melissa holbrook pierson the perfect vehicle

Melissa Holbrook Pierson is such a storyteller, and she’s one of the finest voices in the cozy, intimate literary canon of motorcycling. They are our champions, our ambassadors and, even if only vicariously, our friends. They share the folk wisdom of experience. We revere Clement Salvadori, Peter Egan and Fred Rau, among others, because they articulate feelings and experiences that unite us with clarity, honesty and wit. Fortunately, some very good storytellers focus their attention on the two-wheeled source of our obsession, sharing their unique insights and turns of phrase. I struggle with this endeavor almost every day, trying to communicate clearly and authentically to a diverse audience about a subject they hold near and dear. Choosing and stringing together words to describe the visceral experiences and deeply felt passions of motorcycling, not to mention the essence of the mechanical contraptions that transport and transform the lives of men and women in profound ways, is difficult. If you find the book, it is worth the read, and I would like to see your thoughts.Writing about riding isn’t easy. However, I enjoyed the book well enough to give it 4 out of 5 stars. Like I said maybe I am projecting or maybe I am not, I will never know.

That she would not approve of me or my choices because I did not fit a particular mold/view. At times I felt condensation for those things that are not of New York City or European. My problem is that either I have overlayed modern context on a book from the late 1990s or Ms. She related both the tribulations and the exhilaration of motorcycling.

As was her trip to Europe and riding on a borrowed Moto Guzzi. Her descriptions of riding to Laconia motorcycle rallies or traveling the Blue Ridge Parkway were fun to read. Her infatuation with Moto Guzzi and the work to maintain it in operational conditions mirrors many of us and our experiences.

Overall, I enjoyed and even related to stories of discovering and exploring motorcycling. “The Perfect Vehicle” by Melissa Holbrook Pierson caused some struggles within as I read and now write about this book. How could I not purchase a book about motorcycles titled The Perfect Vehicle? I found this book, copyrighted in 1997, in a used bookstore on the quite dusty, bottom shelf of the transportation section sandwiched between a book on London busses and another on 1960 airliners.

Melissa holbrook pierson the perfect vehicle