
Biker's Handbook
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New York Daily News, Dec. 23. 2007Nydailynews.com, Dec. 22, 2007
"For anyone who wants to take to the open road, these tips should save you some of the pain of learning from your mistakes."
Petersen.org, October 2007
"With sometimes comical anecdotes from his 25 years of riding experience, Biker's Handbook is full of useful tips on how to be part of the fun in the American motorcycle culture."
Motorcycle-USA.com
"Readers are provided a sound foundation of dos and don'ts between vignettes of moto history ... What helps bring Barbieri's work to life are the abundant black and white photos. It was a smart move to give the reader a visual foundation of the friends and faces and places that have helped shape his past. They add validity to his stories. Toss in tons of cartoons and caricatures of him and his buddies in different predicaments and you've got a book that is visually entertaining and fun to read." Advance praise:
"Just about everybody in the V-twin motorcycle aftermarket knows Jay Barbieri. Besides being a TV producer for American Thunder on SPEED Channel, Jay is genuinely into motorcycles. What you may not know if that Jay has a very quick wit and a great, though twisted sense of humor. He puts his many years of riding experience and a good dollop of that sense of humor to work in his Biker's Handbook: Becoming Part of the Motorcycle Culture. If you are new to the two-wheeled lifestyle, do what Jay tells you and you'll be fine. If you're already a biker, you'll laugh your butt off because Jay's accounts of the good, bad and ugly experiences of living the lifestyle ring hilariously true."
Dave Nichols, editor of Easyriders and V-Twin magazines "Having worked and partied with Jay for the last few years, I can attest to the fact that he's a crazy bastard. As for his book, I heartily recommend it. It's a great read, being both informative and entertaining. In his own free-wheeling way, Jay tells you what you need to know about bike events and the motorcycle subculture to fit right in and enjoy the ride. Definitely read it with a cold one at hand, in a place where you can laugh as loud as you want."
Chris Maida, editor of American Iron Magazine
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,Nov. 18, 2007
JSOnline.com(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel), Nov. 19, 2007
"Even excluding the cheesecake picture of Michele Smith ... bike enthusiasts will enjoy paging through the handbook."
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- Cover
- Title Page
- CONTENTS
- STRAIGHT TALK
- DEDICATIONS
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER ONE: GET IT STRAIGHT
- From Rebel to Respectable Overnight
- The Samurai Versus the Cowboy
- Other Brands of American-made Bikes
- I Want a Bike Now!
- Narrow It Down
- V-Rod
- Motor history
- Choose the Right Dealer
- Here's What You Really Need to Get Started
- Wrapping it Up
- CHAPTER TWO: HOW TO BE A CHEAP SOB
- Loud Pipes Save Lives
- Hot Rod Retro: $2,500 to $3,000
- If You Want to Go a Little Further, for About $1,500 More
- A Pro-Street Custom: $2,500 to $3,000
- If You Want to Go a Little Further, for About $2,000 More
- Here's What I'm Trying to Get into Your Head
- Have a Custom Chopper?
- 1) Arlen Ness
- 2) Roland Sands
- 3) Jesse Rooke, Rooke Customs
- 4) Indian Larry
- 5) Chica's Custom Cycles
- 6) Russell Mitchell, Exhile Cycles
- Review
- CHAPTER THREE: PLANNING A TRIP
- Friends, Romans, Countrymen . . . Stick with Friends
- How to Keep it Together
- Them's the Brakes
- What Does this Reinforce?
- A Few Stupid Things to Avoid
- If You Already Live in a Trailer, Skip this Section
- CHAPTER FOUR: TIME TO GET GOING
- There are four ways to get you and your bike to a rally
- OK, So You Want to Ride Anyway
- Be a Queen and Travel in Comfort
- Tips for Doing it Yourself:
- Don't Tell Anyone How You Got There
- Blame Everything on Your Job, Money, or Your Ex-wife
- Pack it In
- Your Friend's Father's Duffel Bag from the Korean War Just Won't Do
- Don't Pack Like a Woman . . . Unless You are One
- What to Pack
- CHAPTER FIVE: DON'T BE "THAT GUY". . .
- When you're on the road:
- The Day I Smartened Up
- The Top 10 Things to do and Not do When You Run into a Bunch of Motorcycle Club Members
- CHAPTER SIX: RALLY TIME
- Laconia Bike Week Date: Second week in June Location: Laconia, New Hampshire
- Daytona Bike Week Date: First week of March Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
- Stories of Daytona
- 90 Miles Per Hour on A1A
- Fatboy on Stage
- A Wire that Cost $400
- Not Funny!
- The Little Mermaid
- Holy Hell
- Drown the Clown
- Sturgis Bike Week Date: Second week in August Location: Sturgis, South Dakota
- My First Sturgis Trip
- Some Places I Recommend Around Sturgis
- My Favorite Place
- In and Out
- Hairspray
- Five Lights Are Better than One
- Mark's Revenge
- Toothless
- Arlen in Spearfish
- Judge Judy
- Bike? What Bike?
- Will the Real Kid Rock Please Stand Up?
- CHAPTER SEVEN: ANY EXCUSE TO RIDE
- A Few Rallies to Check Out
- End of the Road
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- Copyright Page
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