What’s your favorite Motorcycle inspired book.

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Looking for a few good reads.
Sometimes the internet just doesn’t do the old brain justice and I just want an old fashioned book to read.
So what’s out there? What’s your favorite?
I know I’m asking for a lot k owing good and well the majority of vitards can’t or won’t read books but hey might as well try right ?
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I enjoyed Jeremy McGrath and Jamie Dobbs autobiographies. I be surprised if either are still available though.
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Jeremy’s book is awesome, I have a signed first edition.

Race Tech suspension Bible is good, as are Cudby’s Motocross Exposure books
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I'm 40 years old now, when I was a little kid growing up in a moto family my grandpa had this book in the magazine holder. I must have read it 100 times.
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Rocket Man Andrews and the Ashby Gap gang
If anyone recognizes this book it will be amazing.
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If you have kids The Mouse and The Motorcycle is good.
My kids read that this year in their 3rd grade class
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ATKpilot99 wrote:
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I had this one, but lost it.
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"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"

“What kind of a story is this?” he asked.

“The Mint 400,” I said. “It’s the richest off-the-road race for motorcycles and dune-buggies in the history of organized sport – a fantastic spectacle in honor of some fatback grossero named Del Webb, who owns the luxurious Mint Hotel in the heart of downtown Las Vegas … at least that’s what the press release says; my man in New York just read it to me.”
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The lessons learnt here can be used on bikes also.



btw. Has anyone find a clutch pin on their oil drain plug lately?
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Looking for a few good reads. Sometimes the internet just doesn’t do the old brain justice and I just want an old fashioned book to read...
Looking for a few good reads.
Sometimes the internet just doesn’t do the old brain justice and I just want an old fashioned book to read.
So what’s out there? What’s your favorite?
I know I’m asking for a lot k owing good and well the majority of vitards can’t or won’t read books but hey might as well try right ?
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I’ve not read it as an adult so it could be terrible, but as a kid I couldn’t believe when I found a book about motocross or scrambles as they called it, in “Fast from the Gate”.
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I've read a few of the books listed above, Hunter S. Thompson's and Neil Peart's, are great books with motorcycles as a topic or theme inside them.

I checked these out and read them at least half a dozen times at the elementary school library. Recently bought a copy of each for my kid.



My wife got me a signed copy of this for my birthday a few years ago. Without question, the best gift she's ever given me.



If you're looking for something to read other than motorcycles, and like sci-fi stuff, I recommend John Scalzi's Old Man's War series or Pierce Brown's Red Rising series.

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The author still has a stash of these. Do you guys think there is still enough interest in them ?


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Halfway to Berdoo

This book is an oral history of the Hell's Angels from 1961 to 1965 complete with photos. It's a lot of fun to look into and learn about that era of motorcycle clubs. It's currently sold out, but he does a couple print runs a year.
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Crash217 wrote:
I've read a few of the books listed above, Hunter S. Thompson's and Neil Peart's, are great books with motorcycles as a topic or theme inside...
I've read a few of the books listed above, Hunter S. Thompson's and Neil Peart's, are great books with motorcycles as a topic or theme inside them.

I checked these out and read them at least half a dozen times at the elementary school library. Recently bought a copy of each for my kid.



My wife got me a signed copy of this for my birthday a few years ago. Without question, the best gift she's ever given me.



If you're looking for something to read other than motorcycles, and like sci-fi stuff, I recommend John Scalzi's Old Man's War series or Pierce Brown's Red Rising series.

Man I absolutely loved that book On the left I read it about 10 times in elementary school, if I remember right the kids dad found a rm80 at the bottom of a lake then he restored it and got into racing! Might just have to order a copy and re read it. I literally clicked on this thread to mention this book!!
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Already mentioned above but this one is worth reading twice.
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1) Valentino Rossi "What if I had never tried".
2) Evel Knievel / Gary Wells autobiography
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ATKpilot99 wrote:
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This is a really good book with a lot of terrific images
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