The author had dreams of owning a motorcycle since he was twelve, but that dream wouldn’t become a reality until he was in his fifties. Then, out of the blue, a lucky find catapulted him into the world of bikes and riding. As if to make up for lost time, he logged well over sixty thousand miles in the saddle in the few years since climbing aboard that first bike and has immersed himself in everything having to do with motorcycling. His love of bikes and riding, combined with his experience in publishing, resulted in the creation of this imprint, Road Dog Publications, and his editorship of Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Magazine.
This is a collection of stories resulting from that journey the author started when he first sighted a CB350 under a pile of junk in the dusty back corner of a storage bay. That non-functioning, old Honda required him to pick up the needed mechanical skills to get it back in running shape and to maintain it and the other motorcycles in his garage he eventually acquired. These stories make up the first part of this book—Wrenching. Of course, once he had a bike in riding condition, the next logical thing was to ride. Stories about those road trips comprise the second section—Riding. The last section—Reflecting—is a natural product of this journey and are his thoughts on the significance and nature of riding motorcycles as he’s experienced it.
