How to Build a Motorcycle: A Nut-And-Bolt Guide to Customizing Your Bike
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How to Build a Motorcycle leads you through all the key stages - from initially finding the right project for your skill level, to sourcing a base bike and safely taking on some full-on bike-building tasks. With clear, easy-to-follow instructions, proper advice and specially commissioned step-by-step illustrations throughout it is an ideal aid to getting your hands oily. Written by Gary Inman, the co-founder of independent motorcycle magazine Sideburn , and illustrated by Adi Gilbert who is best known for his bicycle and motorcycle drawings whose clients include Harley-Davidson, Guy Martin, Wired magazine, Sideburn magazine and Nike, this is a must-have for all motorcycle lovers. Read this book, even dip in and out where relevant. If it makes sense, schedule some time, clear your mind, pull on some old clothes, grab your toolbox and get going. The chapters in How to Build a Motorcycle will tell you how to complete a huge variety of tasks that will allow even the greenest of novices to get their hands dirty and start modifying with purpose. If you belong to this camp, start with some of the low-input, high-reward jobs, such as fitting bars, swapping the rear shocks or wiring in a new tail light. Even though these require relatively little work, they'll transform the look of your bike, and completing them will fill you with confidence to undertake the more difficult jobs, such as fitting more modern front forks or even making your own frame. The book comes with a glossy 32-page section on finished bikes and is a reference and the perfect gift for all fans, from those who merely like to tinker, to riders taking on a full build. Review: Single best book I’ve ever read - I don’t read many books, it takes a rare one to keep my attention. This one did, I knocked out the nearly 200 pages in a couple of days. Thank you to Gary Inman to writing this book. Review: Bonito - Esta muy bien hecho tiene muchos datos de interés
| Best Sellers Rank | #53,550 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #14 in Motorcycles #1,710 in Crafts & Hobbies |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 641 Reviews |
B**Y
Single best book I’ve ever read
I don’t read many books, it takes a rare one to keep my attention. This one did, I knocked out the nearly 200 pages in a couple of days. Thank you to Gary Inman to writing this book.
G**O
Bonito
Esta muy bien hecho tiene muchos datos de interés
A**N
Super toll
War ein Geschenk für meine Freundin zu Weihnachten. Tolles Buch. Hochwertig gebunden und super schön illustriert. Möchte es für mich selbst auch noch kaufen. Empfehlung!
N**R
I customize motorcycles as a hobby and I love this book!
I have tinkered with and customized a few motorcycles now and I still enjoyed flipping through this book. There is a lot of insight tidbits from how to swap forks to paint finishes and styles or even how to build your own gas tank.the illustrations are very nicely done in almost a blue ballpoint pen style and the back of the book also includes some photos of other people's builds. Very interesting book and I recommend it to anyone who likes motorcycles.
G**T
Great Overview of Building a Custom Motorcycle
I am making plans to build a Harley-Davidson Sportster for my first custom build and picked this book up after seeing it on the Sideburn Magazine Instagram feed. It's a great overview of the process of building a custom bike, touching on all the major aspects of what you might get into. The information in it is applicable to pretty much any bike...for more specifics you'll want to get the service manual for your bike plus more detailed references on the project you're tackling (metal fabrication, welding, painting, etc.). This book could easily be twice as thick and still not go real deeply into any one area. This book is also beautifully illustrated! The only photos are in the section at the very end showing some different finished motorcycles as inspiration. I like the illustrations vs. photos...they captivate my imagination more than a simple photo does. I can see this being a reference that I refer back to often while working on my build.
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