Book description
'A fool couldn't ride the Vincent Black Shadow more than once, but a
fool can ride a Ducati 900 many times, and it will always be a
bloodcurdling kind of fun. That is the Curse of Speed which has
plagued me all my life. I am a slave to it. On my tombstone they will
carve, IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME.' - Hunter S. Thompson
Sons of Thunder, Neil Bradford's exhilaratingly high-octane
collection of motorcycle writing, makes a persuasive case for the
unique excitement and emotional experience offered by one of mankind's
greatest inventions.
Featuring full-throttle tales by T. E. Lawrence, Roald Dahl, Melissa
Holbrook Pierson, Robert Hughes and many others, and ranging from
Hunter S. Thompson's rip-roaring prose to lyrical contributions from
Ted Hughes, Thom Gunn and Robert Pirsig, the groundbreaking Zen and
the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance author, Sons of Thunder
is a thrilling tribute to the pleasures and perils of riding this
awesome machine.
Neil Bradford has ridden motorcycles for over thirty years. He has
owned Hondas, Kawasakis, Aprilias and a Ducati but always returns to
flat-twin BMWs and currently rides an R1200GS Adventure. He works in
publishing.
