About the Author v
In the Beginning... 1
Meet Joe D 7
How Mark Wilsmore Aced It 15
Simple Is Hard and We're All Going to Die 23
From Boardroom to Showroom 31
It's A Dirty Business 37
It's Better the Faster You Go 43
50-Plus at 150 mph 49
Of Golf, Cooking, and Riding 55
Blame It on Ewan and Charley 61
Making an Impression 67
Crossing the Line 73
Roads Less Traveled 79
Bits, Bytes, Eat, Sleep, Ride...Repeat 85
Screw Impulse Control 91
Keepin' the Dream Alive 97
Nails, Caffeine, and Bikes 105
One-Wheeled Racing Wonders 113
Transformation on Two Wheels 121
Sometimes It's Just About the Ride 127
Stuntman, Weapons Expert, Biker, Writer 133
Sons of Thunder-a Different Kind of MC 139
Chew on This 147
100 Hundred Dollars and a Piece of Pie 153
Furey Road 161
Impatience is a Virtue 167
Blame It on the Kids 173
Loaded Gun Customs 179
When Jayson Warner Smith Learned to Fly 185
Painting Is Not a Numbers Game 193
Defy Expectations 199
More Than One Thing at a Time 207
Ride It, Write It, Own It 215
Run Ryan, Run Riot 221
Keeping Things Interesting 227
The Upside of Pain 233
Keeping History Alive 239
Boredom Sucks! 245
Go Your Own Way 251
Life Doesn't Always Fit Like a Glove 259
What "Cider Run" Means to Erin Hunter Sills 265
Women Can Ride 273
Riding With Ants 281
Get Out of Your Own Way 289
Answering the Call of the Wild 297
Boxer, Biker, Painter 305
What Doesn't Kill You... 311
A Life at Full Throttle 319
Necessity Made Robert Pandya 325
A View from the Back 333
Stilettos on Steel 339
Posers Not Allowed 347
Phil Morris Preserves Motorcycling's Fast Past 355
Acknowledgements 361
Appendix 363
