No comments about British Superbikes: The First 10 Years.

2 comments about How to Restore Your Bmw Motorcycle Twins 1950-1969 (Motorbooks International Authentic Restoration Guides).

1. This isn't a how-to manual because it doesn't go into repair and restoration enough to get your hands greasy. What this book IS, is a wonderful guide of what accessory/part is appropriate for each year BMW motorcycle. The photos are extensive and very educational in leading you to a complete vintage BMW with accessories appropriate for the year of your bike. The author, Roland Slabon, is president of the Vintage BMW Owners, Ltd club world-wide and editor of the club newsletter.



2. india does not figure in your list of countries how do you expect me to order

3 comments about The Racing Motorcycle: A Technical Guide for Constructors, Volume 1.

1. when this book arrived at my house, i sat down & read it for 5 hrs straight. i didn't move from my chair. when i took it to my friend's house he sat for 3 hrs buried in it while i fidgeted quietly nearby - he never looked up. he straight away ordered himself a copy, as did most motorcyclists i knew.
   
   this book will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about how bikes work. that is, the why's of frame design, how gears work, types of suspension & what they do... and all as clear as day. this is the best book every made - bar none - about motorcycles. the title sounds dry & perhaps niche-like, but if you care at all about how motorbikes do what they do, you will be totally absorbed by this book.
   
   we are all still waiting for volume 2... please John Bradley!!!
   
   
   ---edit... you can get vol 2 from amazon.co.uk, and i just ordered it. Its a damn shame i didn't know it was available for the past 3 years.. i guess i was stupid to think amazon US would sell it just cos they sell vol 1 (???)



2. I've "only" read half the book, but, you see, I'll be reading this book over and over for a "LONG, LONG" time. This is NOT a "How Too", read through, put it on the shelf type book. Not for the weak minded, mathmatically challenged, engineering phobic types. This is serious stuff that needs your full attention, a good calculator, and more importantly, time. If your serious about racing motorcycle engineering or want a thorough understanding of motorcycle engineering, this is it. Very well written, easily understandable and a "METRIC TON" of information. Everything given in Metric and Imperial. By the way, if you need/want, volume 2, you'll have to order it from "Amazon UK". These two volumes are undervalued in my opinion! Two Excellent Books!



3. Easily the best source on the subject of motorcycle chassis design. Its too bad that it is painful to obtain (guessing not readily kept in stock...delay in shipping). This pain isn't made any better by the artificial shipping delay induced by Amazon if the buyer elects to use the "super saver" shipping option. Also, for some unknown bureaucratic reason, Amazon US will not make available Vol 2 even though many customers have requested it. Everyone I know who has bought Vol 1 through Amazon has requested Vol 2.
   
   So, if your motorcycle interest is serious, buy the book...it is well worth the price and the wait. And be sure to make a formal request to Amazon for Vol 2. Who knows...maybe customer service will do something about it?

5 comments about Bluetick Revenge.

1. Mark Cohen is a Denver native who is a former JAG and municipal judge in Boulder, Colorado. He presently lives in Nederland, Colorado. His first mystery was THE FRACTAL MURDERS, and BLUETICK REVENGE is the follow-up Pepper Keane mystery.
   
   Mysteries involving private eyes with a military background are particularly engaging, but add an ex-Marine with a JAG background who has a law degree with a penchant for Philosophy, who formed and quickly retired from his own law office, and you have the character of Pepper Keane. Pepper may have left the vagaries of the law behind, but his ex-partner, Matt, calls on him to steel a champion bluetick hound for a client ready to turn state's evidence on her husband, who is the leader of a biker empire called the Sons of Satan. Pepper becomes her bodyguard until she can enter the Witness Protection Program, but she decides to take off. Pepper accepts a job from her husband to find her, and when he double-crosses the husband, his life is suddenly in jeopardy. Pepper's girl is teaching in China, so she is safe. He enlists his friend Scott to help him find the girl, collect evidence against the bikers, and stay out of the line of fire. Scott is as much of a Renaissance man as Pepper:
   
   "Scott McCutcheon. Unemployed astrophysicist. Former Navy SEAL. Fifth-degree black belt. One-time field goal kicker for the Colorado Buffaloes. Brad Pitt with a receding hairline. I thought about him as I sipped coffee at a small table beside the fireplace inside Nederland's Pioneer Inn this cold Saturday morning."
   
   Cohen leads the reader right into the world of sadistic bikers who think nothing of killing to gain their ends. Pepper and Scott aren't afraid to follow them into their lair and beat them with a combination of military skills and intelligent strategy. Pepper's dogs add a rich texture to an already excellent plot, and the bluetick hound is Cohen's centerpiece of the tale.
   
   Mark Cohen has a way with words. His style is crystal clear, his characters jump out at the reader. His background in law, the military, and with self defense makes him a knowledgeable author. BLUETICK REVENGE is a mystery the reader can't put down, and Mark Cohen is a bright new star on the mystery scene.
   
   Shelley Glodowski
   Senior Reviewer



2. 
   Mark Cohen and his signature character, hard-nosed PI Pepper Keane, were new to me when I picked up this book on a recommendation. What a great find for me as Cohen effectively fully develops his characters, makes them interesting enough that I care for them or against them, and employs wonderfully detailed descriptions of the cities and mountains of Colorado, Wyoming, and Idaho that make me wish I were there. And, he very adroitly creates a sense of constant tension as the mystery deepens and new layers are added to old layers.
   
   Cohen's leading characters have deeper backgrounds than most fictional PI's. Pepper Keane is a PI with a military background rather than a law enforcement background. He is an ex-marine with a law degree who opened his own law firm and soon retired from it to become a PI, probably because his studies of philosophy and his inner search for his core ideals lead him to the freedom of being his own boss. His best friend and sometimes partner, Scott McCutcheon, is "an unemployed astrophysicist, former navy SEAL, fifth-degree black belt, and one-time field goal kicker for the Colorado Buffaloes." See, I told you they had deeper back stories. And Keane's array of support characters are back including his love interest, Jayne Smyers, brother Troy, Uncle Ray, and his two great canine friends, Buck and Wheat.
   
   In this stand alone follow up to "The Fractal Murders", Keane agrees to dognap a prized bluetick hound that is part of a bitter divorce conflict as a favor for his old partner Matt. This seemingly simple assignment leads to an extension assignment requiring him to babysit and protect Matt's client, Karlynn Slade and her hound, from her soon- to- be- ex, Thaddeus Bugg, a vicious, morals challenged leader of a sadistic biker gang and a major drug producer. Keane is retained to protect her until she can enter the Witness Protection Plan from where she can testify against her ex husband. As you might guess, Karlynn dumps her protector and heads off for parts unknown. Bugg is desperate to find her since she not only can incriminate him, but she also has stolen his hound AND a half million in cash. In a comical yet hard to believe side storyline, Keane agrees to a request from Bugg, who supposedly has chosen him randomly as a PI, to search for his missing wife.
   
   The threads to this story get murkier as Pepper and Scott pursue Karlynn, FBI agents think Pepper may be assisting Karlynn's escape, Bugg may or may not know of Pepper's duplicity, and a cold case involving the murder of Keane's cousin suddenly emerges from the characters they encounter in their pursuit. Pepper and Scott have interesting encounters with bikers, skinheads, racial supremacists, and survivalists in their pursuit of Karlynn and for knowledge that may lead them to the proof needed to solve his cousin's murder. They prove themselves worthy not only through their military and martial arts backgrounds but also with superior tactics and thinking. The camaraderie and humor among the main characters is a welcome respite from the fast pacing of the plot line.
   
   I agree with those who find a similarity in Cohen's writing to that of Robert Parker. He is masterful at developing his characters as well as his sense of place. He moves the storyline in a brisk, fast paced manner but he doesn't take shortcuts that might offend the reader. The book is very entertaining replete with action, excitement, double crosses, humor, suspense, and a satisfying conclusion. Not to be overlooked are the moral dilemmas that Pepper and Scott work through as they deal with potential killers and the need for information. It is nice to see a leading character agonize a bit over diving into the deep gray between black and white.



3. Mark Cohen Does a great job in telling this gripping story. Relating to his previous book "The Fractal Murders" including the great Pepper Keane. If your looking for a fast pace suspenseful,thriller with a great storyline this is it.



4. Bluetick Revenge is the second book in the Pepper Keane mystery series. Following The Fractal Murders by Mark Cohen, Bluetick Revenge is a fast-paced action mystery book about a P.I. named Pepper Keane. Once a dog-napper, Pepper has now taken on the job of protecting Karlynn (a sadistic biker's wife) from Bugg (the sadistic biker :)). The story, however, evolves into something more when Pepper discovers the where abouts of the man who killed Hal and an FBI agent.
   
   The characters and their style really seem to jump out at me, more so than other books. The clarity of the messages sent made the book quite understandable. Although there was no mystery plot per-se, this book still kept me hooked.
   
   I would highly reccommend anyone looking for a good, easy-to-read mystery to read this.



5. I read Cohen's first Pepper Keane story, "The Fractal Murders", because it looked like (and was) a different twist on the murder mystery novel. Cohen handled the concepts of fractals very well, and he wove a credible story around the idea that applied mathematics can be worth a lot of money, even enough to kill for.
   
   This novel wasn't nearly as inventive. The characters were colorful, but the plot wavered between being rather ordinary and being somewhat unbelievable. (As when Keane accepted a job to find a dog that was stolen from the murderous head of a biker gang, when Keane was in fact himself the dognapper. C'mon.)
   
   The real problem with this book, though, is the writer's annoying habit of adding trivial details. He has Keane describing the appearance of nearly every character using society-page details of colors, patterns, fragrances, clothes styles, cloth types and hairstyles. This prissy level of description does not jive with the tough-guy image Keane tries to project. And if this were not enough, there are useless details of Keane and his buddies running, pumping iron, doing squats, performing Kata and doing other exercises to manscape their bodies. Boring and a bit gender-bending.
   I kept wondering if Cohen would have named his character Queen there hadn't already been a fictional detective with that name. (Yes, Pepper has a girlfriend, but their relationship has issues.)

3 comments about How to: Custom Paint & Graphics - Graphics for Your Car, Motorcycle, Truck, Street Rod.

1. This book had all the information I needed to Custom paint my motorcycle. it covered everything from the tools to the techniques. Very detailed and easy to understand with great photos to illustrate the techniques.This is a must for anyone that wants to learn how to apply a custom paint job to a vehicle.



2. Jon Kosmoski, the pioneer of custom painting for motocycles and autos. His name just says the phrase "House of Kolor."

   This book is well written. The content is well related to custom painting a motorcycle and a truck. You need to be very creative to do this type of custom painting. This book definately helped me do my custom paint job. I would recommend this book to anyone, but then again, like I have said earlier, do not rely only on this one book as your sole source for custom paint jobs.




3. The book was helpful but spent a lot of time on no brainers like staying clean, etc.

   Absent was any decent discussion of HVLP painting let alone technique differences. This is the way starters will paint and more should be devoted to it.

1 comments about Yamaha Xt350 & Tt350 1985-2000 (Clymer Motorcycle Repair) (Clymer Motorcycle Repair).

1. I bought the repair manual for my partner and he rates it as excellent. Everything in it you need. Easy to follow instructions and illustrations.

No comments about Clymer Yamaha IT125-490 1976-1986 Service, Repair, Maintenance.

No comments about Honda MB5 MTX 50 Owners Workshop Manual: 80-93 (Owners Workshop Manual).

1 comments about The Golden Age of Enduros.

1. Poorly written on low quality paper with only a few fuuzy photos, but it is not about the presentation, it's about the material. Most books today are written in cookie cutter fashion by the same authors again and again. The Golden Age of Enduros is a first hand account of how the sport started here in the USA by an interesting rider who was there. The American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation rcognizes that artifacts survive, but our heros of the sport have knowledge that is easily lost with time. This book is a priceless relic that will probably be printed only one time, so buy enough now to give to friends and family who will enjoy it.

1 comments about Honda Cbr600, 1991-1994/Service, Repair, Maintenance.

1. Great book with great tips to keep your bike in good condition and to repair it if you have (but you won't have to because it is a honda !!)