365 Motorcycles You Must Ride - Softcover

Michels, James; Everitt, Charles; Gingerelli, Dain

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0760334749 ISBN 13: 9780760334744

Publisher: Motorbooks, 2011

Synopsis

Motorcycles have come a long way since Gottleib Daimler bolted an internal engine to a wooden-wheeled velocipede. Among the thousands of great, near-great, and downright awful motorcycles built since then, many stand out as icons, or as engineering or cultural landmarks. Your opinions might differ, but you wouldn’t want to miss out on the bikes Everitt identifies as rides-of-a-lifetime. These 365 must-ride motorcycles range from classic gaslight-era bikes, racers, and modern sportbikes to oddities that have to be ridden to be understood (or believed). From the 2007 Ducati 999R to the 1909 Harley-Davidson Silent Grey Fellow, 365 Motorcycles You Must Ride promises hours of entertainment (and a thrilling to-do list) for any motorcycle enthusiast.

About this title

About the Author

Dain Gingerelli began writing for motorcycle and automotive magazines in 1970. He’s been an editor for six motorcycle magazines, and he’s authored numerous hot rod books for Motorbooks. His motorcycle titles include 365 Motorcycles You Must Ride and Harley-Davidson Museum Masterpieces.James Manning Michels is a lifelong motorcyclist and accomplished road racer. He is a former acquisitions editor at MBI Publishing. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Randy Johnson is a former photography editor for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. Charles Everitt has been riding and working on motorcycles for nearly four decades. In the past twenty-five years, he has written tech articles, road tests, features, and other stories for virtually every major U.S. street-bike magazine, including Cycle Guide, Cycle World, Cycle, Motorcyclist, Rider, and others. Everitt lives in Beverly Hills, California, though he hastens to point out that he is most definitely not rich!

From the Back Cover

Motorcycles--we love them all: the good, the bad, and the just plain weird. We love the giant-slaying racers, the gaudiest cruisers, and the noble failures.

365 Motorcycles You Must Ride offers a look at a broad cross section of motorcycles, ranging from the spectacular to the sublime to the downright silly. How many have you ridden?

From the Inside Flap

Since the advent of the first motorized two-wheelers, the motorcycle has exerted a powerful attraction for those of us with fifty-weight motor oil coursing through our veins. We might own one or two motorcycles (or maybe four or five), but we're constantly casting longing glances at a whole lot of bikes not in our garages. Whether big or small, young or old, male or female, polka-dotted or striped, we all have one thing in common--we love motorcycles. You might even say we lust after them.

365 Motorcycles You Must Ride might not take the place of a ride on your favorite bike, but it will satiate your moto-lust when you can't get out for a ride. On these pages you'll find a celebration of the motorcycle in all its two-wheeled glory, from Gottlieb Daimler's original wooden bone-shaker to the latest and greatest technological marvel from the Land of the Rising Sun and the best, worst, and most unusual bikes in between.

Edition details

• Publisher: Motorbooks
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0760334749
• ISBN 13: 9780760334744
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320