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Live to Ride : The Rumbling, Roaring World of Speed, Escape, and Adventure on Two Wheels by Wayne Johnson (2011, Trade Paperback)
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Title: Live To Ride: The Rumbling, Roaring World Of Speed, Escape, And Adventure On Two Wheels. Binding: Paperback, Paperback. Number of Pages: 274. Weight: 0.55 lbs. Publication Date: 2011-06-07. Publisher: ATRIA.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAtria Books
ISBN-10141655033X
ISBN-139781416550334
eBay Product ID (ePID)8038493852
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Book TitleLive to Ride : the Rumbling, Roaring World of Speed, Escape, and Adventure on Two Wheels
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMotorcycles / General, Motor Sports, Sports
Publication Year2011
GenreTransportation, Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorWayne Johnson
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight10.8 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"Rich with personal experience and deep with knowledge of motorcycles since their first invention,Live to Ridebrings home the full rush of the need for speed."-Madison Smartt Bell, author ofAll Soulsrs" RisingandDevilrs"s Dream, "If it involves a motorcycle,?Wayne Johnson has it covered...[his] passion for riding is unbridled, and his prose sometimes sings like the smooth engine of a Ducati."?-Publishers Weekly, "Enjoyable and informative-one of the best book on the topic in years ... [ Live to Ride ] captures the obsessive excitement of motorcycle culture with enough verve to make nonriders understand, and jealous." - Kirkus, "A marvelously entertaining and masterfully written ode to the many joys of two wheeled motorized transportation...This very special book transcends its seemingly narrow subject matter to touch the pulse of life in modern America."-Booklist(starred review), "Rich with personal experience and deep with knowledge of motorcycles since their first invention, Live to Ride brings home the full rush of the need for speed." -Madison Smartt Bell, author of All Souls' Rising and Devil's Dream, "A marvelously entertaining and masterfully written ode to the many joys of two wheeled motorized transportation...This very special book transcends its seemingly narrow subject matter to touch the pulse of life in modern America." - Booklist (starred review), "If it involves a motorcycle, Wayne Johnson has it covered...[his] passion for riding is unbridled, and his prose sometimes sings like the smooth engine of a Ducati." - Publishers Weekly, "Enjoyable and informative-one of the best book on the topic in'years...[Live to Ride] captures the obsessive excitement of motorcycle culture with enough verve to make nonriders understand, and jealous."?-Kirkus
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal796.7/5
SynopsisLive to Ride is pure adrenaline--a full-throttle exploration of motorcycles that pushes to the limit, with heart-pounding accounts of riding the greatest bikes of all time, all over the world. "Live to ride, ride to live." For many motorcycle riders, these words express life's guiding principle. Just take a look at the patch emblazoned on the jackets of legions of riders. Whether they're roaring down an empty highway on two wheels at an insane speed, hopping on for a few mind-boggling loops of motocross, joining in the "rolling thunder" of a veritable outlaw motorcycle club, or just cruising on a Harley on a Sunday afternoon, motorcyclists of all stripes share a common love of the freedom that is riding. Wayne Johnson, a lifelong motorcycle-lover and acclaimed writer, takes us around the globe and onto the terrain where the most extreme, thrilling forms of riding happen. Johnson shows where it all began more than a hundred years ago when the first motorcycle evolved from the bicycle and lands us on the track today with some of the world's highest-paid athletes-- professional motorcycle road racers. From there we go inside radically different competitions like the vertigo-inspiring "Widowmaker Hillclimb" and the fastest land racing on the planet at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Johnson also offers an inside look at the legendarily secretive culture of biker clubs with firsthand accounts of his own wild rides with an outlaw club. In every one of these venues, you aren't just passing through as an observer--you are on a bike, racing across new and undiscovered country, the horizon your only destination. If you have ever wondered what it's like to climb on a motorcycle and feel its engine roar to life, or have actually done it and felt the rush of flying off into the wild blue yonder, or have simply been intrigued by this iconic part of American culture and history, hold on tight for this irresistible, one-of-a-kind journey into motorcycling., In LIVE TO RIDE, the extraordinary writing of Wayne Johnson makes readers feel like participants, not just observers: whether it's roaring down an empty highway at an insane speed on two wheels, hopping on for a few mindboggling loops of motocross, or joining in the rolling thunder of a veritable outlaw motorcycle club, Wayne has done it all himself and brings us along for the ride. As he says, "Here you are in it, this landscape, not just passing through." This book is all about the adventure of riding as well as the colorful groups and fascinating that history that goes along with it. Some topics covered include: the history of the motorcycle, beginning more than a hundred years ago when it evolved from the bicycle; what it means to ride a Ducati vs. BMW; inside looks at diverse racing venues like the vertigo-inspiring "Widowmaker Hillclimb" and the fastest land racing in the world at the Bonneville Salt Flats; and what biker clubs are, with first hand accounts of Wayne's own wild rides with an outlaw club. LIVE TO RIDE is sure to touch many kinds of readers: those who have ever wondered what it's like to hop on a motorcycle; those who have actually done it and felt the rush of pleasure that goes along with zooming off; or those who just like to read about people having wild, life-expanding adventures; and finally the many readers intrigued by this fascinating, important part of modern American culture., LIVE TO RIDE is a thrillingly written exploration of the motorcycle life, the cult of speed, and the adventure that comes from riding on two wheels.
LC Classification NumberGV1059.5
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