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Not exactly moto, but very close and the story is unbelievable.
Jeremy McGrath: Wide Open
META (just picked up all their back issues on Labor Day, maybe they will have a sale again on Black Friday)
By the former editor of Dirt Bike magazine.
The Shop
I've read it twice, i know it's about GP's but still pretty good!
I've read the McGrath one, it's really simple and not very 'adult' in the way it's written but it's a good read as well.
I'm looking to get the larry linkogle one "in the mind of the demon".....
Anyone else got any other suggestions? When is Reed releasing his?
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" was written when Hunter was assigned
to cover the Mint 400. There IS mentions of the race in the book.
So that's my suggestion and I'm sticking to it.
Actually, if I get it published, I'll be sure to advertise here.
If i had an exam on that book it would have been the only A i'd get in high school...
Title is undecided at the moment, but the premise is to give a detailed, behind-the-scenes look at the 1980s 500cc world motocross championship, from the perspective of someone who was there, on the other side of the fence.
What was it like to race in the GPs in their heyday? What was it like to compete against so many legends of the sport - world champions like David Thorpe, Andre Malherbe, Eric Geboers, Georges Jobe, Hakan Carlqvist, Graham Noyce, Heinz Kinigadner and Jacky Vimond, and what were those great riders like as people?
What was it like to race on some of the world's most iconic race tracks like Namur, Sittendorf, Payerne, Hawkstone Park and Farleigh Castle?
What was it like to be racing a full factory 500, and how did I come from nowhere to earn that opportunity?
How did the whole GP circus work? How did we live? How did we travel? What kind of stuff happened along the way?
How did it feel to be racing at the Motocross des Nations - and finishing fifth on a shitty, stock used 125 that I had to buy the week before the race?
And what was it really like to be racing as a member of the factory Kawasaki race team?
It'll be revealing, illuminating and fascinating. It will also shatter some illusions.
Should be published some time next year.
Rob
Not exactly moto but, an excellent book.
Pit Row
Not sure if there are any english translations of this book but i recon there is. Its by Jörgen nilsson who was bound to become the 500cc world champion 1993 but crashed in a sx race between WC rounds and got paralyzed instead. Really sad book about his career and the backside of racing. Its a shame that he did because he was so far ahead of the field so even tho he missed many races he still got 2nd in the championship and was so fast so he would probably ended up being one of the greats.
http://www.robandrewsmx.com/
The guy that won multiple world championships. The guy Edison Dye brought over to the states that would start it all. The guy that started the first company, Thor, that made specalized gear used in motocross.
It's a good read.
Wanna know where KTM came from?
Its right here.
Being a kid racing a Hodaka, and an addict of Cycle News, that was convinced professional motocross was my calling, I was awestruck.
Didn't utter a word, stage fright over the top.
im geussing many are out of print..?
anyone know any online?
Anyone here ever read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Mechanics? It has very little to do with motorcycle mechanics and what it does mention is inaccurate but it's a good story about a long street bike ride.. oh and a ton of philosophy. If you don't learn any new words reading that book then you're way too smart to be on vital.
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