4 comments about Motorcycle Journeys Through the Rocky Mountains (Motorcycle Journeys).

1. Great pictures. Great descriptions. Makes you want to be there. Recommend it.



2. We took this book with us on a 3 week tour of the rockies. Visited some of the recommended motels and restaurants. Info was great and very accurate. Made the trip much better and easier to plan day to day.



3. First let me say the quality of this is first rate, publishing and writing. However, for someone who lives in Denver and the heart of the Rockies I was very disappointed.
   
   Buy this book if 1.) You do NOT live in or near the Rockies. 2.) You are NOT "savvy" reading recreational atlas maps, AAA Guides, or using the Internet or Google Earth.
   
   I guess I simply had higher expectations for rides in "my backyard". There are only 6 trips in Colorado. Three are based out of Georgetown and three out of Durango. If you live near these areas I guarantee you probably have already ridden these rides. Looking at other areas I have ridden, (Grand Canyon, S. Utah, etc.), most of the rides are common sense easily inferred my looking at a map or if you subscribe to a magazine like "Road Runner" you probably already have the info.
   
   Again, high quality, but "locals" beware. The "Grand Loop" section is great if you a month+ vacation to tour ALL of the Rockies.



4. This book is very informative. It has been a tremendous help in planning my motorcycle trips. Love the pictures.

No comments about The BMW Story: Racing and Production Models from 1923 to the Present Day.

No comments about Sidecars (Shire Library).

1 comments about Early Motorcycles: Construction, Operation and Repair (Dover Books on Transportation).

1. Early Motorcycles: Construction, Operation and Repair was first published in the 1920s, when thousands of motorcycles were already in use. Author Victor Page himself was an early transportation pioneer: his background lends to a lively survey of motorcycles, from engines, lubrication and materials to gear types and standard equipment. It's hard to believe EARLY MOTORCYCLES first appeared in 1924 - and that the instructions on operation and repair remain as relevant today as it did when it was first published.

No comments about Motorcycle Modifying: The definitive guide (Haynes Service and Repair Manuals).

No comments about Don't Trudge It, Rudge It! (A Foulis motorcycling book).

1 comments about Encycleopedia (Encycleopedia: The International Buyer's Guide to Alternatives in Cycling).

1. As a "newbie" (someone new to alternative biking) I found this book fascinating, easy to understand, most informative, and full of fresh and new ideas. For example, I'd been stationed in Saigon once upon a time and wondered if I could ever buy a "dong wagon" (pedicab, a peddle-powered rickshaw). According to this book, not only could I do that, but it tells me how much, where, and how to get more information. (Okay, so you've never lusted after a dong wagon . . . there's more!) Various human-powered vehicles (hpv) are listed by groups, then individual products with photographs and text that are relevant, helpful, and beautifully illustrated and typeset. Catalog publishers would do well to study this book; the typesetter, desk top publisher, and graphic artist in me thrilled to the care and expertise shown throughout. Short biographical sketches of riders and makers spice the text, such as the story of Peter Carruthers, a spinal injury victim, who won a gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics and founded Bromakin Wheelchairs, makers of competition wheelchairs and hand-drive tricycles. Lest you think of tricycles as only the little bit you rode as a toddler, enCycleopedia (the proper spelling, not to suggest a typo in the Amazon copy of course) describes the Burrows Windcheetah (and its interesting makers, the Seat of the Pants Company), raced, and ridden to "set the British 'End-to-End' record from Lands End to John O'Groats at 41 hours and 4 minutes. The same rider, Andy Wilkinson, had set the previous record a few years earlier on a conventional bike-four hours slower" (p. 87). enCycleopedia is chock full of such vignettes that humanize cycling. The publishers also publish Bike Culture Quarterly (BCQ), and enCycleopedia devotes some pages to the BCQ sort of "forum for new ideas in cycling", including not only technical matters but examinations of the cycle cultures of various countries. A few pages show accessories, including the most beautiful photographs ! of a pedal system I have ever seen.Please email me if you have questions about this wonderful book. I can't recommend it too highly to bike enthusiasts, those who love mechanical things and the illustrations thereof, devotees of the graphic display of visual information, and anyone who wants to see how National Geographic would produce a Sharper Image catalog. If the scoring system went to 12 I'd give this book a 15.

No comments about Lightning Rider (Sidestreets).

No comments about Over the Handlebars: A Selection of Motorcycle Stories.

1 comments about The Mouse and the Motorcycle By Beverly Cleary.

1. purchased book on cassette, when I first played it, the tape got caught up in the plastic container and will not play