The Cycle Source Guide To Surviving Winter
Originally Published In The March 2013 Issue Of Cycle Source Magazine
Each year we set aside this small space to give credit to those who put our lifestyle, projects and craft into the written word. After all, there is nothing more telling of any civilization as the volumes of recorded history that it leaves behind. In our humble assortment this season we have a nice little cross section from all ends of the motorcycle nut library and a few from our friends in the music world. Yeah, winter sucks, so kick back and grab a good book. Before you know it, the weather will break and you’ll be making stories of your own again!
Custom Bike Builder Basics
Author: Chris Callen
Brought to you by Chris Callen, of Cycle Source magazine fame, and Wolfgang Publications, this new book is the basic bible that athome builders need to build and modify their own motorcycle. First comes the chapter on Setting up your Shop. Once you have a place to work, Chris walks you through: Welding, Fabricating Mounts, Assembling the Roller, Working with Leather, and Wiring. Near the end of the book comes the best part: three, start-to-finish assembly chapters. All the builds are grass roots, oldskool bikes assembled on a tight budget. The sequence takes the reader through everything including the initial planning, the mock-up, painting, final assembly and first road test. This new book is 144 pages of hard-core, how-to-build information illustrated with over 400 photos and a few kick ass illustrations. www.wofgangpublications.com
George the Painter
Author: George R. Frizzell Jr
In spring of 2006, George R. Frizzell Jr., aka George the Painter, agreed to write a monthly column for The Horse Backstreet Choppers magazine. The column quickly became George’s podium, his opportunity to expound on everything from the over-use of cell-phones to his personal demons and health issues. George the Painter – A Bathroom Reader, is five year’s worth of George’s columns, 75,000 words – with an additional 48 pages of color photos. And whether the topic is motorcycles, the posers who ride them or his recent trip from Arizona to the East Coast, the prose is entertaining and truly unique. George has a huge following, and after reading just a small sample of his writing, it’s easy to see why. www.wofgangpublications.com
The One Percenter Code: How to Be an Outlaw in a World Gone Soft
Authors: Dave Nichols & Kim Peterson
In The One Percenter Code, best-selling Motorbooks author and editor of Easyriders magazine Dave Nichols takes up where he left off in One Percenter: The Legend of The Outlaw Bikers. Nichols takes readers inside the world of outlaw motorcycle clubs and pulls back the secretive curtain on the biker lifestyle. He explores the concept of brotherhood, ultimately arriving at a new definition of family and community in the process. Being a member of a one percenter motorcycle club requires extreme discipline; in this book, Nichols shows us what that life offers in return. Nichols delves into the one percenter code of conduct and honor and finds something that is sorely lacking in modern society. In this book, he shows us how we can apply those values in our own lives. The world of the outlaw biker has its own rough-hewn rules of order, and The One Percenter Code acts as a guidebook to that truth-, honor-, and brotherhood-based world. www.motorbooks.com
How to Tune and Modify Motorcycle Engine Management Systems
Author: Tracy Martin
From electronic ignition to electronic fuel injection, slipper clutches to traction control, today’s motorcycles are made up of much more than an engine, frame, and two wheels. And, just as the bikes themselves have changed, so have the tools with which we tune them. How to Tune and Modify Motorcycle Engine Management Systems addresses all of a modern motorcycle’s engine-control systems and tells you how to get the most out of today’s bikes.www. motorbooks.com
The Harley in the Barn: More Great Tales of Motorcycles Archaeology
Authors: Tom Cotter & Pat Simmons
Driving down a country road, a flash of chrome catches your eye as you pass an old farmstead. Next time you roll by, you slow down and focus on a shed behind the house. Could that be? Good lord, it is! Hard on the brakes, quick reverse, and pull in the drive. Yep, it’s a vintage Triumph Bonneville peering forlornly from beneath a tattered cover. You’ve just begun the journey that fuels the dreams of every motorcycle collector: the long-forgotten machine, re-discovered. The Harley in the Barn offers 40-plus tales of lost Nortons, hidden Hondas, dormant Indians, and busted BSAs, all squirreled away from prying eyes but found by lucky collectors just like you. Author Tom Cotter is not only a barn-find master, he’s also master of discovering the collectors with the best stories and the most outlandish finds. If you can’t pass a padlocked garage without wondering if there’s a great old bike stashed inside, this is your book. Hell, this is your life. www.motorbooks.com
How to Rebuild and Restore Classic Harley-Davidson Big Twins 1936- 1964
Author: Rick Schunk
When it comes to collector motorcycles, none hold the allure of the classic Harley- Davidson Big Twins built from 1936 to 1964. But owning and maintaining these tempermental machines provides endless challenges. Even the most pristine, restored example needs a tremendous amount of care, maintenance, and repair. The rebuilding and restoring of these machines is not so much a defined task as a never-ending process. This book serves to guide owners through that process. Beginning with a practical section on understanding, choosing, and purchasing a classic Harley, this book focuses on the nuts and bolts of classic Harley ownership. Through step-bystep photography and thoughtful, informative instruction, the reader will learn how to disassemble a chassis, rebuild a fork, lace a wheel, and paint the major parts for any restoration. It also provides thorough instruction on repairing, overhauling, and restoring all major components, such as the engine, transmission, and electrical system. www.motorbooks.com
One Percenter for Life: From a Joker to an Angel
Authors: Phil Cross & Mark Shubin (Available May 15th)
In the early 1960s, a young Navy vet, motorcyclist, amatuer photographer, and rebel named Phil Cross joined a motorcycle club called the Hells Angels. It turned out to be a bogus chapter of the club that would soon find infamy, so he switched to another club called the Night Riders. Like the bogus chapter of the Hells Angels, this turned out to be a club whose brotherhoood was run by a man Mr. Cross describes as “a complete asshole.” One day, Mr. Cross stuffed the leader in a ringertype washing machine and joined a club called the Gypsy Jokers. He started a San Jose chapter of the Jokers and embarked on the most action-packed years of his life. This book chronicles the life and wild times of Mr. Cross in words and photos. www.motorbooks.com
The Vincent in the Barn: Great Stories of Motorcycle Archaeology
Author: Tom Cotter (Available June 15th)
For The Vincent in the Barn, author Tom Cotter scoured the motorcycle collector ranks to find the best “barn find” tales. From well-known collectors like Tonight Show host Jay Leno to lucky bike freaks you’ve never heard of but whose finds you will envy, theirs are the stories that keep the barn-find dream alive. The Vincent in the Barn offers 40 stories of motorcycle-hunting dreams come true. From Ducatis in basements to Vincents piled in sheds, Harleys in barns to Brit bikes moldering behind urban garages, these are the stories that fuel every motorcyclist’s moto-fantasies. Cycle World magazine tells readers, “You never know what you might find in a barn, back of a garage or under a dusty tarp. . .Tom Cotter continues his entertaining search for motorized treasure.” Motorcycle Classics magazine calls it “. . .a thoroughly fun romp through a corner of the hobby most of us wish we inhabited – and swear we someday will.” www.motorbooks.com
Motorcycle Dream Garages
Author: Lee Klancher (Available April 15th)
Motorcycle Dream Garages opens the doors to sixteen motorcycle palaces, among them a secret one in Chicago housing over one hundred rare bikes; a converted garage dedicated to Vincents in St. Paul; and a sampling of luxury motorcycle garages owned by racers and celebrities, such as Jay Leno. This book takes you inside the most ultimate garages-from the old firehouse to the lavishly finished tin shed to the plain old two-car attached structure harboring the treasured bike while the family car sits outdoors. Motorcycle Dream Garages opens the doors to sixteen palaces for two-wheeled work and play, among them a secret one in Chicago housing over one hundred rare and collectible bikes at a location known only to members of an underground club; a converted garage dedicated to Vincents in St. Paul; a marble palace in Washington DC; and a sampling of luxury motorcycle garages owned by racers and celebrities, such as Jay Leno. www. motorbooks.com
Bathroom Book of Motorcycle Trivia
Author: Mark Gardiner
Are you tired of those dog-eared old copies of Motorcyclist and Cycle World that have been sitting on your toilet tank, and that you’ve been flipping through once a day since 2004? Well, buy a copy of the Bathroom Book of Motorcycle Trivia, you’ll have 365 new entries to peruse. Day 20: What was the first production motorcycle with electronic fuel injection? (Honda CX500 Turbo, 1982) Day 106: Why is Mike Hailwood still the best road racer who’s ever lived, no matter what Valentino Rossi’s fans say? (Two words. No, two letters: TT) Day 193: How did that crazy guy who built ‘Roadog’ die? (Spoiler: In a police shoot-out!) Mark Gardiner is the author of the cult classic Riding Man, and a motorcycle journalist whose writing has appeared in every major English-language motorcycle magazine. He’s written some of the most thoughtful, inspiring, and moving stories ever published about motorcycles. This book doesn’t contain any that stuff. www.bikewriter.com
How To Build a Cheap Chopper
Author: Timothy Remus
Choppers don’t have to cost $30,000. In fact, a chopper built from the right parts can be assembled for as little as $5,000. How to Build a Cheap Chopper documents the construction of 4 inexpensive choppers with complete startto- finish sequences photographed in the shops of Donnie Smith, Brian Klock and Dave Perewitz. Least expensive is the metric chopper, based on a Japanese 4-cylinder engine and transmission installed in a hardtail frame. Next up, price wise, are 2 bikes built using Buell/Sportster drivetrains. The recipe here is simple; combine one used Buell or Sportster with a hardtail frame for an almost instant chopper. The Big Twin chopper is the least cheap of the 4, yet it’s still far less expensive than most bikes built today. Cheap Chopper uses 144 pages and over 400 color images to completely explain each assembly. www.wolfgangpublications.com
Kosmoski’s New Kustom Painting Secrets
Author: Jon Kosmoski
Jon Kosmoski – the King of Kustom Painters – puts over four decades of experience into Kosmoski’s New Kustom Painting Secrets. This new book starts with the basics: how to set up a shop, pick a compressor, and prepare the metal. The next section covers modern paint. What it is, how it’s made and which type is best suited to custom paintwork. The paint discussion moves on to cover candy and pearl paints, how best to utilize and spray these custom coatings, and how to mix up your own unique color. How to pick, adjust and use spray guns makes up the next chapter. The test panels included in the book show a good and bad pattern, and how to adjust a gun that’s putting out a flawed pattern. Know how-to-paint wouldn’t be complete without at least two, start-to-finish paint jobs. Kosmoski’s New Kustom Painting Secrets contains both a hot rod and a motorcycle paint job. The paint jobs include artwork and flames, application of the candy paint, and the final clearcoats. www.wolfgangpublications.com
Eddie Trunk’s Hard Rock and Heavy Metal
Author: Eddie Trunk
Known as a leading expert on all things hard rock and heavy metal, Eddie Trunk continues to entertain fans on the radio and as the host of VH1 Classic’s hit television program That Metal Show with his passion for music. In his debut book, Eddie discusses his most essential bands, his unique personal experiences with them, his favorite “Stump the Trunk” anecdotes and trivia, as well as his favorite playlists. Whether you’re a classic Metallica or Megadeth metalhead or prefer the hair metal of old-school Bon Jovi or Poison, Eddie Trunk’s Hard Rock and Heavy Metal salutes all who are ready to rock! www.amazon.com
Shut Up and Give Me the Mic
Author: Dee Snider
A classically trained countertenor who sang with his high school choir, Dee remembers the day he decided he was “not gonna take it” and stopped caring what people thought about him. Following in the footsteps of his idols Alice Cooper and Black Sabbath, Dee jumped from band to band before meeting Jay Jay French and Twisted Sister. But it wasn’t until he met his costume-designing soul-mate Suzette that they developed his unique style. Dee’s hard work finally paid off with an impressive resume that includes: a monster hit record; smash MTV videos; a long-running radio show, “The House of Hair”; appearances in film (Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, Howard Stern’s Private Parts, StrangeLand) and television (Growing Up Twisted, Celebrity Apprentice); and a starring role in Broadway’s Rock of Ages. He even authored a teenage survival guide that was required reading in Russia! Filled with entertaining anecdotes and candid confessions, Shut Up and Give Me the Mic takes you through the good times and bad with a heavy metal star who worked as hard as he played, and who did it all for his wife, four kids, and millions of “SMF” (Sick Mother F******) fans. www.amazon.com
Bringing Metal to the Children: The Complete Berzerker’s Guide to World Tour Domination
Authors: Zakk Wylde & Eric Hendrikx
So you’ve watched the movies This Is Spinal Tap and Monty Python and the Holy Grail a hundred times each, and now you desire another brilliant opus to tickle your cranial sponge in a similar fashion. Well, look no further, fellow Berzerkers! Golden god Zakk Wylde and his brother-in- Metal Eric Hendrikx are about to take you on a Black Label Crusade of World Tour Domination, sharing never-before-told stories of backstage lunacy and Metal-maniacal anecdotes for the aspiring Berzerker like you. For the young Metal Loki, Wylde offers exclusive tips on how not to make it in the business, insights about planning your band’s tour and outfitting the Black Vatican recording studio, plus more useful advice on how to set up a shooting range on a tour bus and how to survive a mosh pit. Bringing Metal to the Children will make you laugh, weep, vomit—maybe even soil yourself— and if you aspire to new heights of Metal mayhem, get on the bus and get ready for the Metal ride of your life. www.barnesandnoble.com
