt Munro by Neill Birss Pdf

Previously unpublished interviews with Burt Munro, legendary Kiwi motorcycle rider made famous in the movie The World's Fastest Indian. Colourful tales of a life well-lived. Invercargill, at the far southern end of New Zealand. It's the late 1960s and two blokes sit in a modest shed drinking tea. The old bloke is telling stories about his life; the young bloke, a junior reporter, is typing earnestly on his Olympia portable typewriter. Dramatic tales abound – of youthful scrapes, motorcycle races and ingenious repairs, of international travel and friendships and road trips, of high speeds and accidents and meetings with dutiful policemen. Burt Munro became known around the world through the 2005 movie The World's Fastest Indian, but had long been known to motorcycle fans as a colourful character and speed record-holder. Our young journalist, Neill Birss, moved away from Invercargill and the interviews he had typed out were never published. In fact, they were lost during the move and only resurfaced under strange circumstances many decades later. Here they are in this book – the lost interviews with Burt Munro, legendary Kiwi motorcycle rider – his voice as fresh and his stories as vivid as the day he told them to the young reporter.

Author : Melanie Zimmer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614235415

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Forgotten Tales of New York by Melanie Zimmer Pdf

Learn the Empire State’s little known history—from bone-stealing dogs to the world’s largest puzzle—by the author of Curiosities of the Finger Lakes. Few New Yorkers remember the night when firemen, in tuxedos and top hats, were dragged from a ball to extinguish a Waterloo blaze, or the typographical error that reported Theodore Roosevelt taking a “bath” instead of his presidential “oath.” Still fewer remember Cephas Bennett, a missionary from Utica and printer of the first Burmese Bible, or H. L. Mencken’s humorous article on the history of the bathtub, still quoted today as factual although entirely invented. Seasoned storyteller Melanie Zimmer seamlessly weaves together these hard-to-believe, yet entirely true, tales. From the monster of Seneca Lake to the man who inspired the American icon Uncle Sam, discover the lost secrets of the Empire State. Includes photos!

Author : Michael Dapper,Lee Klancher
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Motorcycles
ISBN : 0760305307

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The Victory Motorcycle by Michael Dapper,Lee Klancher Pdf

Behind-the-scenes look at the making of the first all-new, factory-built American V-twin in 50 years.

Author : Drew Hayden Taylor
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781039000612

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Motorcycles & Sweetgrass by Drew Hayden Taylor Pdf

A story of magic, family, a mysterious stranger . . . and a band of marauding raccoons. Otter Lake is a sleepy Anishnawbe community where little happens. Until the day a handsome stranger pulls up astride a 1953 Indian Chief motorcycle – and turns Otter Lake completely upside down. Maggie, the Reserve’s chief, is swept off her feet, but Virgil, her teenage son, is less than enchanted. Suspicious of the stranger’s intentions, he teams up with his uncle Wayne – a master of aboriginal martial arts – to drive the stranger from the Reserve. And it turns out that the raccoons are willing to lend a hand.

Author : Tom Cotter
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781616730277

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The Vincent in the Barn by Tom Cotter Pdf

It’s every motorcyclist’s dream. A friend or acquaintance says, “You know, there’s an old bike that’s been sitting in this garage for years.” The hunt is on. And rather than the usual worthless Hondazukimaha pile of hopeless oxidation, at the back of that barn you find a genuine classic, the motorcycle collector’s dream. The Vincent in the Barn tells forty such stories--tales of motorcycle hunting dreams come true. From Ducatis in basements to Vincents abandoned in sheds, Harleys in barns to Brit bikes moldering behind urban garages, these are the stories that fuel every motorcyclist’s fantasies. The only difference? They’re true. See Tom Cotter, author of Motorbooks “In the Barn” series, interviewed by Jay Leno on JayLenosGarage.com: http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/jays-book-club-the-hemi-in-the-barn/1237422/

Author : Ralph Barger,Keith Zimmerman
Publisher : Fourth Estate
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003-07-23
Category : Motorcycles
ISBN : 1841157422

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Ridin' High, Livin' Free by Ralph Barger,Keith Zimmerman Pdf

Sonny Barger takes to the road again with a high-speed array of stories from life on the open highway. An American legend and hero to bikers around the world, Sonny Barger is respected and feared by people on both sides of the law.

Author : Walter F. Kern
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-21
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1499776969

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50 Wild Motorcycle Tales by Walter F. Kern Pdf

This book is an anthology of motorcycle stories. These 50 stories were submitted to me over a 13-year period by a wide range of motorcyclists from all walks of life. These authors tell their own personal stories of what happened to them as they rode their motorcycles. Among these writers are a few professionals who made some of their works available to me early in their careers. They now have books of their own. Some tales are very short, and some are very long. I've tried to mix them up. You may find the stories of some authors grouped together. Each tale was intensively edited to provide a good reader experience. You'll find humor, risk-taking, adventures, poetry, rhyming verse, 2-up excursions, world travelers, stupid tricks on bikes, lessons learned, winter riding perils, hazards while riding, and stories told by returning riders. I wrote five of these stories. Two of my stories relate my experiences on my motorcycle trips. Two stories are fictional children's stories that involve fantasy and motorcycles. The last story is a short fictional tale that describes an alternate world of motorcycles. Got a better original tale? Send it to me for consideration in a possible sequel.

Author : Neil Zurcher
Publisher : Gray & Company, Publishers
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781598510645

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Tales from the Road by Neil Zurcher Pdf

"Neil Zurcher deftly observes things most of us would overlook, and that is what make his stories so enticing." --- Robin Swoboda "Neil's writing skills, wry wit, and calm, warm demeanor allowed him to move effortlessly from award-winning hard news reporter to Cleveland's king of travel." - Tim Taylor He met Prince Charles in a bathroom, and tripped and Tell on President Gerald Ford. He raced on an elephant, piloted a glider, and hung from a trapez. He survived a hotel fire, a tornado, and countless stunts for the camera. As a news reporter and host of the long-running "One Tank Trips" travel segment on Channel 8 in Cleveland, Neil visited every corner of Ohio (and beyond), met hundreds of unusual people, and took part in history-making events. He was tear-gassed at an anti-war protest and almost trapped inside the Ohio Penitentiary during a riot. He drove in a day-long high-speed police chase from Cleveland to Kentucky, and got lost in the middle of Lake Erie. He rode in jet boats, jet fighters, sternwheelers, a World War II tank, and almost every other kind of vehicle imaginable (most frequently his trademark red and white 1959 Nash Metropolitan). He was ordained as a minister in the Free Spirit Association Church and even officiated at a few weddings... He would do almost anything and go almost anywhere for a godo story. And in the process he became one of the most popular personalities on Cleveland TV. In this book, with his familiar folksy style, Neil shares dozens of his favorite personal stories from a lifetime in Cleveland television. Many will cause a chuckle, some will surprise, and all recall in era of television and of Northeast Olno that was full of color and characters.