The Devil Can Ride - The World's Best Motorcycle Writing

By: Lee Klancher .

Would Lawrence of Arabia have been as popular a film if the main character had died from slipping in his bathtub in the opening sequence instead of crashing his Brough Superior motorcycle? Would The Great Escape have been as powerful had Steve McQueen pole vaulted the fence instead of jumping it with his motorcycle? Would Marlon Brando have become America's archetypal bad boy had he done The Wild One clad in plaid and driving a golf cart instead of leather and a Triumph Thunderbird? Hell no, the motorcycle is as much of a part of these films as the actors playing the leading roles.

Since the earliest years of the sport, the motorcycle has been an icon of rebellion. As such it has been celebrated in all forms of popular art: film, in song, and especially in print. For The Devil Can Ride, editor and motorcycle journalist Lee Klancher scoured magazine archives and book lists to collect the most engaging and thought provoking motorcycle writing of all time.

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