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Topic: Recommend a good read
Posted By: andyisavinit
Subject: Recommend a good read
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2017 at 12:26
I read Guy Martins autobiography recently - I quite enjoyed it.

What bike related books have you read and would recommend?



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Posted By: 426hemi
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2017 at 12:32
Jamie whitham's what a good do, been out a long time but it's funny.


Posted By: andyisavinit
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2017 at 12:43
Originally posted by 426hemi 426hemi wrote:

Jamie whitham's what a good do, been out a long time but it's funny.

That sounds promising. Good to see him back at bsb too after his illness.


Posted By: bladebod
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2017 at 12:47
Pocket Rocket by Haslam, very good, also Rossi autobiography, Guy Martins books always good. Ive read a few, Barry Sheenes book is excellent...



Posted By: Tin Man
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2017 at 14:08
Michael Dunlops is alright

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Posted By: redratbike
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2017 at 14:44
I enjoyed these 2
 
The Long Ride Home and Running Towards the Light
 
met the author at the bike show and bought a copy off him of the first book thenn bought the 2nd a while later .
 
summary
 
Nathan and Dorothy have enjoyed a special relationship over the years. Dorothy is getting up there in years, but after she retired from the Australian Postal service, she was still going strong and joined Nathan as he traversed around the world. They’ve been very close, travelling together from Sydney to London, covering 23,000 miles, through 18 countries in 9 months, with only THREE DAYS PLANNING! How is that even possible? Then a few years later, Dorothy put her trust in Nathan again and they rode across America in 3 and a half months, through Canada and the United States travelling 8,000 miles. Oh, did we mention that Dorothy is a ‘postie bike’, a 2004 Honda CT110 used to deliver the mail in Australia? That’s right. In this story about a guy who seems to like to jump in with both feet and just go for it, we hear all about Nathan Millward’s adventures with dependable Dorothy


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Posted By: FTM
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2017 at 19:07
Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance.


Posted By: Tifa
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2017 at 20:12
Originally posted by FTM FTM wrote:

Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

hahahaaaa..you'll be disappointed if you expect to find any serious reference to motorcycles LOL
Good read though.

Catch 22's alright.


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Posted By: pantata
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2017 at 20:14
Had 2 goes at reading Zen.... but found it hard going, might just give it another go next holiday.


Posted By: Tifa
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2017 at 20:50
Nah...don't.
Heavy going, and after struggling my way through, not sure I  understood what Pursig was getting at, other than rediscovering his past alter ego. 

Scores on the doors...5/10


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Posted By: FTM
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2017 at 10:01
Loved it meself, read it many times. Pirsig (forget his name in the book) has a Honda and his mate with the dripping tap has a BMW. Wink
 
His next book though, Lila or Layla or summat, now that is heavy going and I never finished it after many attempts.


Posted By: RSV Stefan
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2017 at 18:16
I read Ian Hutchinson's autobiography when on holiday recently, quite enjoyed it.....probably dramatised to a degree but jeez he has had some tough times with his inuries over the years.


Posted By: andyisavinit
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2017 at 21:43
Originally posted by RSV Stefan RSV Stefan wrote:

I read Ian Hutchinson's autobiography when on holiday recently, quite enjoyed it.....probably dramatised to a degree but jeez he has had some tough times with his inuries over the years.

yeh there was a good documentary about hutchy too. After watching it I have even more appreciation and respect for what he does on a bike.


Posted By: legend88
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2017 at 21:49
Originally posted by andyisavinit andyisavinit wrote:

yeh there was a good documentary about hutchy too. After watching it I have even more appreciation and respect for what he does on a bike.


+1

Completely agree. After watching what he went through to recover from the leg injuries he deserves top respect.


Posted By: kawaman21
Date Posted: 22 Oct 2017 at 20:59
Feel by Freddie Spencer was a good read,not the normal racers bio,more of a look at the man's mental outlook,amd bit of a breakdown,sounds bad but it was interesting.


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Posted By: roboxm3
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2017 at 10:53
Stealing Speed is a good and easy read; about a guy applying 2-stroke technology to WW2 rockets and vice versa.


Posted By: 426hemi
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2017 at 11:00
I have that book but look how much it's going for now.


Posted By: roboxm3
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2017 at 11:38
What's that all about??
I enjoyed it but I didn't expect to be able to profit from it!! haha
 


Posted By: 426hemi
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2017 at 12:13
Hard back is £20 upwards, seen some people asking £60+ depending if it's in print or not.


Posted By: legend88
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2017 at 14:48
Is that the book by Matt Oxley?



Posted By: roboxm3
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2017 at 14:53
That's the one...


Posted By: legend88
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2017 at 15:01
Might have to look in to that then.


Posted By: Lammy
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2017 at 14:49
I know I'm a bit late to the party, but if you wish to get Mat Oxley's work, the going straight to him gets you a new book at list price. Top notch!
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Also, bit of a curveball but Damon Hill's autobiography is interesting; started out on bikes doing racing at brands, a bit of proam etc, all good stuff.

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