Known as a master storyteller by all who meet him on the road, Peter High (aka Donkey) spins a lively tale about the twists and turns of life, about what makes him tick - and about encounters with a mysterious character named JC."I love getting lost in my thoughts as I ride my Harley through the countryside that knits the wonderful provinces and islands of New Zealand together."Whether I'm riding around and around the North Island or zigzagging up and down the South Island,...

Known as a master storyteller by all who meet him on the road, Peter High (aka Donkey) spins a lively tale about the twists and turns of life, about what makes him tick - and about encounters with a mysterious character named JC."I love getting lost in my thoughts as I ride my Harley through the countryside that knits the wonderful provinces and islands of New Zealand together."Whether I'm riding around and around the North Island or zigzagging up and down the South Island,...

11,260 miles, 25 days, 5 bears, 4 tires, 3 close encounters, 2 oil changes, 2x out of gas, 1 crash, 1 fire, 1 blizzard, 1 dog fight, 1 thousand mile day, and 1 conversation with God! "Alaska by Motorcycle – are you sure you know what you are doing?" is the story of one man's experience braving the unknown on a motorcycle journey into the remote regions of the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Alaska. With many years of motorcycling experience but new to long distance Adventure Touring,...

Auto racing is one of the most popular sports in America. By live attendance, television, radio, or internet it is viewed by thousands across the nation. Whether contested locally or on the big tracks, it has also been a bloody proposition. From its earliest endeavors it has left many broken bodies and lives.However, one year appears to stand out for its spectacular brutality. Killing both young and old by crashes, fire, and blunt force trauma. Drivers, crewman, spectators, and even...

We will take you through an intuitive and fun lesson in the physics of racing and then we'll apply it as you learn to optimize your driving technique.We will look at real-world racetracks and provide an exact procedure to find the ideal approach all from the driver's eye point of view.Regardless of your current level of driving experience, you can apply these methods today and remove any doubt about what you should be doing on track for good.

The White Ghost, as Ken Le Breton was known to all, was born in Sydney in 1924. After riding in Australia he came to the UK in 1947 and became one of the favorite riders of his generation. Ken rode for Newcastle Diamonds in 1947-48 and Ashfield Giants in 1949-50. He returned to Australia in the winter of 1950 to continue racing, and was involved in a crash on his home track in a meaningless race on January 5, 1951. He never regained consciousness and died 24 hours...

Peter Collins was one of a triumvirate of English drivers who were at the pinnacle of sports car and Formula 1 racing in the late 1950s. The other two were Mike Hawthorn and Stirling Moss. Collins married an American actress, the daughter of an assistant to United Nations' Secretary Dag Hammarskjold. He lived the life of a playboy and competed in virtually every F1 and sports car race prior to his untimely death in August 1958. He possessed an ingratiating, bubbly personality that endeared...

How to Choose Motorcycle Luggage That's Right for You and For Your Bike gives you the information you need to make smart decisions to evaluate and select motorcycle luggage -- saddlebags, sissy bar bags, tank bags, tail packs -- that best suits your motorcycle, your riding style and travel needs.The right luggage can personalize your bike and increase your riding enjoyment. It can even lengthen your riding season. So it's important to choose wisely.Some of the valuable answ...

On the 13th May 1950, 21 drivers took to the starting grid for the first race of the newly created ‘World Drivers Championship’.More than 60 years later, over 800 drivers have embarked on a Formula One career, many of whom remain unknown to the man in the street.Names such as Schumacher, Clark, Fangio and Senna are synonymous with the sport and victory.However the names of Ludovico Scarfiotti, Lee Wallard or Gunnar Nilsson are not so widely known.This book t...

IN 2004 THE VIRGINIA STATE LEGISLATURE issued a proclamation declaring a series of roads throughout the southwestern part of the state to be the Virginia Heritage Music Trail, to showcase the traditional Appalachian music whose roots permeated the culture. They nicknamed it The Crooked Road.The music had been there since the arrival of the first European and African immigrants, but the initiative gave it a geographic focus. The Crooked Road has since become one of the nation's most ...

Gerhard Mitter is not among the most well-known European drivers of his era. However his impact had more to do with his versatility than longevity, which he lacked. The German completely dominated the sport of hill climbing, winning the world championship in three consecutive years from 1966-1968. A more prominent name among drivers, Ludovico Scarfiotti, was killed prior to the competition stage of the hill climbing near Berchtesgaden, West Germany in 1968. Mitter raced only five times in ...

The world’s greatest haulier – a rags-to-riches tale of British entrepreneurialsim.If you’ve never seen an Eddie Stobart truck, you’ve never driven down a British motorway.This is the extraordinary story of a multi-million pound business that spawned a middle-class motorway game. Of dynastic struggles that ended in a merchandising shop opposite Carlisle cathedral.A quintessentially British tale – written by the inimitable bestselling writer Hunter Davies, and with t...