Rubber Side Down: The Improbable Inclination to Travel on Two Wheels

by Ron Davis, Molly Milroy

Overview

Like Ron Davis's first book, Shiny Side Up, Rubber Side Down: The Improbable Inclination to Travel on Two Wheels is a compilation of stories with some connection to the motorcycle life; however, it also includes not only new motorcycling stories, but reviews, personality profiles, and a few memoirs. Ron said, "One of the most gratifying responses I heard to Shiny Side Up was that you didn't have to be a motorcyclist to enjoy it. I hope that's even more true with this second volume."

Product Details

BN ID:	2940186678540
Publisher:	Lost Classics Book Company dba Road Dog Publicatio
Publication date:	11/07/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Ron Davis caught the motorcycle bug at age fifteen. Forty years and about twenty bikes later, he has remained an enthusiast, especially for bikes carrying the BMW roundel. Over that period, he’s also squeezed in a full-time career teaching high school and university classes in writing, photography, and publishing, while also working as a social media writer for the tourism industry in Northwest Ontario and as an associate editor and columnist for BMW Owners News. More often tongue-in-cheek commentary than a technical or travel focus, his writing has been featured by BMW Motorcycle Magazine, On The Level, Backroads Motorcycle Tour Magazine, Volume One, Our Wisconsin, and the National Writing Project, and his essays (some about riding) can be heard regularly on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Wisconsin Life.” His first book, like this one, is a compilation of columns, essays, and features with some connection to the motorcycle life; however, Rubber Side Down also includes not only new motorcycling stories, but reviews, personality profiles, and a few memoirs. Ron said, “One of the most gratifying responses I heard to Shiny Side Up was that you didn’t have to be a motorcyclist to enjoy it. I hope that’s even more true with this second volume.”

Editorial Reviews

Although Davis writes with expertise, he never poses as an expert, and he shares his experiences with modesty and humor, as one who is learning as he goes along. Which is what we all do in real life. And he does what all the best motorcycle writing does: he makes you wonder why you aren't out there riding your own bike, right now...his work simply helps you stay sane until spring.

Author of Leanings 1, 2, and 3 - Peter Egan

This collection of relaxingly sweet remembrances and stories covers a wide range of moto-related experiences and topics. It's partly an anthology and partly a memoir and makes a perfect way to take your imagination far from a long winter's seasonal hibernation. You may not learn too much, at least not consciously, but you'll enjoy every easy minute spent with this gently humorous and humble scribe.

Aerostich Riders' Wearhouse - Andy Goldfine