Motorbike adventure books
 

Guys/Gals

Its that time of year again:occasion18: so im looking to get a few presents purchased over the internet (im normally i stand in shop man!) as one of the presents is for my old man and one for the girl friend who is currently travelling in New Zealand.

Any who looking at motorbike adventure books, something like jupiters travels, for a pagan song, running with the moon etc etc. as both like to read about travelling and the girl friend likes the more lovely dovey type books.

So what have you read, what did you think etc????

Ta
Max

Lois's books are a must. I though Lois on the Loose was a better book, but Red Tape & White Knuckles was good too.

Ted Simons first book was good, the follow up I though was a little heavy at times.

These are the days that must happen to you - well if you want to feel good about yourself, it's a great lite read and you can pick it up and put it down easily.

The Long Way books are very good, much better than the TV series and worth a read.

There are loads out there....

Jupiters Travels is a must.
Uneasy Rider also brilliant.

The best in my opinion and one that still makes me laugh out loud is Dan Walsh's 'These are the days that must happen to you' - absoflaminlutely (or something simlar) - keep drifting..

I also keep reading for reference and inspiration:
The World's Great Adventure Motorcycle Routes and Adventure Motorcycling Handbook.

All of the above far outdo the Long Way books which are only good to start fires with!!

I loved Zen and the Art of Motorcycling, amazing read. More recently I really enjoy the books and DVDs made by that nutta Nick Sanders, I just finished reading Journey without Reason and wowowowowow he is an amazing guy!!

a couple of good suggestions already.

I would add:
- Zen or the art of motorcycle maintenance
- Walter Colebatch's The Sibirsky Extreme Project
- Nathan Millward - going postal, the ups and downs of travelling the world on a postie bike (Brilliant! re-published as "Sidney to London - the long ride home" with the addition of images taken during the trip)

I also thoroughly enjoyed Trui Hanoulle - Meisjes Moslims en Motoren ("Girls, Muslims and motorbikes"). Unfortunately only available in Dutch as far as I know.

I agree - for all Charlie's knobbishness on TV, he actually writes (or dictates - either way) very well, with plenty of conviction - I enjoyed his segments in both books... try and get the editions with the extra photographs, as there are some fantastic photos in both those books too.

"Lois on the Loose" is a classic - full of humour, and it really imparts the sense of wonder and innocence you can only really experience on a first time adventure...

Another book I read recently and really liked was "The Hunt for Puerto Del Faglioli" by Paddy Tyson [publisher of Overland magazine, and MAG rep amongst other hats] - I saw him at a Q&A at Touratech last year and he was very funny - likewise his book about traveling in Canada, the US and Central America is full of great anecdotes - recommended!

Jx

Well, mondo enduro is a must and should be accompanied with the dvd box set!

Like Stoic, I enjoyed Mondo Enduro - but would suggest it can be a hard read at times (it is essentially their daily diary log for the 440 days)... fortunately the Mondo' movie is far more manageable, as is their follow up Terra Circa (which is basically the route Long Way Round subsequently followed, many years later...)

I enjoyed reading the Mondo Enduro diary moreso after seeing the film, as it filled in a lot of detail behind the various scenes in the film...

Both films have a great soundtrack too - and as a nerdy aside - in Terra Circa, it turns out that Matt Hall's bike (that suffered a front sprocket problem, shown in the film) was none other than my old DR350!!!

Jx

gess this threads going quick.

seen a few of the suggestions and have alot of them. just looking over some of the others now.

cheers guys/gals

I'm bit of a manic reader for ADV books. I've read-

The Longest Ride - Emilio Scotto
These are the days.... - Dan Walsh
Mondo Enduro - Austin Vince & co
All of Sam Manicom's (Some of my Favourite)
Old Man On A Bike - Simon Gandolphi
Jupiters Travels - Ted Simon
Puerto del Faglioli - Paddy Tyson
Around Oz on a Triumph - Geoff Hill
The road to Gobblers Knob - Geoff Hill
Way to Go - Geoff Hill
Lois Pryce x 2
Uneasy Rider - Mike Carter (another favourite)
Going Postal - Nathan Milward
The Rugged Road - Teresa Wallach
Worlds great adventure motorcycle routes (AWESOME!!! Coz I wrote part of it)
+ many more

Of the "adventure" motorcycling books I've read the two that have entertained me most would be "These Are The Days That Must Happen To You" (Dan Walsh) and "Is That You Angus?" (Fergus O'Connell - ebook). The latter only covers an trip from Grimsby to the North West of Scotland, but it's a gem of a tale and something every biker can relate to, adventurer or otherwise.

..my Christmas list has just got longer..

An other great read is Oisin Hughes, that i may die roaming (free ebook http://www.scribd.com/doc/27869290/T...ay-Die-Roaming) and not dead yet, both available from amazon.

he's the guy who started a thread on ukgsers and adv entitled why is the gs12 such a bag of sh1te, well it kept our popcorn machine going! as it was certainly a real bunfight. go on its worth checking out, its rather un pc and a thoroughly entertaining read

And Nick Sanders is now touring on the Super Tenere and the old R1 has been pensioned off, and from time to time Nick tours Yamaha dealers and gives an account of his travels. I have yet to get to one but I understand that his talks are fantastic and he also brings his bike along for you to see, great evening I am told.

Having read bits of his books that have been serialised in magazines, I can't imagine anything worse than listening to him.

LOL! The only thing worse is listening to him in one ear and his 'missus' in the other. Oh the stories rtwpaul and I could spill.

I could have added "and the number of times Paul used the phrase 'never again' in his report of travelling with Nick Sanders" :D

Yeah, Paul and I have swapped many a horror story about Sanders and his exploits on and off the bike. I was one of the 2010 'Guinea Pig' Pan Am riders and Paul was 2011. We tried to warn them but they wouldn't listen LOL.:rofl[1]:

Just bought
Gasoline Gypsy - Peggy Iris Thomas and In Search of Greener Grass - Graham Field at Motorcyclelive. Looking forward to getting stuck in.

I have read nearly all the books listed ,and i have to say Oisin hughes books are a must read you"ll wet yourself at them , great read i was unable to put them down .If you buy nothing else get these books

A couple more....
 

Here's a couple that I have enjoyed to add to the list:

The Motorcycle Diaries - Che Guevara & Alberto Granado

India: The Shimmering Dream: The First Overland Journey to India by Motorcycle in 1933 by Max Reisch. Two-up on a 250cc Puch.

Both a good read!

Cheers.

African Brew Ha-Ha, Alan Wheelan.
Lancashire to Capetown.
1 of only 3 books I have read since school; I'm 35 now. Oops.
Not that I struggle to read, I just struggle to get/stay interested.

Difficult for me to compare to any other books, but I really enjoyed it.

On the last but 1 chapter now, I didn't want it to finish, but thanks to this thread I now have a nice reading list, thanks peeps.

Triumph around the world, Robbie Marshall.

Robbie did some filming of his adventure and I'd love to see, but I can only find short clips online.

well I knew Christmas was coming and I've finally got the Internet and time so completed Christmas shopping and used your faithful advice on some more books, hope both my mum and dad like them