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Photo by Sean Howman, The Pamir highway in an unseasonably cold late October, Tajikistan

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The Pamir highway in an unseasonably
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Yes, that book is a good place to start and a good read

I'm waiting for someone to come out with a book that you can jack your bike up on!
I usually want as many of the things I take as possible to be dual purpose so using the book as a jack cushion would fulfill that. Maybe if the paper was softer and more absorbant you could get three uses out of it. You'd never get that from the internet
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Uses for a copy of the AMH!
Chris, the whole reason I bought the Adventure Motorcycling Handbook WAS the guy on the front cover, hahaha! Looks like he'd already scored though, chatting up those two Tibetan (?) ladies...

And as for multiple uses for the book...mine's already doubled up as a fly swatter, a placemat, and a useful way of propping doors open while moving furniture in and out of my flat. Beat THAT if you will!!

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Hi all, just found this while looking for the long-lost Russian version. Thanks for the feedback. I can tell you that AMH6 has gained 100 pages and will be in the shops in October.
It took a while - I blame the Olympic traffic lanes.

As for 19/21. For overland travel which is mostly road and easy track, I've come to the belief that 19 front is a great compromise, depending in the tyre. On the road it's more roadbike-like - and on easy, dry piste I really couldn't tell any difference on a loaded 200kg GS twin the other month. I've since fitted 19" Heidi K60s to my own frankenbike (OE: 17").
For dirt racing of course it's different, you want every advantage. And if I were heading out on a big trip with piste or x-country as a focus, such as Algeria or Siberia or hardcore Congo, I'd put up with 21, but suspect bike lightness and tyre choice would have more significance to dirt handling.

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Nice one. Will there be an electronic version?


I wonder where TMotten is these days? That was a fair old ding dong we had back in '10 but nice and civilised just like it should be. I hope he isn't stuck in central Australia somewhere courtesy of an oversize front wheels highway performance .

Just about to put the Wee on K60's. They changed the Bonneville from survivable to useable so I'm hoping for good things although not MX performance.

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Hi Andy, yes, e-version is on the cards for 2013.

One thing I've just found is that the original 'chevron-bar' Scout K60 fitted F&R appears to have none of the bedding-in quirks of the solid-centre-bar Catspaw version I use on the back of the BMW. The Catspaw looks less off-roady but AFAICT is intended for more powerful bikes which might squirm about on the chevroned Scout.
But anyway, after a few hundred miles both tyres were normal.

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Dyslexia.
Hi Chris, I had thought about how to help dyslexics get the benefits of all the information in you book. I couldn't think of anything really. Making a speaking book would take a monumental amount of time and would need your permission of course. I decided the only practical way would be to sit down and read it out, but that doesn't allow them to browse through it time and again. I've no training relevant either or knowledge in making a leaf-through type of speaking book if such a thing is possible.
Anybody got any thoughts? It seems really bad that not all interested people can benefit as I can. Lindsay.
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Perhaps a Kindle/tablet etc can read out the text of an e-book?
Don't know but it would come across more Stephen Hawkins than Martin Jarvis, I suppose.

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if you need any PDF's read out-( like your bike's maintenance handbook) then Windows can read it out to you:
From the View menu:
Choose Alt + V for View, then A for Read Out Loud, and then O for Read this page only.
2 Choose Alt + V for View, then A for Read Out Loud, and then E for Read to end of document.
3 Choose Alt + V for View, then A for Read Out Loud, and then P to Pause reading. Note that if reading is paused, this command changes to Resume reading. Press the letter R to Resume reading.
4 Choose Alt + V for View, then A for Read Out Loud, and then S to Stop reading.


For Mac users:
( not tested as I do not have a Mac but a friend who has told me this does work)

1 Choose View > Read Out Loud > Read this page
2 Choose View > Read Out Loud > Read to end document.
3 Choose View > Read Out Loud > Pause reading. that if reading is paused, this command changes Resume reading.
4 Choose View > Read Out Loud > Stop to stop
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Hi Bertrand, I haven't checked that yet but it's great if it really helps people who can't read it all, or blind people with a little help too. More needs to be done in these areas I think. Lindsay.
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Hi Andy, yes, e-version is on the cards for 2013.



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Sorry to dig up an old thread, but this seems like the right place to ask - is there an ebook / Kindle version of AMH available? I have the paperback, but a copy on my iPad would be useful for my trip.


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Hi Dave - it never happened.
They tried with Morocco but too much work with the pix and all.

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Thanks for the reply Chris. Close your ears, but I'll probably scan sections of it then... If it makes you feel better, I might download 'Adventures in Motorcycling' so you will make a few £££ out of me.

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I'll probably scan sections of it then
that's what I would do but it's not all worth scanning.

The medical chapter is online for all, btw
Health and medical emergencies on the road | Adventure Motorcycling Handbook

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I thought it was a great book and really useful and well written
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Just been told to get cracking on the 2016 edition.

Looking for a killer cover shot asap.

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