Motorcycle Touring: Everything You Need to Know | 
 enlarge | Author: Dr Gregory W Frazier
Publisher: Motorbooks
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 58074
Media: Paperback
Edition: First
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Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 8.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0760320357
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.756
EAN: 9780760320358
ASIN: 0760320357
Publication Date: September 5, 2005
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Product Description
The popularity of motorcycle tour riding is increasing steadily, but riders taking off on extended trips must realize there are unique hazards they can face when riding without support far from home. This book is a comprehensive "how-to-tour" guide that includes information on how to plan, what to pack, how to make emergency roadside motorcycle repairs, how to develop a "personal safety net" for when things go wrong, and how best to avoid having things go wrong.
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 Very informative June 27, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a very informative and at times entertaining book. Though it was my second book on touring it could have been my first. I have owned four bikes but I have been out of motorcycling for 26 years. I wanted to tour back then but did not. I am doing it now so I wanted to get some expert advice. I feel very well informed as to equipment and what I might expect. Plan your trip, research the bikes/dealers, try them all on, they must fit (not too big, not too small), take a motocycle safty course, buy and have fun. Read Coyner's book also.
 it should be titled "common sense things you should already know if you own a motorcycle." January 15, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book really only demonstrates common sense thing you should already know if you own and ride a motorcycle. If you don't know this stuff, you really should just walk wherever you go.
Throughout the book, I was wondering what decade it was written.
It was a waste of money.
 Certainly not Everything You Need to Know December 25, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I agree with A. Brannon "MLC Rider" to a lot of fluff and not enought subtance. The book is mostly Doc Frazier's travelog. I was looking for information on how to travel, with what and how to do it safely.
This book is certainly not Everything You Need to Know.
I think the better book is:
The Essential Guide to Motorcycle Travel: Tips, Technology, Advanced Techniques
by Dale Coyner
Light but interesting November 21, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I enjoyed reading the first half of this book but then found it very repititous. There were some good common sense tips that you would apply to travelling the world by any mode not just motorcycling. His stories and anecdotes were interesting at first but it soon became obvious that the book was well padded with fluff and photos.
Fun, instructional reading August 26, 2007
2 out of 12 found this review helpful
I simply love this book. It's entertaining, and I learned a lot. His style just lets you read it like a novel, as another reviewer mentioned.
I only disagreed with the author on two points having to do with safety: 1) I really like having a GPS with a compass as a necessary back-up to the GPS (although I know people like Dr. Frazier who have an uncanny knack for knowing where they are) and 2) I really dislike regular bungy cords. I find them laying all over the roads with the sharp ends ready to puncture my tires. I'm sure Dr. Frazier knows how to use them properly; but many riders don't realize that when a load bounces, the cords can stretch and come undone at that point. In addition, I, too, like someone he encountered, had one snap back and land between my eye and temple - couldn't see well out of that eye for about an hour. Instead, I like ratcheting-type tie-downs (they're fast if you pull them snug before actually ratcheting them) or the kind that have a loop at the ends and just clip in the middle (ROK). Whatever you choose, happy motoring and be sure to read Dr. Frazier's book!
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