Clutch & Throttle: Tales From Daytona

by Tim Baker, Becky Pourchot

Bikers have stories – it’s a simple fact. Get a group of bikers together and it won’t be long before the war stories start flying… Their first bike. Their first spill. How they got that limp. Living and riding in the heart of America’s motorcycle mecca has given newbie rider Becky Pourchot and forty year biking veteran Tim Baker an array of unusual tales. In a his and her collection of short stories these authors reflect on their journeys and share their favorite locales while providing insight not just into riding but into life. Ride along with Clutch and Throttle to learn—not only how they got their respective nicknames—but how their views from the behind the handlebars are the same… …but different.

114 pages, Paperback

Published January 30, 2016

About the author

Rhode Island native Tim Baker released his first novel, Living the Dream, in August, 2009 and has followed up with 5 others since then. Tim writes fast-paced, off-beat crime stories full of colorful characters and loaded with unexpected and often humorous twists and turns, set in Flagler Beach and St. Augustine, Florida. You can learn more about Tim’s work and how to contact him on his website at www.blindoggbooks.com.

Reviews

[Frank · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wasn't sure what to expect of this book about biker life. Was this going to be an existential tale of riding and how it relates to life? Perhaps a philosophical examination of the call to ride? Maybe it was going to be a behind the curtain exposition on the Daytona area bike scene.
It is none of those things but perhaps has traces of all of them as well. What Clutch and Throttle is is two riders trading tales of their life on two wheels. One, a veteran rider, the other the novice. Through the stories they trade back and forth you get a sense they are recounting stories everyone who has ridden the steel horse can relate to.
Me, I've never ridden. I enjoyed the casual stories of the perils of learning to ride, visits to wild biker bars and how to take in the scene at bike events. I'm not inspired to ride but I'd be happy to hear more tales from the road.