‘Notes from the Road volume IV’ by Derek Mansfield
Just occasionally a book arrives on the motorcycle travel scene that is different, brave, sure to cause controversy and perhaps be forever known as ‘marmite’….
‘Jupiter’s Travels’ read by Rupert Degas
Few titles are capable of encapsulating the essence of overlanding by motorcycle, but I am yet to discover one that encompasses everything about it –…
‘Motorcycle Messengers’ by Jeremy Kroeker
This Trans-Atlantic collection of writing from writers who ride, is more than just that.
‘One More Day Everywhere’ by Glen Heggstad
… a moving and immensely enjoyable account of a trip through Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East aboard an F650 Dakar.
‘Empire Road’ by Alan Whelan
Alan Whelan has an ability to convey experiences and encounters in an easy descriptive style. His observations about people and places sit well alongside historical…
‘Road to Mali’ by Craig Carey-Clinch
This is an unusual book, part memoir charting the development of the author’s life in motorcycling and part homage to one of his contemporaries –…
‘Adventures in Motorcycling’ by Chris Scott
This is the best book I have read in ages. No, I don’t mean the best motorcycle book. I mean the best book, period. It…
‘American Borders’ by Carla King
So an American rides around the USA; interesting reading? Well yes. And jolly good too.
‘Running Towards The Light’ by Nathan Millward
Although this is the follow-up to his first book ‘The Long Ride Home’ (Sydney – London), it’s a work that confidently stands alone. In essence…
‘Desert Travels’ by Chris Scott
There are few people who have chosen to immerse themselves in the Sahara quite like Chris Scott
‘Good Vibrations’ by Tom Cunliffe
…travel inspiration as it should be: desirable, enjoyable, achievable.
‘Motorcycle Therapy’ by Jeremy Kroeker
If you want a handy read that’s accessible, witty, unpretentious and which focuses on Central America, then the 112 pages that feature in Motorcycle Therapy…
‘Tracks and Horizons’ by Carlos A Caggiani
Motorcycle adventure in the sixties, it’s the story of travelling the Americas and Europe on a ’47 Indian
‘Across America by Motorcycle’ by CK Shepherd
This is extreme motorcycling from the beginning of the golden age of travel, captured during the golden age of English – if there ever was one.
‘The Ride: London to Beijing’ a Globebusters film
…even the most commercially cynical among you will end up with itchy feet and a fresh enthusiasm for some of the most remote parts of the globe
‘From Crystal Palace to Red Square. A hapless biker’s road to Russia’ by Kevin Turner
This, the second in the ‘Hapless biker…’ series, sees Kevin Turner’s writing get even better…
‘Under Asian Skies’ Audio Book by Sam Manicom
Audio books have a lot to offer readers and non-readers alike, but there appear to be few offerings in the motorcycle adventure travel genre. At…
‘Nearly 40 on the 37’ by Trevor Marc Hughes
‘Nearly 40 on the 37’ couldn’t be a more literal title for any book…
‘Ureka’ by Graham Field
The inimitable diary style that endeared so many readers to Graham’s first book, ‘Greener Grass’, is much in evidence with this, his second. This three-month…
‘Bonneville Go or Bust – on the roads less travelled’ by Zoe Cano
This really is a book well-worth reading, if only to find out what she intends to do with two and a half tins of beaver wax!