Dreaming of hot pie and coffee at a favorite back road diner?Know what it's like to fix a bike with bungee cords and electrician's tape?Been to every smoky roadside bar between here and Sturgis?A side-cracking companion volume to A Biker's Guide to the Open Road: Ride it Like You Stole It, this brand new collection of biker wisdom kicks it up with a hundred miles worth of new quotes and quips, plenty of slick black wisdom, and intoxicating humor that goes down smooth after a long day on the highway: There should always be more miles on your bike than your car. The five food groups of motorcycling: gas, oil, nicotine, caffeine, and beer. Speed costs money. How fast is your wallet? In motorcycling, the good guys have names like Pig, Grizzly, Horseface, and Slammer. If you want to be treated like a badass, you have to BE a badass. If you're trying to BE a badass, don't be surprised at how people treat you. The bond between bikers has little to do with motorcycles-its beer. Never stop a fistfight unless it's getting too close to the bikes.No self-respecting biker should be without a copy of A Biker's Guide to the Open Road: Ride it Like You Stole It in their saddlebag.Penny Powers co-wrote Sit Down, Shut Up & Hang On: A Biker's Guide to Life, also published by Gibbs Smith, Publisher, with Chuck Hayes. She rides a 1993 Harley FX Low Rider, teaches nursing at South Dakota State University, and likes to raise peafowl. Powers lives in South Dakota.Chuck Hays has spent the past twenty years as a journalist and writer. He is currently finishing a PhD at the University of Iowa, where he also teaches newspaper and magazine writing. He divides his time between Iowa and South Dakota. His 1989 Harley-Davidson Sportster has been ridden into the ground and rebuilt several times, but he still refuses to buy a larger bike.

Dreaming of hot pie and coffee at a favorite back road diner? Know what it's like to fix a bike with bungee cords and electrician's tape? Been to every smoky roadside bar between here and Sturgis? A side-cracking companion volume to A Biker's Guide to the Open Road: Ride it Like You Stole It, this brand new collection of biker wisdom kicks it up with a hundred miles worth of new quotes and quips, plenty of slick black wisdom, and intoxicating humor that goes down smooth after a long day on the highway: There should always be more miles on your bike than your car. The five food groups of motorcycling: gas, oil, nicotine, caffeine, and beer. Speed costs money. How fast is your wallet? In motorcycling, the good guys have names like "Pig," "Grizzly," "Horseface," and "Slammer." If you want to be treated like a badass, you have to BE a badass. If you're trying to BE a badass, don't be surprised at how people treat you. The bond between bikers has little to do with motorcycles-its beer. Never stop a fistfight unless it's getting too close to the bikes. No self-respecting biker should be without a copy of A Biker's Guide to the Open Road: Ride it Like You Stole It in their saddlebag. Penny Powers co-wrote Sit Down, Shut Up & Hang On: A Biker's Guide to Life, also published by Gibbs Smith, Publisher, with Chuck Hayes. She rides a 1993 Harley FX Low Rider, teaches nursing at South Dakota State University, and likes to raise peafowl. Powers lives in South Dakota. Chuck Hays has spent the past twenty years as a journalist and writer. He is currently finishing a PhD at the University of Iowa, where he also teaches newspaper and magazine writing. He divides his time between Iowa and South Dakota. His 1989 Harley-Davidson Sportster has been ridden into the ground and rebuilt several times, but he still refuses to buy a larger bike.

“Jennifer embraces the re-emergence of the feminine divine as the siren-call for conscious living. This book is the new Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance for our times. It’s a simple process and a light-hearted adventure; a motocyclist’s litany of how to get on and out into your personal open road.” Steve Simon, renowned clinical psychologist & motorcycle enthusiast “When you’re ready to toss your GPS out the window, pick up Bair’s book. Raw road wisdom for the wman who dares to dive deep, it’s soul geography from the biker’s eye view. Don your chaps and helmet, pack lightly, and prepare for the ride of your life.” Amara Rose, author of What Shines: Practical Wisdom for Unleashing Your Inner Brilliance, and LiveYourLight.com Please try the companion Audio CD or MP3 download OPEN ROAD SERIES Presents The Goddess Sings: An Audio Workbook & Music Available through www.jenniferbairpresents.com ask for it in fine book/CD sellers in the USA, Canada & UK Join the conversation www.facebook.com/openroadseries

- "One of the best new Motorcycle books" - BookAuthority- Featured in the bmwmoa.org podcast "200 Miles Before Breakfast"!Easy Motorcycle Touring is the complete guide to motorcycle touring for riders who want to go touring, but aren't sure how to start.If you want to explore new roads, away from the familiar, away from the safety of your comfort zone and off the fold of the map, if you want to have your breath taken by unfamiliar vistas and your goggles splatted by unfamiliar bugs, if you want to pitch your tent under unfamiliar trees, beside streams singing new water songs, this book is for you.Written by a lifelong touring rider with over a million miles on two wheels, Easy Motorcycle Touring covers everything you need to know to start touring: understanding your goals and limits, picking the right bike and the right gear, planning your rides, surviving cities, freeways and damp sleeping bags, handling surprises and mishaps and living with your Inner Outlaw.In this engaging, entertaining, thoughtful and very readable book, Barry Dwernychuk shares advice, techniques and tips proven to work over his fifty years on two wheels. Although written with the new rider in mind, this book is a great read for motorcyclists of all skill and experience levels.This Second Edition adds an expanded section on planning your tours, including the tricky business of choosing riding partners and unpleasant reality of planning your tour finances. Also new is an expert exposition of rain riding techniques.

Covers everything from how to choose and maintain a motorcycle and how to buy appropriate gear to how to ride safely, and how to make the most out of trips on the open road. It also discusses motorcycle history and the timeless motorcycle mystique.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles, Fourth Edition, is the most complete book on motorcycles, covering everything from how to choose and maintain a motorcycle and how to buy appropriate gear, to how to ride safely, and how to make the most out of trips on the open road.

"Jennifer embraces the re-emergence of the feminine divine as the siren-call for conscious living. This book is the new Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance for our times. It's a simple process and a light-hearted adventure; a motocyclist's litany of how to get on and out into your personal open road." Steve Simon, renowned clinical psychologist & motorcycle enthusiast "When you're ready to toss your GPS out the window, pick up Bair's book. Raw road wisdom for the wman who dares to dive deep, it's soul geography from the biker's eye view. Don your chaps and helmet, pack lightly, and prepare for the ride of your life." Amara Rose, author of What Shines: Practical Wisdom for Unleashing Your Inner Brilliance, and LiveYourLight.com Please try the companion Audio CD or MP3 download OPEN ROAD SERIES Presents The Goddess Sings: An Audio Workbook & Music Available through www.jenniferbairpresents.com ask for it in fine book/CD sellers in the USA, Canada & UK Join the conversation www.facebook.com/openroadseries