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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Racing: Ten years of top tales from MotoGP and beyond
Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Racing is the long-awaited follow-up to The Fast Stuff, the best-selling first collection of Mat Oxley’s writings on motorcycle racing.
This all-new treasury of stories spans a fascinating ten years of writing, reaching all the way from MotoGP and the Isle of Man TT to the mad, bad and dangerous history of what is surely the world’s greatest motorsport.
The voices of the sport’s greats live and breathe in this Valentino Rossi, Guy Martin, Marco Simoncelli, Kevin Schwantz, John McGuinness, Mike Hailwood, Marc Marquez, Giacomo Agostini, King Kenny Roberts, Ian Hutchinson, Mick Doohan, Freddie Spencer, John Surtees, Cal Crutchlow, Casey Stoner, Troy Bayliss and many more.
“An iconic MotoGP writer”
motomatters.com
“One of the giants of motorcycle journalism”
Classic Bike magazine
“Motorcycle sport’s foremost feature writer”
Motor Cycle News
This all-new treasury of stories spans a fascinating ten years of writing, reaching all the way from MotoGP and the Isle of Man TT to the mad, bad and dangerous history of what is surely the world’s greatest motorsport.
The voices of the sport’s greats live and breathe in this Valentino Rossi, Guy Martin, Marco Simoncelli, Kevin Schwantz, John McGuinness, Mike Hailwood, Marc Marquez, Giacomo Agostini, King Kenny Roberts, Ian Hutchinson, Mick Doohan, Freddie Spencer, John Surtees, Cal Crutchlow, Casey Stoner, Troy Bayliss and many more.
“An iconic MotoGP writer”
motomatters.com
“One of the giants of motorcycle journalism”
Classic Bike magazine
“Motorcycle sport’s foremost feature writer”
Motor Cycle News
713 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 3, 2017
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February 22, 2018
The content of the book is awesome. Each story stands on its own, but Oxley ties others back to further elaborate on interesting tales. As a fan of bike racing, I really appreciated the insights from the past 10 years, and even further back.
That said, the Kindle version is pretty broken. There were plenty of formatting issues and grammatical/spelling errors. I am willing to look past that, though, and gave the book 5 stars.
That said, the Kindle version is pretty broken. There were plenty of formatting issues and grammatical/spelling errors. I am willing to look past that, though, and gave the book 5 stars.
February 5, 2024
so much history
Stories galore, of motorcycle racers and the team's throughout history. Something to keep entertained and to re-read again. All in bite sized pieces. If you're a motorcycle rider, mechanic or engineer then there's something here for you.
Stories galore, of motorcycle racers and the team's throughout history. Something to keep entertained and to re-read again. All in bite sized pieces. If you're a motorcycle rider, mechanic or engineer then there's something here for you.
January 28, 2021
Fascinating
Brilliantly insightful and I couldn't out of down. I really recommend this if you are remotely interested in bike racing
Brilliantly insightful and I couldn't out of down. I really recommend this if you are remotely interested in bike racing
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