How to Diagnose and Repair Automotive Electrical Systems (Motorbooks Workshop)
Tracy Martin, an ASE (Automotive Service Excellence) Certified Master Technician, explains the principles behind automotive electrical systems and how they work. This book details the various tools, such as multimeters and test lights, that can be used to evaluate and troubleshoot any vehicle’s electrical system. Several hands-on projects take readers on a guided tour of their vehicle’s electrical …
Motocross 2016: 16-Month Calendar September 2015 through December 2016
Relax and enjoy your favorite sport without having to wipe the mud off your face!Motocross 2016 delivers a full 16 months of off-road racing stars in heart-racing, high-flying action. With dramatic images by premier motocross photographer Simon Cudby, this calendar captures the thrill of the sport and the daring, skilled riders who make it all possible.From September 2015 …
Race Tech’s Motorcycle Suspension Bible (Motorbooks Workshop)
Suspension is probably the most misunderstood aspect of motorcycle performance. This book, by America’s premier suspension specialist, makes the art and science of suspension tuning accessible to professional and backyard motorcycle mechanics alike. Based on Paul Thede’s wildly popular Race Tech Suspension Seminars, this step-by-step guide shows anyone how to make their bike, or their kid’s, handle like …
Caterpillar 2016: 16-Month Calendar September 2015 through December 2016
Witness the awesome power of some of the world’s largest earth-moving machines through full-color photos, a look inside the cabs and scale illustrations of the vehicles.Caterpillar 2016 features earthmoving marvels from across Caterpillar’s lineup of dozers, loaders, excavators, and more. Enjoy 16 months of Cat(r) machines tackling the toughest jobs, with each large-format photograph supplemented by a look …
Rediscover, or experience for the first time, the incredible life story of a true American icon.Steve McQueen said, “I’m not sure whether I’m an actor who races or a racer who acts.” Fortunately for us, he was the best of both.McQueen left an indelible imprint as one of Hollywood’s sexiest leading men. His masterful film roles in Bullitt, …
The Original Wild Ones: Tales of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club
Get an inside look at the real beginning of outlaw biker culture with this “raucous and heartfelt recounting of the early days of biker clubs” (Roadbike). The story starts one weekend in 1947, at a motorcycle race in Hollister, California. A few members of one club, the no-holds-barred “Boozefighters,” got a little juiced up and took …
Ride with author John Hall into the turbulent world of 1960s bike club culture, from his beginnings at an upstart motorcycle club to his rise to the Long Island chapter president of the Pagans, a club that the FBI called “the most violent criminal organization in America.” Follow him into the Pagan heartland of Pennsylvania where he fell …
Terry the Tramp: The Life and Dangerous Times of a One Percenter
See what it takes to lead men who count themselves among the one percent.Terry “the Tramp,” born in 1947 to a broken middleclass home and an absentee father in Alhambra, the blistering agricultural region of southern California, grew up with a violent chip on his shoulder. Raised in that tough-as-nails environment, he developed the courage to look right …
The One Percenter Code: How to Be an Outlaw in a World Gone Soft
In The One Percenter Code, best-selling Motorbooks author and editor of Easyriders magazine Dave Nichols takes up where he left off in One Percenter: The Legend of The Outlaw Bikers. Nichols takes readers inside the world of outlaw motorcycle clubs and pulls back the secretive curtain on the biker lifestyle. He explores the concept of brotherhood, ultimately arriving …
Only one car has consistently dominated the muscle-car marketplace and reinvented the genre with each new generation: the Ford Mustang. Since the Mustang marked the birth of the pony-car genre, there has been an annual battle for the muscle-car throne. Many American performance cars have come and gone. Some – such as Dodge Challenger and Chevrolet Camaro – …