Riders Library - Motorcycle Books

Rider’s Library features reviews of some of the best books on motorcycles, including some that are very hard to find.

Andy Reynolds racing classic motorcycles

Racing Classic Motorcycles: First You Have to Finish by Andy Reynolds [Review]

Author Andy Reynolds’ new book, Racing Classic Motorcycles: First You Have to Finish, is about a man livin’ the classic motorcycle racing dream—with some...
Slow Burn: The Growth of Superbikes and Superbike Racing Book Review rider's library

Slow Burn: The Growth of Superbikes and Superbike Racing 1970 to 1988 [Review]

Until I read the latest book by Bob Guntrip, Slow Burn: The Growth of Superbikes and Superbike Racing 1970 to 1988, I had almost...
Daytona 200 Don Emde

Fast Mover: Catching Up with Don Emde (+3 Book Reviews)

From Motorcycle Racing Champion to Award-winning Author and Publisher—a Profile plus Review of The Speed Kings, On Cannon Ball’s Trail and The Daytona 200...
a life in motorcycles book review

A Life in Motorcycles: The Mechanics Guide for Reviving Motorcycle and Marriage: Review

As the famous line from “O Brother Where Art Thou” goes, paraphrased, we are all searching for answers. Fortunately, author Ray Roske has a...

Tales of a Moonlight Rider by Russell Groover: Rider’s Library

I discovered Russell Groover through an article he wrote for the American Motorcyclist Association member magazine, American Motorcyclist. It was a type of article we...

COVID-19 Countermeasures: Top Safer at Home Reading Material

COVID-19 Cutting Your Saddle Time? Tap Into UM's Arsenal of Intellect to fight Back! Over the years, Ultimate Motorcycling has reviewed most of the greatest...

Mimi and Moto Ride The Alphabet: Kids Motorcycle Book Review

As a kid growing up, I became aware of motorcycles organically. I would see them on the highway during road trips with my parents;...
How to Restore Kawasaki Z1, Z/KZ900 and Z/KZ1000: Book Review (Rider's Library)

How to Restore Kawasaki Z1, Z/KZ900 and Z/KZ1000: Book Review (Rider’s Library)

Finally getting around to restoring that ’73 Zed in the shed? Well, here’s the book you really need before you blow the dust off...
Ducati 750 Bible Book Review

The Ducati 750 Bible, 1971 to 1978 by Ian Falloon: Book Review (Rider’s Library)

Ducati’s legendary engineer, Fabio Taglioni is to Italy’s motorcycle industry as Edward Turner is Britain’s. Each made an indelible mark on their respective industry...
The Best of Peter Egan: Book Review (Rider's Library)

The Best of Peter Egan: Book Review (Rider’s Library)

relatable, real. Those qualities have made Peter Egan one of the most widely-read writers of our time. Here's a review of The Best of Peter Egan.
Kawasaki W, H & Z: The Big Air-cooled Machines Book Review (Rider's Library)

Kawasaki W, H & Z: The Big Air-cooled Machines Book Review (Rider’s Library)

If you bleed Green and cherish Kawi's from the late sixties to the mid-seventies, Brian Long’s Kawasaki W, H & Z: Big Air-cooled Machines, is a must read.
Complete Book of Classic and Modern Triumph Motorcycles: Ian Falloon (Review)

Complete Book of Classic and Modern Triumph Motorcycles: Ian Falloon (Review)

Here's a new review from our Rider’s Library - The Complete Book of Classic and Modern Triumph Motorcycles by the iconic motorcycle historian Ian Falloon.
Berezina: On Three Wheels from Moscow to Paris Chasing Napoleon’s Epic Fail (Book Review)

Berezina: On Three Wheels from Moscow to Paris Chasing Napoleon’s Epic Fail (Book Review)

It is a war story. It is a motorcycle touring story. And the two stories happened 200 years apart. Most motorcycle touring is planned to...
“Timeless on the Silk Road an Odyssey from London to Hanoi.

Timeless on the Silk Road: An Odyssey from London to Hanoi (Book Review)

It is the story of the second half of an epic motorcycle adventure that spanned four years, transited Africa, Europe and Asia, but that isn’t even the most compelling part of it.
Motorcycles & Motorcycling in the USSR from 1939: Rider's Library Review

Motorcycles & Motorcycling in the USSR from 1939: Rider’s Library Review

Motorcycles & Motorcycling in the USSR from 1939 Book Review From the end of World War II until the collapse of the Soviet Union in...