Armchair Adventuring

[GS Adventurer]

Couldn't see and appropriate Forum section for this, so as 'armchair adventuring' is about technically equiping your mind - have posted it here!

Thought it would be a good idea to share views on book/video/DVD collections, as if like me, you only have limited time each year to do what you enjoy best - I have to resort to 'living it' through others experiences the rest of the year...

I'm always on the look out for new titles, but for now, these are the ones I own:

Books

Jupiters Travel's - Ted Simon
Riding Home (later editions called Riding High) - Ted Simon
Desert Travels - Chris Scott
The Perfect Vehicle - Melissa Holbrook Pierson
Good Vibrations - Tom Cunliffe
Kiwis Might Fly - Polly Evans
Fastest Man Around the World - Nick Sanders
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig
Investment Biker - Jim Rogers
Running with the Moon - Jonny Bealby
Storm - Allen Noren
Bullet up the Grand Trunk Road - Jonathan Gregson
From Nordkapp to Cape York on a Motorcycle - Werner Bausenhart
Africa Against the Clock on a Motorcycle - Werner Bausenhart
Into the Den of the Bear and Lair of the Dragon on a Motorcycle - Werner Bausenhart
8 Around the Americas on a Motorcycle - Werner Bausenhart
Chasing Che - Patrick Symmes
Two Wheels to Adventure - Danny Liska
Triumph Around the World - Robbie Marshall
Bitten by the Bullet - Steve Krzstyniak & Karen Goa
The Motorcycle Diaries - Che Guevara
Full Circle - Richard & Mopsa English
Zero to Sixty - Gary Paulsen
Into the Heart of Africa - Jerry Smith
World Understanding on Two Wheels - Paul R. Pratt
One Man Caravan - Robert Edison Fulton Jn
Lonesome Rhodes - Ashley Rhodes
Mi Moto Fidel - Christopher P. Baker
Ghost Rider - Neil Peart
Get Your Motor Runnin' - David Stephen Hill
Longrider - Mark Tiger Edmonds
Obsessions Die Hard - Ed Culberson
Odyssey to Ushuaia - Andres Carlstein
Away from my Desk - Rik K. Haffar
Long Way Round - Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman
Breaking the Limit - Karen Larsen
Riding the World - Greggory Frazier
Life is a Road, the Soul is a Motorcycle - Daniel Meyer
Two Wheels to Paradise - John Burchell
BMW GSing Around the World - Gregory Frazier
MotoRaid - Keith Thye
Motorcycling Through the Thirties - Jack Gray
Motorcycle Journeys Through the Alps - John Hermann
Purple Mountains - Notch Miyake
Adventure Motorcycling Handbook - Chris Scott
Sorebums - Simon McCarthy & Georgie Simmonds
Into Africa - Sam Manicom
Riding in the Shadows of Saints

DVDs/ Videos

Long Way Round - Ewan & Charley
Desert Riders - Chris Scott
Kaleidoscope Coast - Nick Sanders
Journey to the Edge of the Sahara - Nick Sanders
Four go to Europe - Nick Sanders
The Emerald Way - Nick Sanders
Journey to the Top of the World - Nick Sanders
23 Bikers Around the World - Nick Sanders
American Dream - Nick Sanders
Call of the Wild -Chris Scott
Riding South America Peru & Patagonia - Kevi & Julia Sanders
Namibia - Touratech
Bolivia - Touratech
Tibet - Touratech
The Motorcycle Diaries - based on Che Guevara
Miles Ahead - Kevin & Julia Sanders
Terra Circa - Austin Vince et al
Fastest Man Around the World - Nick Sanders
The Easy Riders Mondo Enduro - Austin Vince et al
Ride Like the Wind - Various


Can you add any recommendations to the above lists?

Mike

 

[Sergeant Pluck]

Do you have an A-Z?

 

[Timolgra]

Surely if you did'nt read and watch that lot, you would have time to ride your bike more often

 

[retroman]

I know where Mike is coming from ... I suspect that the majority of us are 'wilfully' imprisoned by mortgage/job/kids etc, so the 'big trip' remains a dream for the future ... RTW porn helps to assuage the longing ...

Wish I'd done it years ago now ... but I was skint and stupid(er) then ...

 

[samwise]

Two Wheels Through Terror - Glen Heggstad (Striking Viking on ADVRider)

Great list though - I'm scouring Amazon as I type

 

[Fanum]

Two Wheels Through Terror - Glen Heggstad (Striking Viking on ADVRider)

And don't forget his thread over on Advrider......a great read and a good night's scrolling to get through

(Striking Viking Bumming the world or somethijg very similar)

 

[sparkplug]

Books:

Ten Years on Two wheels - Helge Pedersen

 

[Steptoe]

Macarthys Bar - Pete Macarthy

 

[GS Adventurer]

Have heard of the other two recommendations, by Helge Pederson and the 'Striking Viking' but not the one you've sugggested Steptoe. Did a quick search on Amazon and read the reviews, but it doesn't sound like a 'road' book - still a good read???

 

[maddave]

What a Christmas list to give the missus !!!

 

[Activmoto]

Mike,
Thats quite a list, I have met some of the authors and had them signed thier books.
Can you list your top 5 books and top 5 Vids.

Books
Against the Wind by Ron Ayres, he also has written anothers about long distance riding, but I have not got those, Against the Clock and Going the extra Mile. There maybe more from him.

DVD
Iceland - from GlobeRiders / Touratech

Steve

 

[dirtydog]

Macarthys Bar - Pete Macarthy

Cracking pub/grocer/corner shop/etc. Stopped off there and had a swift Murphy's whilst travelling through a couple of months ago!

 

[Steptoe]

but not the one you've sugggested Steptoe. Did a quick search on Amazon and read the reviews, but it doesn't sound like a 'road' book - still a good read???

He's in a hired volvo for some of the journey -

it's better than most "road" books .

 

[GS Adventurer]

Activmoto - everyones tastes are different, but my personal top 5 from my collection are:

Books - Running with the Moon (have met Jonny - top bloke)
Triumph around the World (Robbie is obviously quite mad, no map just a world atlas!!)
Two Wheels to Adventure
Odyssey to Ushuaia
Obsessions Die Hard (Ed crosses the Darien gap)

DVD/Videos - Mondo Enduro (mad Brits around the world on aged DR350s)
Terra Circa
Long Way Round (some people criticise, but hey they did it)
Desert Riders
Miles Ahead

The 5 are in no particular order.

Mike

 

[komatias]

Couldnt resist,

There you are, this is armchair adventuring at its best. (sorry about the orange demon there but it is an adventure after all )