"These are not bedtime stories. If reading the rough spots from this journey is getting you down, then try riding them. Pick up a Lonely Planet if my realities are too harsh because this is anadventure. Now hold on tight!" Read no further if youre looking for a glossy guidebook offering tips and advice on how to overland. The Tom Report is a ......
One man. One bike. One ride to see it all . . . When Latino immigrant Miguel Oldenburg became an American citizen, he decided to celebrate in an unique and personal way. An experienced motorcyclist, Miguel set off on a sprawling series of road trips, seeking to visit every state in his new home. But there was one place that eluded him: Alaska. ......
Valentino Rossis announcement of retirement brings down the curtain on an incredible career in the MotoGP motorcycle world championships. With his nine titles, including seven in the premier class, he is widely regarded as the greatest motorcycle racer of all time, and his 26 seasons of Grand Prix racing make him unique across both motorcycling ......
MOTOCOURSE 2021-2022 celebrates its 46th year of publication! Bursting with over stunning colour photographs from the world’s finest photographers, MOTOCOURSE covers it all. Regarded worldwide as The Bible of Motorcycle Racing.
Starting out as a talented youth riding the desert tracks of California, his reckless nature and incredible talent earned him a position in the rarefied world of professional motorcycle racing. Despite the success in his professional life, his personal life was crumbling around him - John was battling with depression and temptation, which began ......
Following in his late fathers footsteps, Tai Woffinden made his name as Britains most successful speedway rider ever. Known for his speed on the tracks and his quirky tattoos, he is a popular figure within the sport and beyond it. With a vast array of titles to his name, including youngest ever Grand Prix World Champion, achieved at the age of ......
AN EXCEPTIONAL READ - Motor Cycle News STUART BARKER IS TO WRITING WHAT VALENTINO ROSSI IS TO RIDING [...] A MUST-READ FOR ALL BIKE NUTS - DAILY MIRROR At high speed everything becomes more difficult and more beautiful. When youre racing at 180mph, the semi-bends become bends, the little holes become big holes, everything ......
Motoring and aviation enthusiast Vic Norman has led a remarkable life. A trip to the 1954 British Grand Prix left an indelible mark, and he went on to own some of the most coveted road and racing cars of all time. He also founded Rosso Racing, which restored and prepared competition Ferraris, but in the early 1980s his passion for aeroplanes ......
Buy the completely updated History of the TT 1907 - 2020 with two volumes of Dukes excellent Isle of Man TT Highlights audio CDs.
The newly updated History of the TT is narrated by TT commentator Dave Moore and brings the epic story of the Worlds oldest real road races right up to date.
The Sound Stories audio CDs were ......
The World’s longest running road racing deserves a great history.
TT commentator and historian Dave Moore has collaborated with the production team to retell the story of the Isle of Man TT Races from inception to Peter Hickman’s stunning 135mph lap record.
Discover the stories behind legends like Jimmy Guthrie, Stanley ......
MOTOCOURSE 2020-2021 celebrates its 45th year of publication - and despite the World pandemic throwing the sport into chaos, what a year it was for motorcycle racing!
In a thrilling MotoGP season, Marc Marquez and Honda were expected to be the dominant force once more, but an accident in the ......
David King was only ten years old when he met the Angels.
This is a story full of childhood adventures, street smarts and ingenuity. It is the story of a survivor in a time when violence in the home was commonplace, and of the gang of Angels who took him under their wings, protected him and taught him the value ......
Jim Taylor is an old school motorcycle rider and mechanic, an opportunist and adventurer: Hot Metal is a helter-skelter ride of self-discovery, energised by the authors unquenchable passion for a life on the hard road. From bike club culture and camaraderie in the towns and villages of Britain to conflict and upheaval in a forgotten Asian war; ......
Zacs Place is a church in Swansea. It is a small chaotic community of Jesus followers where the most fragile of lifes walking wounded try to work out their faith, because they quite simply wouldnt fit anywhere else. Its also the spiritual home for the local chapter of the motorcycle club Gods Squad. Zacs Place was founded in 1998 and for nearly ......
Graham Jarvis has been at the top of off-road motorcycling for the best part of twenty-five years and has competed in hundreds of competitions and races all over the world, from TVs Junior Kickstart in the early 1990s to the fabled and ridiculously perilous two-day Italian event Hells Gate, which he has dominated in recent years and which is ......
Historic, wildly dangerous, nerve-wracking, heroic and uniquely thrilling, the Isle of Man TT is one of the greatest sporting events in the world. Featuring input from past and present riders, TT teams, manufacturers and fans alike, James Driver-Fisher reveals why the Isle of Mans greatest ever races mean so much to so many TT devotees. The ......
At 10 oclock on the twenty-eighth of May 1907 the first Isle of Man Tourist Trophy motorcycle road race began. The riders pushed off on their 500cc single cylinder bikes and ten laps and 158 miles later, Charlie Collier aboard a Matchless would be declared the victor. This book is a history and celebration of the bikes of those early years of ......
Champion motorcyclist and truck racer, television presenter, practical joker or just plain survivor - Steve Parrish has been called them all. Parrish Times tracks his amazing journey over the last four decades, through a rollercoaster ride of emotions in surely the most dangerous and exhilarating sporting arena there is. In the 1970s Steve was ......
If I had to lose my record to anyone, I couldnt be happier that it was Jonathan. Family connections aside, there is nobody more talented, more determined or more deserving. - Carl Fogarty Within the staggeringly dangerous and high-pressure sport of professional motorcycling, Jonathan Reas achievements are unprecedented. A legendary World ......
Despite the symbolic capital and the global commercial success of the Vespa scooter, there is no academic book dealing with its history, only literature produced by the company itself or by scooter enthusiasts. The origins of the Vespa are shrouded in mist, entrusted more to myth than to historical truth. Based on lengthy research carried out ......
Gary `Sox Hocking raced against the likes of Geoff Duke, Mike Hailwood and John Surtees, and eventually became double world champion - yet his name remains largely forgotten. He retired at an early stage in his career, and the explanation so often given for this ultimately proved far removed from the real reason. Roger Hughes fascinating book ......
Born Free is the Woodstock of the motorcycle scene: the worlds biggest gathering for riders of vintage custom motorcycles. Every season the community celebrates a shared passion for building and riding motorcycles. Its all about finding the next epic road and enjoying the feeling of spending time out- side, with your friends or all alone, with ......
With six winners from seven races the 2018 MCE Insurance Ulster Grand Prix was as wide open as you could ever hope for.
A class field of internationally renowned riders lined up for each of the races on the Dundrod Circuit outside Belfast, and put on a show of truly thrilling racing.
The mass starts on the 7.3 mile public ......
Nobody knows more about what it takes to win at the Isle of Man TT Races than John McGuinness.
The 23-time winner has over two decades of experience when it comes to racing - and winning - on the 37.73mile public roads course.
As a team mate of Joey Dunlop John McGuinness learned from the very best and he’s raced against ......