Ed Milich reading from the bar at Ace Café, San Francisco
Over the course of ten days in early December, 2009, Motorcycle authors Mark Gardiner and Ed Milich appeared at seven motorcycle destinations across the western US, from San Francisco to Seattle. The Riding Men Book Tour delivered Gardiner and Milich to such luminous motorcycle destinations as Portland’s Vicious Cycle (home of the Honda CB160 racing craze), the Cretins Clubhouse in Seattle (ground zero for Pacific Northwest vintage motorcycle enthusiasts), and San Francisco’s Ace Café (a popular destination for SF café racers). The tour was both a critical and financial success and both authors entertained dozens of motorcycle enthusiasts at each stop on the 10 day tour: reading, selling and signing books as they made their way across the West Coast. Highlights of the tour included a dark and smoky reading to a full room at the Cretins Clubhouse in Seattle, a first class event at Moto Corsa in Portland replete with Ducati themed private label wine tasting, and Ed’s last reading performed while standing on the bar counter of the Ace Café San Francisco.
Mark Gardiner reading at Moto Corsa, Portland
Mark Gardiner is a California motorcycle journalist whose work has appeared in Motorcyclist, Road Racer X, Bike, Classic Bike, MotoLegende, Cycle Canada, Cycle World and other magazines. Riding Man documents his experiences qualifying for and racing in the 2002 Isle of Man TT races after quitting his day job as an ad executive. Riding Man accompanies the acclaimed film One Man’s Island (produced and directed by Peter Riddihough), which was based on these experiences. Riding Man is $20 postpaid from www.ridingman.com .
Ed Milich reading at Cretins Clubhouse, Seattle
Ed Milich is a contributor to Motorcyclist, Sports Car Market Magazine, a national roadracing champion (WSMC, AHRMA), proprietor of motorcycle websites Guzzitech.com, Ducpower.com, Bimotacagiva.com, and Motobastard.com and a professional Mechanical Engineer. Wrenched, Man and Machine, the first book from the Los Angeles based Milich, documents his motorcycle racing, wrenching and riding experiences in largely unrhymed free verse. In March of 2009, Milich debuted Wrenched at the Daytona International Speedway Bike Week Vintage Races where he punctuated the book release by winning four out of four races. Wrenched, Man and Machine is 142 pages and is available for $15 postpaid at www.wrenchedbook.com
Riding Men December 2009 Book Tour stops:
Moto Marin (www.motomarin.com) San Rafael, CA Friday, December 11, 5:00 PM
Werkstatt (www.werkstattsf.com) San Francisco, CA Saturday December 12, 4:00 PM
Cretins MC Clubhouse 3600 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, WA 98134 Monday Dec 14, 6:00 PM
Ride West BMW (www.ridewest.com) Seattle, WA 98134 Tuesday Dec 15, 12:00 noon
Moto Corsa (www.motocorsa.com) Portland, Oregon Wednesday December 16, 6:30 PM
Vicious Cycle (www.viciouscycle.com) Portland, Oregon Thursday December 17, 7:00 PM
Ace Cafe (www.viciouscycle.com) San Francisco, CA Saturday December 19, 8:00 PM
Tour Gallery: http://wrenched.guzzitech.com/Tour.html
Tour flyer: http://wrenched.guzzitech.com/booktour.jpg
For review copies of either book or for more information, please contact Ed Milich: info@wrenchedbook.com or (310) 710-4708