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

by Ron Davis, Molly Milroy (With)

Overview

Like Ron Davis' 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 Shide 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

ISBN-13:	9781890623746
Publisher:	Lost Classic Books
Publication date:	10/30/2022
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.76(d)

About the Author

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 TourMagazine, 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."

Table of Contents

About the Author

1 Really True Truths 3

2 More "Truth-i-ness" 7

3 Pride Go-eth Before The Fall 11

4 Back to the Future 17

5 Three Christmases 23

6 When the Rain Comes 29

7 A Place for Us 33

8 That Girlfriend Thing 39

9 Up and Over the Great Divide 43

10 A "Lifestyle Accessory" 49

11 The Long Hello 55

12 Oh, The Places You'll Go! 61

13 Oh, The Things You'll See! 65

14 Stages of a Motorcycle Life 71

15 All You'll Ever Need 77

16 One Year with My BMW G 310 GS 81

17 The Perfect Motorcycle 87

18 The Opener 91

19 How Smart Is You? 95

20 My Favorite Mistake 101

21 Shop Talk 105

22 Tip-Toeing Off the Reservation 109

23 Roughing It 115

24 The Cold War 121

25 Bike-less 125

26 Life on Less than $20 a Day 129

April Fools

27 The Moto-Blazer 135

28 DECI-BULL 139

29 BMW Reveals Plans for Electric Models 143

People

30 Glenn Stasky 149

31 Arianne Mihalka 155

32 Andrew Serbinski 159

33 Marina Ackerson 165

Guest Writer

34 I Forgot 175

Reviews

35 Dirty Dining, An Adventurer's Cookbook 181

36 Cornering Confidence: The Formula For 100% Control in Curves 187

37 An Upgrade for "The Transformer" 191

38 For the Fun Of It: The Art of Riding Smooth 197

39 Exploring the Twisted Road 201

Off The Road

40 Get a Job 207

41 Physical Education 213

42 A Favorite Tree 221

43 Two Days on the Eau Claire 225

44 And One More … A Rider Writes: Dilemma 231

Acknowledgements 237