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Just finished Ted Simon's Jupiter's Travels book - was a great read and inspiration, a little long in places, but amazing journey of riding a Triumph around the world for 4 years.
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Riding in the Zone
by Ken Condon, author of The Proficient Motorcycling and Street Strategies columns for Motorcycle Consumer News.
(David Hough passed him the torch when he retired)
It's a great refresher of all the basics... Stuff that most everyone can improve on. Physical as well as mental skills.
We use his stuff and his teaching approach a lot in our classroom at the track, cuz.... well... he's our Chief Instructor
Watching his DVD cracks me up... seeing him up on the "big screen"
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I must say, I get bored reading motorcycle books. I wish there were more non-fiction novels about riding and life, kind of like 'On the Road' except in a motorcycle version.
'Total Control' and 'Sport Riding Techniques' are my favorite learning books, but I read them once and then go back every now and then. Its not like my favorite novels where I read them once every few months.
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Just finished Ted Simon's Jupiter's Travels book - was a great read and inspiration, a little long in places, but amazing journey of riding a Triumph around the world for 4 years.
Anyone have another suggestion instead, let me know. Thanks!
_naeem
I have some friends who know him, he stops by their place every once and a while over in Germany. I missed seeing him by about 6 hours when I was over there in July. Pissed me off, I almost took a train back.
Have you read his other books? He took the same route back in 2001 on a BMW R100GS (I think). Then He has a more detailed book about his first trip called "Riding High". He also has a couple other, non-motocycle related books.
Another one I've heard is good, but can be boring at times is "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". I haven't read it, yet. But it has one of my favourite quotes of all times...
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When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion, it is called Religion.
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It's not a motorcycle book, but The Art of Racing in the Rain is really good. It's about a semi-pro car racer as told by his dog, Enzo.
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What motorcycle book u reading?
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