Thirty-four previously published magazine articles from the Backroad Bob's Motorcycle Adventures - Wastegates CD. Produced over eight years as the fourteen-year president of the Turbo Motorcycle International Owners Association (TMIOA), these SWastegate editorials appeared in the association's quarterly newsletter "Turbo News" from Spring 1994 (#18) to the final edition in Fall 2003 (#51).

Twenty-five previously published articles from the Backroad Bob's Motorcycle Adventures - People, Places, & Things CD.People - These articles examine some interesting motorcyclists and the powerful personalities that drive them. Places - Are you looking for an excuse to ride? These destinations will give you one.Things - Most of these articles are about motorcycle organizations and events.

Fifteen previously published magazine articles from the Backroad Bob's Motorcycle Adventures - Road Trips CD. Examine the best two lane roads along a dozen or so road trips covering a few ten thousand miles - the trips that make you want to turn around and ride them again and again. These articles reveal the best road trips from East to West and North to South and the reasons to ride each one.

Motorcycle Messengers 2is another collection of stories from some of the leading writers in the motorcycle travel genre. Consider it a sample pack of travel tales. Billy Ward spends a night out beside a broken motorcycle, considering defense strategies against hungry lions and lascivious hippos in Africa. Carla King wrestles with conflicting emotions after crashing her motorcycle in India. Sam Manicom battles bulldust and heat exhaustion in the outback of Australia. Lois Pryce bonds with a one-legged retired army General while singing "The Final Countdown" in Iran. Ed March gets a drunken idea for a stupid, pointless adventure and, in spite of sobering up later, still carries on with it in Mongolia. Jeremy Kroeker discovers that his days of crashing motorcycles are not yet behind him in Colombia. Ted Simon encounters a healer, of sorts, who helps restore in him a sense of wonder for the journey in Thailand.

Fully updated and in line with latest specifications, this textbook integrates vehicle maintenance procedures, making it the indispensable first classroom and workshop text for all students of motor vehicle engineering, apprentices and keen amateurs. Its clear, logical approach, excellent illustrations and step-by-step development of theory and practice make this an accessible text for students of all abilities. With this book, students have information that they can trust because it is written by an experienced practitioner and lecturer in this area. This book will provide not only the information required to understand automotive engines but also background information that allows readers to put this information into context. The book contains flowcharts, diagnostic case studies, detailed diagrams of how systems operate and overview descriptions of how systems work. All this on top of step-by-step instructions and quick reference tables. Readers won't get bored when working through this book with questions and answers that aid learning and revision included.