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Motorcycle Books

Motorcycle Dream Garages – Book Review

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 9/22/2009

in Motorcycle Books

Some owners buy a motorcycle strictly for the ride, the thrill and adventure of the open road or the track, others pursue their own special version of the biker lifestyle, but, quite a few of us have an attraction to all things mechanical, especially those of the self propelled variety and we want to take [...]

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Big Sid’s Vincati – Review

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 6/19/2009

in Motorcycle Books, Vintage Motorcycles

Big Sid’s Vincati, as you might guess, is the marriage of a Ducati 750 GT frame with a Vincent V-Twin. We mentioned it on The Kneeslider a while back after it appeared in a couple of magazine articles. Not very many have ever been built and all but this one, were assembled in Australia. They [...]

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Some folks follow MotoGP racing because of the personalities involved, others, and I have a hunch that would be many of you, are more interested in the tech side of things, it’s not who is riding what, it’s what are they riding. If you count yourself among the latter group, Kevin Cameron’s new book, The [...]

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Cafe Racer the Motorcycle – Book Review

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 11/12/2008

in Motorcycle Books

If you’ve been paying attention to changes in the motorcycle world, you’ve certainly noticed the resurgence of the cafe racer. Cafe Racer: The Motorcycle by Mike Seate takes a look at the whole concept of cafe racers, the social scene where they originated, how they developed, many of the notable people involved and, most likely [...]

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The Fine Art of the Motorcycle Engine – Book Review

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 10/23/2008

in Motorcycle Books

The Fine Art of the Motorcycle Engine by Daniel Peirce is a photographic tribute to the essence of what many of us find so attractive about motorcycles in the first place, a tribute to the heart of the machine, the mechanical motive force, … the engine. In today’s world of plastic covered streamlined shapes, where [...]

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25 Years of Buell by Court Canfield and Dave Gess, arrived last week and I read it over the weekend. This is a very complete history of the Buell Motorcycle Company starting with Erik Buell’s early years and interest in motorcycles right up through the current Buell 1125R. If you are the least bit interested [...]

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Japan’s Motorcycle Wars

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 7/16/2008

in Motorcycle Books, Motorcycle Business, Vintage Motorcycles

Japan’s Motorcycle Wars delves deep into the history of the Japanese motorcycle business going well beyond the stories of the now successful big 4 brands everyone seems to know. For all of the impact Japanese motorcycles have had here in the U.S. and around the world, there hasn’t been a scholarly book written about how [...]

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Driving a Sidecar Outfit

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 4/23/2008

in Motorcycle Books, Motorcycle Safety, Three Wheel Motor Vehicles

David L. Hough has rewritten and updated Driving a Sidecar Outfit. The brand new second edition arrived in The Kneeslider’s mail and it looks like a comprehensive introduction to everything you’ll need to get started. You might recognize the name, David Hough, he’s the author of Proficient Motorcycling and More Proficient Motorcycling, 2 very popular [...]

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