{"product_id":"mcqueens-motorcycles-racing-and-riding-with-the-king-of-cool-hardcover","title":"McQueen's Motorcycles: Racing and Riding with the King of Cool - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatt Stone\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDave Ekins\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe long-departed Steve McQueen is still the coolest man on two wheels. Get an intimate look at his coolest bikes right here, right now, in \u003ci\u003eMcQueen's Motorcycles.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven thirty years after his death, \u003cb\u003eSteve McQueen remains a cultural icon\u003c\/b\u003e. His image continues to appear in advertising and pop culture and his fan base spans from car lovers to racing enthusiasts to motorcycle obsessives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In his movies, McQueen's character always had an\u003cb\u003e envy-inducing motorcycle or car\u003c\/b\u003e, but in his personal life, motorcycles were always McQueen's first true love. \u003ci\u003eMcQueen's Motorcycles\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the bikes that the King of Cool raced and collected.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the first Harley McQueen bought \u003c\/b\u003ewhen he was an acting student in New York to the Triumph \"desert sleds\" and Huskys he\u003cb\u003e desert raced all over California\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMexico\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eNevada\u003c\/b\u003e, McQueen was never without a stable of two wheelers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His need for speed propelled him from\u003cb\u003e Hollywood \u003c\/b\u003einto a number of\u003cb\u003e top off-road motorcycle races\u003c\/b\u003e, including the \u003cb\u003eBaja 1000\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMint 400\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eElsinore Grand Prix\u003c\/b\u003e, and even as a member of the \u003cb\u003e1964 ISDT team\u003c\/b\u003e in Europe. Determined to be ahead of the pack, McQueen maintained his body like it was a machine itself. He trained vigorously, weight lifting, running, and studying martial arts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Later in his life, as he backed away from Hollywood, his interests turned to antique bikes and he\u003cb\u003e accumulated an extensive collection\u003c\/b\u003e, including \u003cb\u003eHarley-Davidson\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eIndian\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eTriumph\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBrough Superior\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eCyclone\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBSA\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eAce \u003c\/b\u003emotorcycles.\u003cp\u003eToday, McQueen still has the Midas touch; anything that was in the man's possession is a hot commodity. McQueen's classic motorcycles sell for top dollar at auctions, always at a multiple of what the same bike is worth without the McQueen pedigree. \u003ci\u003eMcQueen's Motorcycles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e reveals these highly sought-after machines\u003c\/b\u003e in gorgeous\u003cb\u003e photography and full historical context.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatt Stone\u003c\/b\u003e (Glendale, CA), former executive editor of \u003ci\u003eMotor Trend\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, has been a professional automotive journalist and photographer since 1985. He is the author and photographer of several books, including Motorbooks' best-selling \u003ci\u003e365 Cars You Must Drive\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eMy First Car\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eMcQueen's Machines\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eMcQueen's Motorcycles\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) and \u003ci\u003eHot Rod Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (2018). He is the co-author, with Preston Lerner, of \u003ci\u003eWinning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and \u003ci\u003eHistory's Greatest Automotive Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDave Ekins\u003c\/b\u003e is a motorcycling legend. Born in 1932, Dave and his brother Bud pioneered the notion of off-road desert racing with motorcycles, and their early 1960s rides up and down the Baja peninsula proved to be the seeds that spawned the original Mexican Off Road Races, later known as the Baja 500 and 1000. In 1964 Dave teamed with brother Bud, Cliff Coleman and Steve McQueen to represent the United States in the International Six Day Trial motorcycle enduro taking place that year in East Germany in which Dave Ekins earned an individual Gold Medal. He also became a factory sponsored development test rider for Honda, and later editor of Petersen's Motorcyclist magazine. Now retired, Dave Ekins was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 11.1 x 8.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757240385824,"sku":"9780760351758","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/838370ff1ff67bfc3c42146a562b7cc0.webp?v=1780097542","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mcqueens-motorcycles-racing-and-riding-with-the-king-of-cool-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}