Short Way Up
J H Haynes & Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84425-685-3 (ISBN)
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When classic motorcycle author Steve Wilson planned his 6,000-mile ride through Africa, perhaps his last real run on two wheels before the bus pass took over, the journey sounded challenging enough - just two Brits on 1950s Ariels, using their own resources to survive life on the wild roads. It became even more hair-raising when events meant he would have to do the ride solo. In this moving account Steve chronicles the entire experience: bike preparation, organisation, mechanical mayhem, personal discovery and - one of the reasons for the trip - raising a cheque for GBP2,000 for a small school in Kawaza, Zambia.
Steve Wilson is a leading classic motorcycle journalist and author of the definitive six-volume British Motorcycles since 1950. He also wrote Triumph Bonneville, in Haynes's 'Great Bikes' series, and his Down The Road, a collection of his best writings about classic motorcycles, became a cult classic. He contributes monthly to Real Classic and Classic Car Mart magazines.
How a holiday in Zambia provided the spark for this trip, to raise funds for a Trust backing humanitarian projects in South Luangwa National Park. An ordinary biker's African odyssey, the antidote to Long Way Down, with no showbiz back-up, in fact no back-up at all except, as it turned out, the kindness of strangers. Riding across South Africa, Botswana, into Zambia to the school in South Luangwa, then back via Zimbabwe and through South Africa again - until the Ariel's big end finally let go, just a day's ride from Cape Town. Dogged by mechanical disasters, accompanied by local classic bikers, welcomed by subsistence farmers, awed by the landscape, scared by the crocs. A revelation of a story, packed with technical interest, wittily written and sharply observed.
| Zusatzinfo | col. Illustrations |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Yeovil |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Afrika | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84425-685-5 / 1844256855 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84425-685-3 / 9781844256853 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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