Riding Around on the Breeze
Road Tales of a Perpetual Optimist
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Nick Adams
About this listen
There is a fine line between optimism and stupidity. Sometimes I wonder whether I cross that line too often. But what is life without a little risk? It's too easy to sit back and avoid all jeopardy and discomfort, and I suppose that's all right as long as you're comfortable with a life without spice. Life is short enough without wasting it away on the couch.
My 1972 Moto Guzzi Eldorado retains her position as Queen of my garage and my first choice for adventures into the Canadian wilds. Despite any minor mechanical problems which arise, almost always as the result of her owner's incompetence, she gets me home when it really counts - this time from adventures along part of the Trans-Canada Adventure Trail in northeastern Ontario, and on backroad rambles closer to home. Yet she is not alone in the garage. In this, my eleventh motorcycle travel book, three other bikes have a part to play.
Who would have thought that a modern road bike would handle gravel byways so well? And who could have guessed that heavy old touring bikes like the Honda Goldwing GL1500 could be trusted to convey you along winding gravel roads to mountain trails in Quebec and New Brunswick?
Without being entirely irresponsible, I intend to keep riding, exploring and having fun as long as my body and spirit allow. I hope the following stories convey something of the enthusiasm I have for older bikes, quiet roads and the occasional mild hazard.
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- Theodore John
- 01-19-25
Adventure on Everything
Nick never fails to produce a quality book and this one can be appreciated as much as the others. His tales of his jaunts to points unknown on unknown dirt and gravel tracks, on vintage motorcycles and/or new-ish motorcycles, and motorcycles that border on inappropriate for what it is being tasked to do, continue to fascinate. Fascinate to the point of putting more aggressive tires on my bikes and venturing out in the the uncharted unpaved paths in America, and there are plenty.
It is worth your time to take in this wonderful book and his exploration of yet another motorcycle that might not fit his style..... or does it?
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