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So here's us, on the raggedy edge.
There's a fortune inside your head / All you touch turns to lead / You think you might just crawl back in bed — Wilco, Misunderstood |
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A finalist for the Governor General’s Award when it was published, Riding with Rilke has a good place on any list of modern books about motorcycling. It’s well written and interesting to read.
This doesn’t meant that it’s not without it’s share of flaws.
Ted Bishop, the booke author, suffered a severe accident and I have a slight beef with the fact that in recounting the accident he seems to often gloss over the fact that he was passing a truck dangerously. Bishop blames his crash on the high speed wobble that the bike developed.
Most motorcycle accidents start with some form of rider error. Bishop’s is no exception.
The book also gets dragged down into minutae about writers of historic significance and their motorcycles. It would have benefited from a little more brevity on this topic.
A good read though.
Posted by skooter at 11:31 PM
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