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What's the best book you've ever read, and why?
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Joe
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The Bible...It is a daily partof my life78E ... Gone but not forgotten
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Sorrta where my tastes run.Last edited by STEPPENWOLF; 06-20-2010, 04:28 PM.'80 XS1100 SG
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ya man
Have you read yours allready ? i have just read bits and peices of mine, its good, i have not got trough the first trip yet1979 xs1100 f
142 main, 45 pilot, Jardeen crosover 4/2, no air box
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1979 xs1100 F
1978 gl 1000 goldwing
1981 gl 1100 goldwing
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Just an ol long haired country boy, come to town to spend some egg money
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Haven't had a chance to really sit down and read. But yup, I have skimmed and I'm gonna get into it.
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The Bible, "The God Who Is There" by Frances Schaeffer, "The Divine Conspiracy" by Dallas Willard, "Mere Christianity" by C. S. Lewis, Allan Eckert, Terry C. Johnston, Mari Sandoz, Tom Clancy, Dale Brown, Bob Jones, titles and authors of great books. "Proficient Motorcycling" was a good one too, can't think of the author's name right now.1980 XS 11 Special: The King of Kong, 9th wonder of the world. Pacifico fairing, chopped shield, Yamaha hard bags, Diamond seat, T-Kat fork brace, XJ top end, YICS Eliminator, '80 carbs from Spyder Cycle Works, K&N Air filter, Fuse block, stainless steel valves & reg/rect from Oregon MC Parts. Raptor CCT, XJ air shocks, 850 FD, Sportster mufflers, Standard handle bar, Tusk Bar Risers, SS braided brake lines. Cat Eye speedometer. HID projector beam headlight, LED running lights.Comment
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Debbie doe's Dal..... no, wait, were talking books arent we. Hmmm let me see... The Adventures of Fanny Hi.... Nah, maybe not appropriate.... The Karma Sutr.... hmmm, maybe too explicit for our younger viewers, oops, readers.
Oh, I know, The Lord of the Rings. Covers both readers and viewers. 
Seriously though, I read this years ago as a High School assignment (and hated it) but it wasnt till Peter Jackson worked his magic that it made sense. The movies impressed my kids that much that they went and read all the books after seeing the movies. Now that impressed me, and those books rank right up there on my list of favourites.1980 SG. (Sold - waiting on replacement)
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Hi Joe,Originally posted by joceiphus View Post
book as in novel? It has to be J.R.R.Tolkein's Lord of the Rings. The good guys win, the bad guys perish and all written in superb English with nary a bad word in it.Fred Hill, S'toon
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Ah, so many books, so many choices....
Non-fiction, I'd have to say 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainance' by Robert Pirsig is among my favs, although 'The First Coming' by Thomas Sheehan and 'The Trial of Socrates' by I.F. Stone rank up there too.
Fiction, the nod goes to 'Tia-pan' by James Clavell, with a close second being 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' by Robert Heinlein. Gore Vidal is always entertaining too.
How about your 'if you could only have one' favorite album? 'Live Dead' is the hands-down choice there for me; nothing brings back my youth better than that...
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Yea, you take a fork and a spoonOriginally posted by XSokieSPECIAL View Post...Was not to bad, had to look at some pics I had of those headers to figure it out realy, had to paint them they were to far gone to shine back up, but they are still good and solid, had them on the bike but I think i am going to take the baffels out of them, did not like the sound of them, sounded to much like the stock ones, I like loud , i wana here that motor sound like a car on a circle dirt track,
1979 xs1100 f
142 main, 45 pilot, Jardeen crosover 4/2, no air box
floats @ 25.7
1979 xs1100 F
1978 gl 1000 goldwing
1981 gl 1100 goldwing
!986 venture royale 1300
Just an ol long haired country boy, come to town to spend some egg money
when ya get bucked off, get back onComment
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Rock & Roll Ghost Stories! I literally love the author. It is my wife's first book, and it comes out this October from Charles River Press.
http://musicandallitsguts.dot5hostin...t-stories.html
My second favorite book would be Catcher in the Rye. While my second favorite author is H.S. Thompson.Dave
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Read...ya all read??? I read the subtitles on some of the movies I see on youtube....does that count?
Actually, I enjoy John Grisham novels, and the books that the Bourne movies were based on. Otherwise, ASHRAE manuals, Family Handyman, and those authored by Clymer and Haynes.
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I'd have to say my all time favorite is the original DUNE by Frank Herbert, after that the rest of the dune series of books, great Sci-fi if anyone cares.1979 xs1100 Special -
Stock air box/K&N Filter, MAC 4-2 exhaust, Bad-Boy Air horn, TC fuse box, Windshield, Soft bags, Vetter Fairing, Blinkers->Run/Turn/Brake Lights, Headlight Modulator, hard wire GPS power
Short Stack - 1981 xs1100 Standard - lowered for SWMBO.
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That's what I was thinking.... I think I could count on my fingers the number of non-children's books that I have read through by choice. Call of the Wild is one of my favorites though. I even have my Scriptures on mp3 files, so I can "read" them that way!Originally posted by DGXSER View Post
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