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Two Wheels Through Terror: Diary of a South American Motorcycle Odyssey

Glen Heggstad

3.0

Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World

Ewan McGregor

4.0

Jupiters Travels: Four Years Around the World on a Triumph

Ted Simon

5.0

Blue Highways

William Least Heat-Moon

5.0

This is one of the great "travelling to discover America" stories ever written. Highly recommended to all who have wanderlust, and all who want to discover the true America, though the eyes of a wonderful writer with unwelcome native heritage.

Travels with Charley in Search of America

John Steinbeck

5.0

Against the Wind: A Rider's Account of the Incredible Iron Butt Rally

Ron Ayres

5.0

The best story yet told of the Iron Butt Rally, an 11-day, 11,000 mile competition between the world's greatest motorcycle riders. One day I want to rally with them. The Rally has changed since Ayres wrote his book, but it's never been told better.

Obsessions Die Hard: Motorcycling the Pan American Highway's Jungle Gap

Ed Culberson

5.0

Ed Culberson rode (and dragged, and winched) his BMW motorcycle through the 80-mile gap between Panama and Columbia to prove that it could be done. It's a modern tale of heroism and adventure.

An Embarrassment of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interlude by Ann Vanderhoof

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