Motorcycle Dual Sporting (Vol. 4) -
Dual Sporters & Thumper Humpers & More Dual Sporters & Thumper Humpers Compilation
Backroad Bob's Motorcycle Dual Sporting (Vol. 2) Dual Sporters & Thumper Humpers
The following twenty-eight magazine articles begin with eighteen stories compiled from fifteen years and 43,000 miles of dual sporting from Vermont to Tennessee. From the legendary Blackwater events, to buying a dual sport, to dual sport history, to touring on your dual sport - they're all here. Four reviews of a perennial Pennsylvania favorite, the Durty Dabbers Dual Sport, coverage of two National Hare Scrambles Events, some advice on what and how to carry a weekend's worth of necessities on your dual sport, to a humorous look at dual sporting are included as well.
The second half contains ten articles and takes a look at Thumper Humpers - the endearing term used to describe the individuals that tour on their single-cylinder four stroke motorcycles (Thumpers). These riders think nothing of going cross-country on a motorcycle the average "rider" wouldn't take across town. Some of them compete in endurance rallies and 1000-mile days aboard their Thumpers. One article reveals what good road bikes Thumpers make and another makes a case for the dual sport as the perfect beginner's bike. Seven others recount Thumper events from 1996-2000 held in Pennsylvania and New York. The final story takes you along the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal in the scenic Delmarva Peninsula.
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Motorcycle Dual Sporting (Vol. 3) More Dual Sporters & Thumper Humpers
The following eleven magazine articles begin with seven stories compiled from fifteen years and 43,000 miles of dual sporting from Vermont to Tennessee. They will take you from riding the largest state forest system in the US (Bald Eagle's Best and Beech Creek Ride), to what one year in the life of a dedicated dual sporter looks like (Big Dirty Fun), to Pennsylvania's best dual sport roads (PA's 10 Best DS Roads), to interviewing a dealer about his ride across America (Trans-America Trail), and to the joys of dual sporting (Why I Love Dual Sporting).
The second part contains four articles with the first one looking at the latest trend in Thumpers (single-cylinder four strokes) - small bore city/suburban models (Cleveland Cycle Werks) and racing thumpers (Arenacross, Grand National Cross Country), including the latest trend in motorcycling - electric motorcycles (Zero X Enduro).
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