"About Motorcycles" -- Harper's Magazine

[Spidey]

http://harpers.org/archive/2009/11/0082723

Long read, but enjoyable.  He talks about his Monster and an stable of Ducatis later in the piece.

[Triple J]

Great article, thanks! 

That guy has some bad ass motorcycles!! 

[Ducatl]

That was great

[DesmoDiva]

Awesome read.   

Thanks for the link. 

[roy-nexus-6]

http://harpers.org/archive/2009/11/0082723

Long read, but enjoyable.  He talks about his Monster and an stable of Ducatis later in the piece.

I am so peeved... I just posted the same article.  It is truly magnificent.

[sbrguy]

damn that guy is long winded.  yes he has nice bikes, yes he may be a poet but damn that stuff was just too long.

[gregrnel]

Great article.  I love Harper's, and that reminds me that I need to resubscribe. The Harper's Index is one of the best things you can read whilst on the throne.

[orangelion03]

The only thing wrong with that short story was that it was written for an audience that is not familiar with motorbikes.  I would love to read what he would have written for enthusiasts.

Thanks for posting the link!!!

[hbliam]

damn that guy is long winded.  yes he has nice bikes, yes he may be a poet but damn that stuff was just too long.

[MadDuck]

damn that guy is long winded.  yes he has nice bikes, yes he may be a poet but damn that stuff was just too long.

The first thing Spidey said was that it was a long read so you were forewarned before even opening the link.  .

I'm just a few years younger than the writer and a lot less wealthy but I can relate very well to most of his experiences. Great read. Certainly more so that what usually passes for motorcycle journalism these days.

[sbrguy]

all you guys are gushing how great the article is.

I am just stating I don't think its that great of an article.  I don't see the appeal of the article, maybe i'm missing something but there really is no point or message or story to the article to make it interesting, other than "hey i like motorcycles, i crashed them, i know some really well connected people and have had motocycles nobody else can get.".  that is the entire article there in 1 sentence.

[akmnstr]

damn that guy is long winded.  yes he has nice bikes, yes he may be a poet but damn that stuff was just too long.

Yeah I have to agree.  Damn it stop wandering around and get to the point.  Cut the crap about violins, rowing shells, airplanes, and women.  I hate this kind of writing and I hate the "New Yorker" which also specializes in it.

Having said my piece, I'd say the guy has had an interesting life.  Sound like he has never suffered for money.  I can't relate.

[Travman]

all you guys are gushing how great the article is.

I am just stating I don't think its that great of an article.  I don't see the appeal of the article, maybe i'm missing something but there really is no point or message or story to the article to make it interesting, other than "hey i like motorcycles, i crashed them, i know some really well connected people and have had motocycles nobody else can get.".  that is the entire article there in 1 sentence.

I don't know if it is a great article or not.  It is definitely a long read, but I was in the mood for that and enjoyed the article.    

I wonder what his specially built MV looked like.  Maybe it was a prototype for the 750 America.  The way he describes the tail section, it sounds like the America.

[NorDog]

Yeah, I found it boring in general, and the pretentious name dropping had me rolling my eyes.

Seemed to me to be a series of unrelated narcissistic anecdotes, some of which mentioned motorcycles.

This is a literary moto version of crappy Christian rock, "But it's about JESUS!  So it ROCKS!"

Not.

Like Hank Hill said to Bobby's Christian Rock friend, "Just stop.  You're not making Christianity better, you're just making Rock and Roll worse."

[gregrnel]

I must be a "pretensious" asshole born with a titanium spoon up my ass.