The Perfect Vehicle: What It Is About Motorcycles

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.

Author: Melissa Holbrook Pierson
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/01/1998
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.26h x 6.15w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9780393318098