![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Could Pierson, who rides a Moto Guzzi, have a meaningful friendship with a Harley owner? That's the kind of stuff that might have given this tale a jump-start. ''The Perfect Vehicle'' gives some sense of the community of bikers, of their loyalty to their bikes and to one another, but not much about who they are. Melissa Holbrook Pierson The Perfect Vehicle: What It Is About Motorcycles Paperback by Melissa Holbrook Pierson (Author) 302 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 3.24 13 Used from 3.24 2 Collectible from 15. they want a way to feel fully engaged with and even vulnerable to their surroundings.'' She cites, as well, the ''appealing athleticism of the endeavor,'' and goes on to recount journeys, rallies, maintenance lessons and lots of not very spellbinding history: of motorcycles themselves, women on motorcycles, motorcycle races, motorcycle statistics, famous cyclists (George Bernard Shaw, Charles Lindbergh, Elvis Presley and Ann Richards, the former Governor of Texas, among them) and Pierson's cyclist boyfriends who didn't work out. If you want to know what's so great about riding motorcycles (without actually having to do it), read the first chapter and the postscript of ''The Perfect Vehicle.'' What exactly, on a quiet country road with birds twittering and cows mooing, does a noisy motor bring to the party? ''Like an aria,'' Melissa Holbrook Pierson says, ''the exhaust note of certain bikes'' can ''wring the emotions dry.'' People ''make epic journeys on two wheels because. ![]()
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