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The Perfect Vehicle - What It Is About Motorcycles (Paperback) Loot Price: R551

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The Perfect Vehicle - What It Is About Motorcycles (Paperback): Melissa Holbrook Pierson

The Perfect Vehicle - What It Is About Motorcycles (Paperback)

Melissa Holbrook Pierson

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In a book that is "a must for anyone who has loved a motorcycle" (Oliver Sacks), Melissa Pierson captures in vivid, writerly prose the mysterious attractions of motorcycling. She sifts through myth and hyperbole: misrepresentations about danger, about the type of people who ride and why they do so. The Perfect Vehicle is not a mere recitation of facts, nor is it a polemic or apologia. Its vivid historical accounts-the beginnings of the machine, the often hidden tradition of women who ride, the tale of the defiant ones who taunt death on the racetrack-are intertwined with Pierson's own story, which, in itself, shows that although you may think you know what kind of person rides a motorcycle, you probably don't.

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Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 1998
First published:	May 1998
Authors:	Melissa Holbrook Pierson
Dimensions:	211 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	242
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-31809-8
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > Road & motor vehicles: general interest > General Promotions
LSN:	0-393-31809-5
Barcode:	9780393318098