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date : August 9th, 2011Motorcycles
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Motorcycle Dream Garages
You want to be on your motorcycle on the open road–but if you can’t, then the next best place is the garage. There old bikes are restored, wild custom come to life, and friendships are made of beer, b.s., and bruised knuckles. These are the garages where this book takes you–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 out in the weather. Motorcycle Dream Garages opens the door
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great book,
being a motorcycle nut when i saw the title i had to get it ,and when i got it i was so happy it was not full of Orange County Choppers kinda bikes in fact just the opposite people with great serious hobbies with really dream garages icing on the cake was when the author mentions my friends place (Powerplant Choppers) .My only complain on this book was that it was not more of it, cant wait for another one and hopefully one about motorcycle dream garages in Europe as well . herman agopian
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|Made by People Who Love Motorcycles for People Who Love Motorcycles,
I keep this book on the table by my reading chair and pick it up regularly. It always takes me to a happy place. They cover motorcycle garages from ones that are essentially museums at gritty garages that are full of classic bikes and artifacts (the unintiated might call it junk..but what in the hell do they know?). I raced motocross back in early 70′s and there is a lot of fine on road and off road machinery from that era covered here. I love the fact that they covered both museum-like “garages” with perfectly restored bikes that probably never get ridden anymore and they show other men who love classic bikes and have worn bikes that they ride regularly and repair them regularly(as they need a lot of TLC) in disseveled garages. I have spend many hours in gagrages like these and they bring back wonderful memories.
Excellent book for lovers of motorcycles!
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|Motorcycle Dream Garages reviewed by Ken Aiken,
Every motorcyclist has a dream garage, that list of bikes desired to be owned or ridden and a special space in which to park them that doesn’t take second place to family or four-wheel transportation. The dream garage might have every tool needed to repair, restore, or custom build any motorcycle in existence. It could have showcases and wall spaces for rare memorabilia and racks to hold gear for any possible riding scenario. In any case, it would be unique, an extension of your own personality and passion.
Lee Klancher has found and photographed 17 very real dream garages. Some these, like Jay Leno’s Big Dog Garage, are well known while others, such as one Hollywood garage that includes a MTT Superbike powered by a Rolls-Royce Allison gas turbine engine and a V-Max concept bike designed by Tim Cameron and built by Christian Travert, are understandably anonymous. Regardless whether these garages are famous or practically unheard of, publicly accessible or kept on a need-to-know basis, house the rarest bikes on the planet or people’s favorite rides, all 17 of these are quite different in style and scope.
There are dozens of luscious machines featured in this book, but unlike so many coffee-table volumes this one focuses on the spaces that house motorcycles and the individuals who created these mechanical refuges. There’s a bit of inspiration, no matter how modest, to be found on these 192 pages and among the 213 color photos in Kancher’s book.
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