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Just bought the Adventure Motorcycling Handbook...
Hi All!
Well I'd heard so much about it and finally on Saturday I treated myself to a copy of Chris Scott's Adventure Motorcycling Handbook. How brilliant a book is that?! I swallowed it whole and it has completely ignited my dreams of riding across Africa at the earliest possible opportunity!
A great balance of practical info and anecdotal stuff from people who've been out there and done it. I am now utterly inspired!
Just need to get my full motorbike licence and then I'm off towards the horizon, yeeHA!!!
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That's where it starts
My copy is now rather well thumbed. I'm glad to say it's now the travel section that's as equally well worn as the pictures of shiney boxes and discussion on the merits of various bike and tyres. If you treat the book as a shopping list as I did at the start rather than as the general guide it is, you'll advance no quicker towards easy rides in interesting places. Spent your cash on petrol IMHO until you see if you need the stuff in the pictures.
You'd think after being the main reference work on the subject for so long, Chris would be due some sort of reccognition. I wonder if there is some sort of literary prize we could vote him up for?
Good look with the bike test and enjoy it
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Yeah... I read his book over quite a few times back when it first came out. It was a great "bible" for me when I was just starting out in all this lunacy.
The travel stories in the back really got me wanting more too. They were fantastic !!
I wonder if a new edition is planned / published ???
I took mine to Dakar Motos where it sits in his travel Library. That's if it hasnt been "half inched"
I had a flick through the Haynes Adventure bike book too.. Very much a coffee table book for a BMW dealership. Nothing more ! Save your cash.
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being dyslexic, i have to listen to audio books,
just riting on forums is hard enough, so i either get my GF or freinds to read the book or dont bother
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Quote:
Originally Posted by *Touring Ted*
I had a flick through the Haynes Adventure bike book too.. Very much a coffee table book for a BMW dealership. Nothing more ! Save your cash.
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Now I really liked it. And think it's very usefull in particular for people with next to no dirt riding experience and if you prefer the more scientific approach rather than the 'sit behind me and do as I do' approach.
I recommend it together with the Adventure Riding Instruction DVD.
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We had this discussion when it came out. I'm with Ted, IMHO the Haynes one looked and read (had five minutes with a demo copy, so this is not a 100% fair recview) like a BMW/Touratech/other manufacturers advertising in an expensive hard cover. I don't think you can get dirt experience out of a book and the idea you must have a 21-inch front wheel for the dirt and must have over 900cc for the road and must have...... is over simplistic.
To keep the book review thread going I'd give 10/10 to Jupiters Travels and 9/10 to Lois on the loose. Lois only lost a point for not using a Triumph  . Both to me concentrate on the doing more than the having, while AMHB is a good balance and the Haynes book less so.
I've yet to get my hands on Lois in Africa or Dreaming of Jupiter. The less said about Zen and the Art (-15/10, it's self indulgent papp) the better.
I guess a lot of this is about how you take in information.
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I have about 6 - I buy every edition - they get better and better:-)
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Although this thread is old, I just thought I'd mention that I received a copy of the 8th Edition yesterday. So far I've been thumbing through it, reading bits here and there that catch my eye. Looks great!
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Later: Last night I read about 50 pages. Although I've been riding for almost 30 years, there is plenty of interesting and new info. I highly recommend the book.
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