The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles, 5th Edition
The Latest Info on Buying, Riding, and Maintaining the Bike of Your Dreams
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4.0 • 14 Ratings
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
The book to drive biker fans hog wild.
The most complete book on motorcycles covers everything from motorcycle maintenance and appropriate gear to safety tips, new rules and venues, recommended buys, and making the most out of trips on the open road. It also includes a completely updated buyer's guide featuring photos and write-ups of latest street, sport, and dirt bikes.
• Revised edition with more than 400 photos
• Includes new information on the newest breed of fuel alternative and three-wheel bikes
Customer Reviews
The complete idiot's guide to motorcycles is putting it lightly...
The title is a contradiction, unless of course the view point is not that the reader is an idiot in regards to motorcycles, rather the reader is an idiot in regards to life.
Idiot at life ...
1. Book explains how to meet other bikers.
2. Book explains the benefits of wearing a helmet.
3. Book lists websites with more info. This is a 2 parter for me. 1. Why is that extra info not in the book I just paid $19.99 for. 2. Google gave me the same sites for free.
If this were actually a book for motorcycle beginners it would go into great detail explaining the various mechanical systems of the bike and what they actually do. Yes these systems are topics but more often than not the various components are rattled off without so much as a coma and than further muddled by the complete lack of clear diagrams. I had to stop reading at some points just to google some images of what I was suppose to be visualizing.
Yes I'm glad I read it. Yes there is very helpful information in regards to all things motorcycle related. Even the bit about helmets was interesting in terms of component materials. The question though is does this information warrant the $19.99, which I have concluded it does not.